I started Millinery Jill after years in events, sponsorship and marketing — a career that taught me how to build an audience, but not yet how to make hats. That came later, in a studio I set up so I could create and still be present for my young family.
That marketing instinct never left me, though. It's part of why my pieces tend to sell within minutes of going live to my followers.
A few milestones along the way:
- Milliner for Janet Jackson's iconic BET Awards Lifetime achievement look 2025
- Judge for Fashions on the Field at Flemington - Victoria Racing Club
- Milliner for VRC editorial campaigns
- First International milliner invited into the Queens Royal Ascot Collective at Fenwick's, London (2019)
- Harper's Bazaar milliner for the VAMFF grand finale runway (2019)
- Winner, Myer Millinery Award (2014), Runner up 2023 and 2024
- Milliner for the winning design, Myer Design Award (2015)
- Runner-up, Queen's Diamond Jubilee Millinery Award (worldwide)
The work
Every piece is handcrafted or hand-finished in my Hampton studio. My style leans sleek and unfussy — clean lines, with a particular love of floral leatherwork, featherwork, and vintage-inspired shapes. Clients often book bespoke pieces six months ahead of their event, and I've had the privilege of dressing Delta Goodrem, Nadia Fairfax, Melissa George, Ash Hart, Danni Minogue, Natalie Imbruglia and Francesca Culmani, with my work appearing on the street style pages of Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Marie Claire and Elle.
