Doja Cat
costume design
Working with stylist Brett Alan Nelson we created our iconic Hyper-cherries in bespoke finishes for Doja Cat’s music video Juicy.
zandra rhodes: fifty years of fabulous
Mask designs
Zandra Rhodes and the Fashion and Textile Museum asked us to come up with headpiece ideas to dress the mannequins for the exhibition Zandra Rhodes: Fifty Years of Fabulous.
Killian: Le rouge parfum
lips design
We created lips inspired by surrealism for Killian Hennessy’s ‘Le Rouge Parfum’ campaign. Photographed by Ellen von Unwerth.
PACHA ibiza
costume design
Fans and bejeweled turbans for dancers at the iconic Ibiza nightclub Pacha.
JLo: Dinero
costume design
Leopard print fedora for Jennifer Lopez’s music video ‘Dinero’ in collaboration with The Residency Experience.
ford fiesta
Headpieces FOR ADVERTISING
We work closely with a variety of stylists and brands to create one-off showpieces for eye-catching advertising campaigns for brands. This exciting neon headdress, first seen in Vogue, was also used in the Ford Fiesta billboard and TV advert in their global campaign "This Is Now" created by Ogilvy Advertising London.
elephant family's
animal ball
mask design and production
for charity event
Piers Atkinson works closely with a few charities, most notably The Elephant Family who bring artists and fund-raising auctions together in support of Mark Shand’s trail blazing Asian Elephant rescue programme. A fund-raising mask ball was held at Clarence House in 2014 where Piers was asked to create a special pair of animal masks
for Their Royal Highnesses The Prince Of Wales &
The Duchess Of Cornwall, making front page news for the charity.
Susie Bubble’s Sunflower Hat
headpieces for advertising
We work closely with a variety of stylists and brands to create one-off showpieces for eye-catching advertising campaigns for brands.
This fun project involved making a sunflower hat for uber-blogger Susannah Lau for her starring role in Vitamin Water’s global billboard campaign.
minions bello yellow collection
FASHION DESIGN PROJECT FOR THIS HOLLyWOOD BLOCKBUSTER
Piers Atkinson was invited to work with Universal Picture’s Minions movie launch fashion licencing alongside fashion designers Giles, Rupert Sanderson and Tatty Devine. The resulting ‘top to toe’ Bello Yellow collection was launched globally in top-end outlets from Selfridges to Collette in Europe to 10 Corso Como and On Pedder
in Asia
Rihanna in concert
costume design
We work closely with a variety of celebrities and musicians to create headline-grabbing, unique designs for special appearances and tour wardrobe concepts.
We created an extra-special, ultra-red pair of our signature Hyper-Cherries for Rihanna's famous S&M Video.
She has also worn a number of designs at live concerts.
lfw: ISSA
headpieces for runway
We work closely with a variety of designs to create special pieces for runway shows, presentations and lookbooks, from headline-grabbing showpieces to sales pieces.
Here we worked with Daniella Helayal's finale show
at Issa where we made a series of Fedoras that graced Cara Delevingne on the runway to Lady Gaga on
the red carpet.
marina and the diamonds
headpieces for concert
We work closely with a variety of celebrities and musicians to create headline-grabbing unique designs for special appearances and tour wardrobe concepts.
Here we made a series of colour matching and UV reactive headpieces for Marina and the Diamonds 'Froot' and 'Neon Nature' tours, seen here worn by Marina Diamandis.
lfw: charlotte olympia
headpieces FOR RUNWAY
We work closely with a variety of designs to create special pieces for runway shows, presentations and lookbooks, from headline-grabbing showpieces to sales pieces.
Here we worked with Chartlotte Olympia’s debut where we made a series of black silhouette hats that fused with the styling to create a focus on the shoes and bags!
Pacific place: hong kong
design for interactive recycling christmas project
We collaborate with malls and retail hubs to create special event products such as these Christmas Baubles made from recycled plastic bottles. Customers passing large recycle ‘huts’ in Lee Gardens could see the designer results in the up-cycled Christmas Baubles available in giant Christmas Tree vending machines.
concept queen italy: retail display
DESIGN AND PRODUCTION OF GLASS blown HAT For Designer showroom
This was a challenging commission to design and produce a glass hat in the shape of a 'funfair win' fish bag. A complex and rewarding project as we had no idea if this could even work! A big thanks to Bruce Marks from London Glassblowing for his handy-work.
Minnie mouse
FASHION DESIGN PROJECT FOR
THe Fashion icon
Piers Atkinson was invited to work Disney’s Minnie Mouse in an exciting fashion licencing project alongside fashion designers Lulu Guinness, Giles and Tatty Devine.
The project was launched at London Fashion Week with Minnie Mouse in attendance, and the one-off pieces auctioned to private collectors.
nspcc bloomsbury theatre
costume design for charity event
Piers Atkinson designed the costumes, with vast bicorn hats, for Captain Hook and his sidekick Smee for 2014's NSPCC Charity panto at Bloomsbury Theatre
Other designers included Vivienne Westwood and Jasper Conran
Hong kong jockey club
headpiece EXHIBITION AND runway SHOW
Piers Atkinson was invited to Hong Kong by beauty brand Sa Sa to present a two-week series of lecturers and personal appearances culminating in an extravagant fashion and awards show at the Hong Kong Jockey Club racecourse at the style-conscious Ladie's Purse Day. Our hats were modelled by celebrities including Jasmine Wu.
Harbour City shopping mall
GIFT DESIGN FOR LUXURY RETAILER
In Hong Kong's famous Harbour City shopping mall, Piers created a special cherry design umbrella which was given as a gift to loyal customers. Creating a print from his drawings the umbrellas were etched with the names of their owners, came in a beautiful presentation box and featured an enamel cherry on the handle.
rococo
CREATIVE COLLABORATION WITH AGRELL architectural CARVING
We collaborated with world class artisan hand-woodcarving designers and producers to create this special collection. Shot impromptu on actress Andrea Riseborough during a visit to our studio, the pieces were worn on the red carpet by Lady Gaga and Anna Dello Russo
port eliot
HEADDRESS WORKSHOPS FOR CORNWALL’S FAMOUS FAMILY FESTIVAL
Working closely with world-famous art-director Michael Howells and Lord & Lady St. Germans, who host Port Eliot Festival on the grounds on the Port Eliot estate, Piers Atkinson and his team host a series of workshops using real flowers from the gardens to make festival headpieces. Children can then enter the ‘Festival Fashion Show’ hosted by Pencil Agency wearing their designs with a judge panel which has included Stephen Jones, Suzy Menkes and Barbara Hulanicki.
broadband always: hong kong
Headpieces FOR TV ADVERTISING
We work closely with a variety of stylists and brands to create one-off showpieces for eye-catching advertising campaigns for brands. These exciting headdresses were used in the Broadband Always billboard and TV adverts in their Asian campaign created by AllRightsReserved.
lfw: zandra rhodes
Headpieces for runway
We work closely with a variety of designers to create special pieces for runway shows, presentations and lookbooks, from headline-grabbing showpieces to sales pieces.
Here we worked with Dame Zandra Rhodes for her fabulous 2014 retrospective show in Paris, produced by Doll, to a standing ovation from the Greats of the industry.
royal ascot
Headpieces for events
We work closely with a variety of stylists and brands to create one-off showpieces for events. In a perfect match for millinery we team up regularly with Ascot Racecourse for a variety of events, trunk-shows and appearances. Piers Atkinson worked closely with Royal Ascot to produce a special collection of hats by six of the UK’s most prestigious milliners which formed an inspirational collection for race-goers and was exhibited at the racecourse during the famous Royal Ascot week.
travels to my elephant
DESIGN FOR CHARITY
In 2015 Piers teamed up with his friends Dame Zandra Rhodes and Andrew Logan to design and create a tuk-tuk to raise funds for The Elephant Family which was auctioned at Clarence House at an event hosted by charity presidents; Their Royal Highnesses, The Prince Of Wales & The Duchess Of Cornwall.
lfw: ashish
Headpieces for runway
Here we worked with LFW stalwart Ashish on one of our most colourful and exciting collaborations. This Americana-inspired collection brought caps to the runway, fusing Contemporary and Native American cultures.
Fenwick: retail display
DESIGN OF HAT STAND FOR DESIGNER RETAIL FLOOR
We sketched a huge hat standwhich was produced for Fenwick of Bond Street’s Fashion Floor which focused attention on their famous Occasion Millinery department alongside stands by Stephen Jones and Philip Treacy.
lfw: eudon choi
Headpieces for runway
We work closely with a variety of designers to create special pieces for runway shows, presentations and lookbooks, from headline-grabbing showpieces to sales pieces.
Here we worked with Eudon Choi at his exciting presentatin at London Fashion Week where we made a series of unique floral designs from a giant 'babooshka' headscarf to a petite multi-floral band; a Piers Atkinson classic.
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