About
Lomax and Skinner do more than just make exquisite hats. With a deep knowledge and understanding of their craft Sarah Lomax and Rachel Skinner design and create contemporary millinery, rich in form and shape yet thoughtful in design, their pieces supremely capturing and highlighting natural confidence.
With backgrounds in fashion and art the pair met in the New Bond Street workrooms of the late Frederick Fox. Learning their trade making hats for The Queen, other members of the royal family and celebrity clients, the traditional millinery methods and meticulous attention to detail has inspired and informed their working practices.
After enjoying independent careers in millinery Sarah and Rachel came together in 2013 to create the label Lomax and Skinner. With an ethos rooted in outstanding quality and timeless appeal, the profound respect they have for the history of their trade is woven through every piece they make.
In addition to bespoke pieces L&S undertake commissions for theatre, film and exhibitions and co-authored the book ‘Millinery, The Art of Hat Making’.
With a passion for inspiring new practitioners to the craft Sarah Lomax is a qualified further education tutor currently teaching at Morley College London, and from the Lomax & Skinner studio in East Sussex.
In May 2024 Rachel Skinner opened the doors to a retail boutique shop and showroom reviving the eponymous Rachel Skinner Millinery in the historic county town of Lewes, East Sussex.
