Suppliers

Millinery Material Suppliers

AUSTRALIA (alphabetical)

B Unique Millinery
BUnique
A contemporary millinery supplier offering a broad and well-curated range of materials with strong attention to colour, consistency and usability. Particularly valuable for sinamay, crinoline, braids and tools, with stock selected to suit modern millinery practice rather than craft approximation. The Australian warehouse makes this a practical option for regular replenishment without international delays.

Feather
Feather
Originally established as a feather specialist, this supplier now offers an extensive range of plumage, florals and decorative materials. Best approached with a discerning milliner's eye — excellent for feathers and statement trims, while the broader range extends beyond traditional millinery into decorative and craft territories. Particularly useful when sourcing visual impact rather than structural materials.

Hatters Millinery Supplies
Hatters
An independent, milliner-run supplier catering specifically to Australian hat makers. Materials are chosen for real studio use, with an emphasis on reliability, practicality and repeatable results. A strong option for core supplies and essentials, backed by genuine industry knowledge and an understanding of how materials behave in professional millinery contexts.

House of Adorn
HouseofAdorn
A large-scale supplier offering an extensive range of millinery materials, tools, trimmings and embellishments. Particularly useful when sourcing both structural components and decorative finishes in a single order. With a broad catalogue and trend-responsive stock, this supplier suits milliners who value variety and availability, while still requiring millinery-appropriate materials.

Lynda's Millinery Supplies
Lyndia
A specialist online supplier focused exclusively on millinery. Materials are selected with attention to fibre content, consistency and behaviour under steam, making this a reliable source for foundational supplies. Particularly well suited to milliners seeking clarity, straightforward ordering and materials chosen with hat making — not general craft — in mind.

Millinery Online
MillineryOnline
An Australian supplier specialising in hat bodies and foundational millinery materials, including felt shapes, capelines and buntal mats. Best used when sourcing core building blocks rather than trims, with a practical focus on usable colour ranges and shapes suited to blocking and structured work.

Trish Millinery
TrishMillinery
A long-established Australian millinery business supplying materials used in their own workroom practice. Strong for value-focused basics, trims and ready-made components, with an emphasis on accessibility and practicality. Particularly useful for milliners seeking dependable supplies without over-complication or excessive novelty.

UNITED KINGDOM & IRELAND (alphabetical)

Baxter Hart & Abraham
BaxterHartAbraham
A long-established British millinery supplier with deep roots in traditional hat making. Known for consistency and continuity, this supplier is particularly valuable when sourcing heritage-style materials and classic millinery components where reliability and familiarity matter more than trend-driven novelty.

The Craft House Store (Ireland)
TheCraftHouse
An online millinery supplier offering a focused range of essential materials including sinamay, feathers and trims. Well suited to contemporary millinery and fascinator work, particularly when sourcing decorative elements alongside core base materials in a single order.

Parkin Fabrics
ParkinFabrics
A family-run supplier providing fabrics, feathers and accessories widely used across millinery, costume and bridal design. Particularly useful when millinery work overlaps with textile-led construction, offering a broader fabric context than strictly millinery-only suppliers.

Petersham Ribbons
Petershams
A specialist ribbon supplier widely regarded within millinery for high-quality Petersham and grosgrain ribbons. An essential resource for finishing work where structure, edge control and colour accuracy are critical to the final outcome.

Randall Ribbons
RandallRibbons
A trimming-focused supplier offering ribbons, artificial flowers and millinery accessories. Particularly well suited to traditional hat finishing and classic trimming approaches, with a range that supports established millinery techniques.

The Trimming Company
TheTrimmingCo
A dedicated millinery supplier stocking sinamay, straw, crinoline, feathers and essential finishing materials. An established business with a strong presence within the UK millinery community, valued for its specialist focus and practical range.

EUROPE (alphabetical)

Artipistilos (Spain)
Artipistilos
A comprehensive millinery supplier offering a wide range of bases, fibres, stiffeners, veiling, hat boxes and workshop essentials. Particularly useful as a one-stop source when building or replenishing core supplies, with strong coverage across both construction and presentation materials.

DeVroey (Belgium)
DeVroey
A hat-making business that also supplies materials through its webshop, offering a hatter's perspective on supply. Best suited to makers seeking practical, traditional components selected for function and wearability rather than decorative excess.

Fepsa (Portugal)
Fepsa
A specialist felt manufacturer supplying hat felts to the international hat and millinery industry. Ideal for sourcing felt at a manufacturing level, where consistency, fibre quality and blocking behaviour are critical, rather than for casual or decorative use.

For Millinery Supply (Poland)
ForMillinerySupply
A multi-generational supplier focused on semi-finished products and structural components used in hat production. Particularly relevant for milliners working at a production or repeat-design level who require dependable foundations rather than trims.

Fratelli Reali (Italy)
FratelliReali
An Italian textile and yarn specialist with a curated millinery-relevant range. Particularly useful when sourcing refined fabrics, braids and textile components for fashion-led or couture-influenced millinery.

Genaro Gori (Italy)
GenaroGori
A long-established Italian manufacturer supplying materials at an industry and production level. Best suited to experienced makers sourcing consistent, technically specific or large-scale materials rather than decorative trims.

Kopka Hatbodies (Germany)
Kopka
A trade-focused supplier of felt hat bodies, including capelines and cones, intended for professional millinery and hat making. Best used when you already understand your preferred weights, finishes and blocking characteristics and require consistency over experimentation.

Masario (Spain)
Masario
A specialist millinery supplier offering tools, materials and hardware selected for professional studio use. Particularly useful for sourcing practical components and equipment that support efficient, repeatable making processes.

Materiales Para Tocados / Foureme S.L. (Spain)
ParaTocados
A dedicated headwear-material supplier covering bases, sinamay, crinoline, veiling, feathers, paints and packaging. Well suited to contemporary millinery and fascinator work, especially where colour variety and decorative materials are required alongside structural components.

Plooij (Netherlands)
Plooij
A long-established European supplier with both a physical store and online presence, known for high-quality materials and careful sourcing. Valued for consistency and service, particularly when reliability matters more than novelty.

Tonak (Czech Republic)
Tonak
A major European hat manufacturer supplying both finished hats and felt hat bodies for milliners. A reliable source for classic felt bodies with predictable blocking behaviour, widely used across both millinery and traditional hat making.

Tressa (Switzerland)
Tressa
A specialist braid manufacturer rather than a general millinery supplier. Ideal for sourcing manufacturing-grade braids used in hat making, where structure, repeatability and fibre quality are more important than decorative finish.

 

UNITED STATES (alphabetical)

Hats by Leko
HatsbyLeko
A long-established, warehouse-scale supplier offering a broad range of traditional millinery materials, trims and findings. Particularly useful for bulk ordering and dependable availability of classic components, making it a practical option for production work, teaching studios and repeat designs.

Judith M Millinery Supplies
JudithM
A comprehensive millinery supply house serving independent milliners, educational institutions and theatrical costuming. Known for its depth of range, this supplier is especially valuable when building or maintaining a well-rounded workroom, from foundational materials through to specialist tools and equipment.

Manhatco
ManHatCo
A full-service millinery supplier offering materials for professional designers and makers, with a strong emphasis on traditional millinery foundations. Particularly useful for sourcing classic components within a trade-oriented environment, backed by long-standing industry presence.

M&S Schmalberg
M&S
Not a general millinery supplier, but a specialist manufacturer of handmade fabric flowers used across couture, bridal and millinery. Best suited to milliners seeking professionally produced floral components where finish, consistency and craftsmanship are essential.

Millinery Warehouse
MillineryWarehouse
A modern supplier specialising in production-ready fur felt hat bodies, including rabbit and beaver blends. Particularly useful for milliners seeking consistent felt bodies with no minimum order requirements, supporting both small-scale production and experimental work.

ONLINE MARKETPLACE and SECONDARY SOURCES (alphabetically)

Alibaba
Wholesale platform with enormous variability. Order samples first and expect inconsistency.

eBay
Useful for vintage materials, discontinued components and specialist tools. Always verify condition and fibre content.

Etsy
A mix of genuine millinery suppliers and decorative craft sellers. Read listings carefully.

Milliner Mates Australian Milliners' Buy Swap Sell (Facebook)
An Australian community marketplace for buying, selling and swapping millinery materials and tools.

Milliners Exchange (Facebook)
Worldwide group for buying and selling millinery materials and tools.

Millinery UK (Facebook)
UK-based millinery community sharing resources and surplus materials.

UK Millinery Makers Buy Sell Swap and Wanted Surplus Goods (Facebook)
UK group focused on surplus stock and specific sourcing requests.

When buying via private sellers on Facebook remember these spaces rely on trust. Respect group rules and professional etiquette.

A Mentor's Perspective

Good suppliers become part of your practice over time. As you work with different materials, you'll begin to notice how they behave under your hands, under steam and through wear. When you find a supplier whose materials respond well and whose standards align with your own, value that relationship - consistency and trust are built gradually, not instantly.

It can be tempting to chase novelty or variety, especially early on, but reliability will serve you far better in the long run. Familiar materials allow your skills to deepen, your decisions to become more confident, and your work to become more intentional. Your supplier list will naturally evolve as your practice evolves - and that's a sign of growth, not limitation.

Important Note

This page is a living resource. Suppliers change, businesses pause or close, stock fluctuates and ranges evolve. Inclusion here does not imply endorsement and absence does not imply lack of quality. Use this list as a guide, alongside your own experience, curiosity and judgement.

Above all, take your time. Learning to source well is part of learning the craft.

Information current as at March 2026.