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04/08/2025

Another memory from 2012
A NEW LOOK cashmere dish hat with an ostrich frond pompom.
Came fabric by Carolina Herrera

04/07/2025

This 1950s New Look cashmere dish hat
that I made 10 years ago popped up in my memory feed. Such a beautiful piece of Carolina Herrera cashmere fabric, blocked over my buckram and wire frame. The ostrich frond pompon is also vintage!!
Wish I could remember where it lives now!!

04/01/2022

HAT MAKING WORKSHOPS IN HISTORIC PAWTUCKET RI!! NO PRIOR EXPERIENCE NECESSARY. SCHEDULE AT YOUR CONVENIENCE!! EMAIL:
[email protected] FOR DETAILS!!

03/16/2022

NEW for Spring at THISTLE COTTAGE STUDIO on ETSY.COM
Pressed flowers in lucite with Czech glass beads!!

05/31/2020

HAPPY CUSTOMER REVIEWS IN MY ETSY SHOP,
THISTLE COTTAGE STUDIO!!!
NEW DESIGNS COMING SOON IN THE
ITALIAN RENAISSANCE COLLECTION!!!
STAY TUNED!!
cmsgoodale on May 29, 2020
5 out of 5 stars
Great earrings! Fun to have after admiring the designs on the Medici series on Netflix!
cdavis Oct 12, 2019
5 out of 5 stars
I really think they are beautiful!

CLARICE ORSINI DE MEDICI/ ITALIAN RENAISSANCE EARRINGS

This is the newest version of Italian Renaissance reproduction earrings, in our Orsini-Medici Embellishments collections!! Researched from the Renaissance family portraits of the Orsini and Medici families, (of which I am a direct descent of Clarice through my grandfather, Lorenzo Orsini), and from

05/26/2020

NEW TODAY FROM ORSINI-MEDICI COUTURE MILLINERY FOR
THISTLE COTTAGE STUDIO ON ETSY.COM
SILK BLOSSOMS BLOOM WITH WRECKLESS
ABANDON ON OUR NEW SPRING/SUMMER COLLECTION 2020!!

I dont think Ive every enjoyed and loved the spring so much as I do this year, with so much uncertainty, and a new normal forming!! Nature seems unaffected, and quite determined to thumb its nose at this global pandemic. Flowers are blooming with reckless abandon everywhere, and I have been feeling

05/17/2020

NEW TODAY from Orsini-Medici Couture Millinery!!!
1920's Cloche Sinamay with Silk Ribbon Embroidery
More colors on the way in lavender, melon, corn flower blue,
mauve, and olive.
Custom orders welcome!!

This is a spring like no other, and STILL WE BLOOM!!! Nothing can contain creativity, and in spite of stay at home orders, we thrive here in our studio, and new ideas are non-stop!! The Lady Violet is the first of many new hats to be added to our Spring/Summer 2020 Collection. I have hand blocked

02/01/2020

NEW TODAY FROM ORSINI-MEDICI COUTURE MILLINERY!!!

With so many period films and television shows to enjoy these days, designers are offered limitless fashion inspiration, and this ladies trilby hat is one such example!! I have developed the pattern myself, for this cut and sew hat, and rendered it in a luscious burgundy mohair fabric. The brim is

01/25/2020

NEW TODAY FROM ORSINI-MEDICI COUTURE MILLINERY!!

This very chic little topper can be made in any size for either men or women, in a lovely mens charcoal grey, black and brown windowpane suiting weight wool. It is a patterned, cut and sew hat, from the original pattern that I made for my customer, when he brought his favorite trilby to recreate for

01/19/2020

NEW TODAY FROM ORSINI-MEDICI COUTURE MILLINERY!!
TIME FOR SOME NEW PERIOD HATS I THINK!!!
MORE TO COME!!!

Every now and then, I indulge my passion for period reproduction hats!! It has been some time since I made one, and Im sure there will be a few more to come with new this burst of inspiration. All of the elegance, refinement, and luxury are revisited in this entirely handmade buckram and wire

12/24/2019

NEW TODAY FROM ORSINI-MEDICI COUTURE MILLINERY!!!
This is the fourth hat in the the Lady Rose Two-toned Cloche Collection
of 1920's unexpected color combinations!!
I hope you're as excited about them as I am!!
I'd LOVE to hear your comments!!!
WINTER SESSION MILLINERY CLASSES ARE NOW ENROLLING!!
EMAIL ME AT: [email protected] for details.

The fourth addition to the Lady Rose two-toned cloche collection makes its debut today! The 1920s were an exciting time to be alive, as everything changed so fast between the turn of the century and the 20s!! In keeping with all that was indulgent, sensual, and elegant, this version of our iconic

12/20/2019

The 1920's two-toned cloches are coming!!!
Orsini-Medici Couture Millinery is excited to debut this delectable
collection of cloches, based on color combinations of the Roaring Twenties!!
Subtle, seductive, and so unexpected are these color combinations, we wonder why we didn't think of recreating them sooner!!
Two more coming very soon!!!
Stay tuned!!
WINTER SESSION MILLINERY CLASSES ARE NOW ENROLLING!!
For details, please email us at: [email protected]

The Downton Abbey influence continues with the release the new full length movie this fall!!! It did not disappoint, and as ever, inspires my design aesthetic. Romantic, elegant, and a collectible addition to your hat wardrobe this season, is the latest member of our two-toned cloche collection!! I