Video: Madame Sheeta’s Esparterie

I had the pleasure of presenting a session at FrockCon, an online costuming convention held August 8. My presentation concerned the life of Ada Riddle, aka "Madame Sheeta," a successful West End milliner who survived the London Blitz and taught millinery at trade schools all over southern England. When she passed away, her estate included a trove of the rarest of millinery materials: esparterie...



I recorded the Zoom and you can watch it here on YouTube: