Molly Yestadt

Molly Yestadt
Alma mater Fashion Institute of Technology
Occupation Milliner

Molly Yestadt is a milliner in the United States.

Life

Yestadt grew up in New Rochelle, New York,[1] her mother an artist and her father an architect.[2] Her grandparents had a tailor shop on the west side of Manhattan.[3] She studied fine arts at University of Hartford, and eventually transferred to the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City, and started focusing in millinery in 2004.[4][3][2] She worked as an apprentice at millinery design studio Cha Cha’s House of Ill Repute from 2004 to 2007, and as a designer for Steve Madden from 2007 to 2009.[5]

In 2008, she started Yestadt Millinery with friend Jane Pincus.[6]

In Spring 2009, fashion retailer Intermix started carrying some of Yestadt Millinery's designs.[2][7] Later that same year, a model wore a hat of Yestadt's at a photo shoot with Alister Mackie, then stylist for Marc by Marc Jacobs, and the design caught the stylist's eye.[8] This resulted in a collaboration with Marc by Marc Jacobs that significantly raised Yestadt's profile.[9][5]

Work

Yestadt Millinery has come to be known as the "go-to for cool, artisanal hat-making."[10] Yestadt herself is known for hand-designing with classic techniques and traditional hatmaking styles - bowlers, cloches, panamas, berets, turbans, pork pie hats - with elegant, modern flourishes, and a ready-to-wear aesthetic.[1][9][11][12]

Yestadt has collaborated with designers such as Marc Jacobs,[11] Vena Cava,[10] Thom Browne,[6] Rafael Cennamo, WHIT, and Phillip Lim.[9] Her works with Yestadt Millinery also have a number of celebrity fans, among them Rihanna and Courtney Love.[1] A number of retailers carry or have carried Yestadt's designs, including Intermix, Anthropologie, Henri Bendel, Barney's CO-OP, and The Hat Store.[8][9][13]

While a number of high fashion figures started out as milliners, such as Halston and Coco Chanel, the art of hatmaking has had a comparatively lower profile in the latter half of the 20th century and beginning of the 21st, possibly as a result of the woman's wardrobe becoming more casual and informal.[3] Yestadt is one of a small but growing number of designers championing millinery as an art.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Aleksander, Irina (2009-09-08). "Rihanna, Courtney, Marc Love Molly Yestadt's Haute Hats". The New York Observer. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
  2. 1 2 3 "Cool Job: The Girls Behind the Hats". Stardoll. May 2013. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
  3. 1 2 3 coutorture (2008-08-18). "Interview With Molly Yestadt Of Yestadt Millinery". PopSugar. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
  4. ↑ Adams, Susan (2011-12-19). "30 Under 30: Art & Design". Forbes. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
  5. 1 2 "Newcomer Molly Yestadt Gets Her Hats in the Marc by Marc Jacobs Runway Show". Hatlife.com. March 2009. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
  6. 1 2 Newell-Hanson, Alice (2012-09-20). "In the Studio with Molly Yestadt". openingceremony.us. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
  7. ↑ "Marc by Marc Milliner Molly Yestadt on Hat Trends & Tips". Blackbook. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
  8. 1 2 Ivory, Sarah (2009-10-21). "Dossier in Conversation with Molly Yestadt". Dossier Journal. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
  9. 1 2 3 4 Malik, Stephanie (2013). "Yestadt Millinery: Framing the face with the Marc by Marc Jacobs and Thom Browne collaborators". Dazed. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
  10. 1 2 Mccarroll, Courtney. "Meet the Designer: Yestadt Millinery". Of a Kind. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
  11. 1 2 Yotka, Steff (2014-11-13). "Marc Jacobs and Yestadt Team Up on Beanies". Style.com. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
  12. ↑ Herbst, Kendall (2010-02-05). "Know Right Now: Yestadt Millinery". WNBC blog. New York City. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
  13. ↑ Pfander, Catherine Blair (2011-04-29). "Mood Board: Yestadt Millinery Looks to Vietnamese Hats and the Natural History Museum". WNBC blog. New York City. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
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