DIYthing had a chance to catch up with
Iris Lohninger, a Los Angeles-based milliner who is fascinated with hats. We asked her tell us about her style and inspiration for making such awesome hats.
"How shall I describe my style...it's not cerebral, not intellectual. It always starts with vague abstract feelings and a desire to express these feelings and condense them into reality. I pick material that I think fits and surround myself with them, and then I start working on a kind of a prototype. I do sketches, I cut pieces of paper to make a pattern to get a handle on the 3D space. I stop and go and change and take all apart again and so on."
