The milliner’s lament! How I wish for a third hand to hold that bow just so, or as I woefully watch the almost ikebana precise petal arrangement flutter away to a pile of pretty nothing because I was too busy being creative and didn’t open the pin box before proceeding with the next hat master piece. Oh bothersome unthreaded needle not at the ready. Fools certainly do rush in!
Anyhoo, here are my hands. My pretty vintage ex mannequin hands with perfect polish, so lithe, so finely turned out and quite unlike any milliners hands with our collection of cuts, bruises and trade worn wearies. Though I’ve no real use for vintage mannequin hands (well they aren’t heads for hats) I thought them pretty and have set them in still life for your viewing pleasure.
