SARAH JESSICA PARKER GIVES LOU’S WORK THE NOD
IT’S a royal decree of sorts when American actress and designer Sarah Jessica Parker (SJP) decides on a whim to include as part of her outfit, a head band you’ve designed and created in your Warren millinery business.
Warren farmer/milliner Lou Webb met SJP at a Business Chicks breakfast in Sydney last week, where the superstar celebrity was a keynote speaker.
“I managed to have a meet and greet with her and it was all exciting and it happened before the breakfast. She’s such a beautiful woman. I gave her a head band with the red back spider, which was a sense of humour thing – being an American and a New Yorker, they’re in fear of our snakes and spiders,” Mrs Webb told Dubbo Photo News.
“She just thought that was amazing and she said to me, ‘I’ll incorporate this into my outfit, for the next day,’ and I kind of thought, ‘Oh we’ll just have to see,’ then bingo, it did!
“It’s been very exciting, and it’s happened because she’s just a very nice lady and so generous to do that for me as a woman supporting other women in business.”
Lou Webb Collections started just two years ago when Mrs Webb attended a weekend course in millinery and discovered a passion for it.
Drought conditions have been very challenging for her business, so the meeting with SJP has left Mrs Webb inspired.
“I make panama hats that have the beautiful cross grain ribbon and Guinea fowl feathers and the winter felt. I do the Lazy
River pop-up market events and the hats do very well, because they’ve just this very stylish signature look, which is beautiful,”
Mrs Webb said.
SJP thought the same of the Lou Webb Collections head band too, and an image of her wearing it is doing the rounds on social media.
“It’s been an amazing week for me. I’m also involved in the ‘Buy from the Bush’ initiative and that’s been going above and beyond, so I’ve had two big things go on for the week and it couldn’t have happened at a better time for me. Things are quite devastating out this way in the Warren community and surrounding area,” Mrs Webb said.
It’s also perfect timing pre-melbourne Cup when ladies’ hats are a feature of track side fashions in the fields.