A FASCINATING SKILL Fascinator and Hat Making Classes with Rachelle Willnus of Derby Hats by Rachelle
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achelle Willnus is a hat designer located in Farmington Hills, Michigan. She began creating and designing fascinators and hats in summer 2009 upon attending her first Kentucky Derby. In 2012 she was awarded Best of the Best at Michigan F.A.S.H Fest for hat design. In 2015 Rachelle’s Pink Flower fascinator was featured in the Detroit Historical Museum’s Fashion D.Fined exhibit featuring the past, present, and future of the Detroit fashion industry. In 18 | Good Fat Life
2017 Rachelle’s designs were showcased at New York Fashion Week in Mila Pershyna’s runway show. Rachelle’s work has been featured in many local and national magazines, Detroit news stations, and many Detroit area runway shows. Rachelle enjoys working with her clients and, more recently, began offering classes to those clients and their friends. Hat making classes were a natural next step for Rachelle, who enjoys not only creating beautiful pieces for her clients
but also helping clients create their own incredible pieces. She enjoys educating clients about the organic sinamay materials she uses and
