Marina Vexler
There is legend that the hat exists. The magical hat. You put it on the top of your head and you become invisible. It is called in Russian: shapka-nevidimka. I do not know if Marina has it. She might. She has anything you can think about in her show-room. They are of any colors, of any possible shape and form, of any humanly possible designs. They are the rooms of paradise for any woman. You walk in and YOU might disappear there for sure / But when you buy Marina's hat and put it on your head be it for the races or any other occasion you certainly will become VISIBLE, NOTICEABLE to say the least - you will become a head turner indeed,
If I had to tell you a secret that would be the one - I am int hats, they are my small and very organic and harmless fetish I carry on for many years. I wore hats here despite no one did without any occasion and with it: in summer,in winter , in any season. That is why Marina is on the top of my list. Marina does not know how my heart stops when I walk into her factory and her showroom...
Marina dreams hats: the new collections (that come out twice a year) , the designs come to her during her sleep, at night: she wakes up and she does not stop drawing. he never stops designing. She is an artist from the bottom to the what ever is there... the surface?
I call Marina... she is so easy going, so light and so effortless to communicate with : I speak with her without thinking: should I talk with her about it? There are no prohibited themes. I know it can only comes from her soul - it is judgement-less. She is positive, she is always happy as the artist who found herself.
She shows me how to wear this or that hat, what will suit r what will not t this or that dress that we try to match for the photoshoot . More to that: she suggests the themes, she loves what we do, she supports me in all my steps, she is reject-less: she never ever said no, I can not design this for your photoshoot. She gives out with love and care: she thinks about all the small details. Her hats , her art creations are spotless, the stitches are haute couture: they are all done as if there were millions of professional hands touching them. Her hats are worn by celebrities and government officials: she has them for women mainly and for men too. I wish one day we all - 100-s of our models ho wore her hats from our crew went out in the Melbourne streets wearing her designs ad just walk in clusters to show the European class to the down under and usually dressed in lack and brown colors crowd.
...and Marina to head this crowd of models in her own designs...
she rocks - for me and for you too waking up your creative side too...
I attach some of Marina's masterpieces captured by our photographers from Cupids Millinery Melbourne latest winter collection - sold to 100-s of shops across Australia, and overseas, including UK and China,including David Jones and MYER.