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West Dean is part of a registered charity and relies on the support of generous donors, friends, legacies to help us deliver world-class education in conservation and the creative arts and maintain our award-winning gardens.
Anne Tomlin
Anne has a degree in Textiles and trained at West Surrey College
of Art (UCA, Farnham), then studied millinery at The London College
of Fashion. She co-founded the Bailey Tomlin label in 1989
designing and making hats for many stores including Saks 5th Ave,
Bergdorf Goodman, Harrods, Harvey Nichols and Liberty. Now working
under her own name she makes more intricate pieces for private
clients.
I like to teach in a friendly informal way and feel strongly the
importance of passing on skills, both traditional and
self-taught.
I am inspired by the immaculate detail of nature and have a
particular interest in bumble bees and wild flowers both for their
beauty and their conservation. I was the Tomlin part of Bailey
Tomlin. I am now a specialist millinery flower maker, inspired by
the immaculate detail of nature with a special interest in bees and
wild flowers.