Individual Accessories

The  creative force behind Atelier Collins John is Jilly Collins.  After  fifteen years designing and making high end millinery, Jilly has turned  her talents to include creating handbags, scarves and wraps alongside her hats.  Producing  accessories using unusual, and often fabricated materials and diverse  embellishments, Jilly, a granddaughter of the famous painter Augustus  John, attributes the flamboyance and style of these pieces to her  theatrical background.

Inspired  by an eclectic range of influences, architecture, nature, fashion,  history, film and theatre, Jilly is fascinated by fabric manipulation  and surface decoration.  Colour plays an important part in her designs.  Vibrant jewel-like colours, the perennially smart black and white or a  cohesive neutral palette, all are to the fore in individual items.  Accessories and embellishments can be as formal or informal as required but always stylish  and sassy.

Most  creations are "one offs"  or a limited edition of two or three, subject to fabric availability, and can usually be made in any colour, exactly to the client’s requirements in terms of size, fabric, decoration, attachment etc.  Bespoke commissions with creative ideas from customers are welcomed.