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Adam Summers 🏳️‍🌈 ÁCCENT MILLINERY
@accentmillinery.bsky.social
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Writer, milliner, and graphic designer. They/them. http://medium.com/@awsummers
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Lend them your screams ⛓️ BANSHEE is inspired by Irish folklore, and explores the scream as an expression of outrage, integrity, and humanity. The mask blends expressions of horror and restraint, while the crown of flowing, interwoven hair evokes Celtic knotwork. #millinery #halloween #headpiece #hat
A grey-haired woman stands in the darkness wearing a blue dress and a white Elizabethan standing ruff braced with ironwork. The ruff is connected to a collar by a body harness of chains. Broken chains hang from the iron manacles on her wrists. She is wearing a headdress of stone hair tendrils, which intertwine to create the impression of Celtic knotwork. The tendrils frame a pale blue mask covering outer half of her forehead and cheeks and support a disconnected lower jaw in the same shade. The lip on the lower jaw is a dark brown, matching the colour of the woman's top lip. The effect makes the woman appear to be screaming, even when her face is in a neutral position.
October 31, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Daylight horrors quicken in stillness ⛓️ BANSHEE is inspired by Irish folklore, and explores the scream as an expression of outrage, integrity, and humanity. The mask blends expressions of horror and restraint, while the crown of flowing, interwoven hair evokes Celtic knotwork. #millinery #halloween
A grey-haired woman stands in the darkness wearing a blue dress and a white Elizabethan standing ruff braced with ironwork. The ruff is connected to a collar by a body harness of chains. Broken chains hang from the iron manacles on her wrists. She is wearing a headdress of stone hair tendrils, which intertwine to create the impression of Celtic knotwork. The tendrils frame a pale blue mask covering outer half of her forehead and cheeks, and support a disconnected lower jaw in the same shade. The lip on the lower jaw is a dark brown, matching the colour of the woman's top lip. The effect makes the woman appear to be screaming, even when her face is in a neutral position.
October 30, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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None are spared by silence ⛓️ BANSHEE is inspired by Irish folklore, and explores the scream as an expression of outrage, integrity, and humanity. The mask blends expressions of horror and restraint, while the crown of flowing, interwoven hair evokes Celtic knotwork. #millinery #halloween #headpiece
A grey-haired woman stands in the darkness wearing a blue dress and a white Elizabethan standing ruff braced with ironwork. The ruff is connected to a collar by a body harness of chains. Broken chains hang from the iron manacles on her wrists. She is wearing a headdress of stone hair tendrils, which intertwine to create the impression of Celtic knotwork. The tendrils frame a pale blue mask covering outer half of her forehead and cheeks, and support a disconnected lower jaw in the same shade. The lip on the lower jaw is a dark brown, matching the colour of the woman's top lip. The effect makes the woman appear to be screaming, even when her face is in a neutral position.
October 29, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Some of these names are more surprising than others, but none of them can feign ignorance at this point.
Mermaid Skipper Barbie and one of the Sea Twins, both wearing expressions of disgust.
August 5, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Nothing sacred fears scrutiny 🐍 CRYPTIC explores tradition, and the ways familiarity can obscure and perpetuate harmful ideas. The design blends the geometric camouflage of the Gaboon viper with the architectural features of church vaults, concealing the former within the latter. #millinery
A wraith-like woman wearing a purple veil, a wine-red dress, and a gold necklace is standing in a dark chamber. The veil conceals her eyes, but she is looking towards the camera. Over the veil, the woman wears a carved sandstone headpiece comprising a half-mask with front and rear projections that support a ring torus encircling her head. The mask and the ring feature geometric cutouts referencing the camouflage pattern of a Gaboon viper and the crossed ceiling supports found in church vaults. The shape of the mask, with its slightly upturned nose bridge, resembles a snake’s head.
March 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Reckon with the casualties of your comfort 🐍 CRYPTIC explores tradition, and the ways familiarity can obscure and perpetuate harmful ideas. The design blends the geometric camouflage of the Gaboon viper with the architectural features of church vaults, concealing the former within the latter.
A wraith-like woman wearing a purple veil, a wine-red dress, and a gold necklace is standing in a dark chamber. The veil conceals her eyes, but she is looking towards the camera. Over the veil, the woman wears a carved sandstone headpiece comprising a half-mask with front and rear projections that support a ring torus encircling her head. The mask and the ring feature geometric cutouts referencing the camouflage pattern of a Gaboon viper and the crossed ceiling supports found in church vaults. The shape of the mask, with its slightly upturned nose bridge, resembles a snake’s head.
March 6, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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A familiar malice, confused for ministry 🐍 CRYPTIC explores tradition, and the ways familiarity can obscure and perpetuate harmful ideas. The design blends the geometric camouflage of the Gaboon viper with the architectural features of church vaults, concealing the former within the latter.
A wraith-like woman wearing a purple veil, a wine-red dress, and a gold necklace is standing in a dark chamber. The veil conceals her eyes, but she is looking towards the camera. Over the veil, the woman wears a carved sandstone headpiece comprising a half-mask with front and rear projections that support a ring torus encircling her head. The mask and the ring feature geometric cutouts referencing the camouflage pattern of a Gaboon viper and the crossed ceiling supports found in church vaults. The shape of the mask, with its slightly upturned nose bridge, resembles a snake’s head.
March 5, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Violence nests amid our doctrines 🐍 CRYPTIC explores tradition, and the ways familiarity can obscure and perpetuate harmful ideas. The design blends the geometric camouflage of the Gaboon viper with the architectural features of church vaults, concealing the former within the latter. #millinery
A wraith-like woman wearing a purple veil, a wine-red dress, and a gold necklace is standing in a dark chamber. The veil conceals her eyes, but she is looking towards the camera. Over the veil, the woman wears a carved sandstone headpiece comprising a half-mask with front and rear projections that support a ring torus encircling her head. The mask and the ring feature geometric cutouts referencing the camouflage pattern of a Gaboon viper and the crossed ceiling supports found in church vaults. The shape of the mask, with its slightly upturned nose bridge, resembles a snake’s head.
March 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Tradition is a deadly camouflage 🐍 CRYPTIC explores tradition, and the ways familiarity can obscure and perpetuate harmful ideas. The design blends the geometric camouflage of the Gaboon viper with the architectural features of church vaults, concealing the former within the latter. #millinery
A wraith-like woman wearing a purple veil, a wine-red dress, and a gold necklace is standing in a dark chamber. The veil conceals her eyes, but she is looking towards the camera. Over the veil, the woman wears a carved sandstone headpiece comprising a half-mask with front and rear projections that support a ring torus encircling her head. The mask and the ring feature geometric cutouts referencing the camouflage pattern of a Gaboon viper and the crossed ceiling supports found in church vaults. The shape of the mask, with its slightly upturned nose bridge, resembles a snake’s head.
March 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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“Betrayed are the living, betrayed the dead: All are confused by a horse’s head.” From “Ballad of the Mari Lwyd” by Vernon Watkins. MARI draws inspiration from Welsh wassailing traditions for New Year and explores our discomfort with the liminal. #marilwyd #hats #millinery #fascinator #newyear
Woman with blonde hair wearing an inverted horse skull mask and a pearled ribcage body harness. The skull is decorated with white double spirals and resembles a stringed instrument, with three tuning pegs on the left side and three strings running diagonally from right to left across the headpiece. The strings meet below the left eye hole, forming a braid. The woman holds the braid taut between her fingers. Woman with blonde hair wearing an inverted horse skull mask and a pearled ribcage body harness. The skull is decorated with white double spirals and resembles a stringed instrument, with three tuning pegs on the left side and three strings running diagonally from right to left across the headpiece. The strings meet below the left eye hole, forming a braid. The woman stands in the misty darkness.
January 1, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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A light in the darkness 🕯️ HALLOWED, one of my Halloween-inspired headpieces, is a tribute to lost loved ones, and the feelings of connection and distance defining our relationships with them. #millinery #halloween #headpiece #hat #fashion #drag #gothic
A maiden wearing white lace veil beneath a halo of branches adorned with candles. Her concealed face is framed with a bark crown resembling a jack-o'-lantern's smile.
November 15, 2024 at 5:01 PM
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Typography is a cruel mistress
A rhinestoned wedding cake topper reading "C&M". The ampersand is angled, and resembles a "U".
November 14, 2024 at 12:32 PM
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Drawn into darkness by tricks of the light 🌱 SARRACENIA is inspired by the sinister beauty of pitcher plants. This design is the first of my ‘mashups’ celebrating 10 years of millinery. #millinery #headpiece #hat #fashion #style #pitcherplant
A woman with grey hair wearing a pink, white, and green mask/headpiece inspired by the veined leaves of a pitcher plant.
November 11, 2024 at 2:44 PM
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We seek ourselves in haunted shapes 🖤 RORSCHACH explores the tensions between perception and reality. The design draws from inkblots and insects, each encompassing themes of stability and transformation #millinery #headpiece #hat #fashion #style #rorschach #ink
A woman with grey hair wearing a black and white mask/headpiece inspired by inkblots and insects.
November 11, 2024 at 2:42 PM
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Scorpio season 🦂♏ ANTARES, the first of this year's Halloween pieces, is named after the brightest star in the constellation of Scorpio, the ‘heart of the scorpion’. The design explores the tensions between intimacy and self-protection. #millinery #headpiece #scorpio #astrology
A woman with grey hair and dark eyes wearing a gold scorpion headpiece and a black tulle cloak. The scorpion has two tails, and the stingers meet to form the shape of a heart.
November 11, 2024 at 2:40 PM
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Facing an uncertain emergence 🕷️🕸️ EMBRACE, my second Halloween design, combines surgical and spider imagery to explore the challenges of isolation, introspection, and transformation in the process of recovery. This design is the third of my ‘mashups’ celebrating 10 years of millinery.
A woman wrapped in white bandages, wearing a black surgical halo with metal screws and mechanical spider legs. The points of attachment suggest the eyes of a spider.
November 11, 2024 at 2:39 PM