King Charles’s Foundation Announces Millinery Partnership With Chanel
As King Charles joined race-goers today at Royal Ascot he could not have failed to notice some of the stunning hats on display. And it’s possible that the King may have taken a particularly keen interest in millinery skills this year as his foundation has just announced a hat-making partnership with Chanel.
Today, the French luxury fashion house and the King’s Foundation announced a new Métiers d’art millinery fellowship. The 35-week residential program aims to train the next generation of specialist milliners in the UK. It follows on from the success of the 2023 Métiers d’Art Embroidery Fellowship to nurture couture embroidery skills.
“This new Millinery Fellowship aimed at postgraduate students, will explore the creative interface between skills, materials, making and design,” the King’s Foundation said in a statement today. “The skills taught on the programme will include blocking, felt shaping, dyeing, feather and flower making along with key couture skills and finishes, working to a creative brief inspired by Highgrove Gardens.”
The program is being run in partnership with le19M, a campus Chanel opened outside Paris in 2022. The training will be based at the Chanel Métier’s d’art Training Atelier at Highgrove and at the King’s Foundation in east London. There will be mentorship and guidance from the team at Parisienne hat-maker Maison Michel.
"We are delighted to continue our work with Chanel and le19M on this exciting new programme,” Daniel McAuliffe, Education Director at The King's Foundation said in a statement. “The Millinery Fellowship will be a much-needed postgraduate-level programme in the UK to prepare students to enter the workplace with the right skills, design confidence and industry insight.”
The King’s Foundation was started by Charles when he was Prince of Wales. It runs educational programs that focus on preserving traditional craftsmanship and is also responsible for the opening of Highgrove Gardens to the public.
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