millinery

noun

mil·li·nery ˈmi-lə-ˌner-ē

: women's apparel for the head

: the business or work of a milliner

Examples of millinery in a Sentence

a shop that sells millinery

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Visitors to the Lanvin show will learn about the founder, the eldest of 11 children, who started working at the age of 13 in a millinery shop on Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, delivering hats. —

Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 23 Jan. 2025 Grant founded her eponymous millinery company in 2011 and has created bespoke hats for Royalty, Pop Stars and Muses including Madonna, Kylie Jenner, Elizabeth Hurley and Lady Martha Sitwell. —

Lee Sharrock, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024 In the world of millinery, designing a tiara for a future Queen is a life-defining moment. —

Monique Jessen, People.com, 24 Oct. 2024 The two have joined forces on a one-of-a-kind collaboration of headpieces that incorporate vintage millinery and jewelry materials spanning from the 1920s through the 1960s. —

Celia Shatzman, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for millinery