Fife milliner wins business innovator award

The former nurse, who started running her own business Chanix Millinery full time last summer, has been named No1 Scotland Magazine’s New Business Innovator of the Year.

It’s just the latest in a number of awards Rachael has achieved. She’s previously won the Fife Visual Artist and Craft Maker Award and the Lincoln International Millinery Competition, as well as being a finalist in the Best Wedding Accessory Provider category at the Scottish Wedding Awards.

Speaking of her latest award success, the former Kirkcaldy High pupil said: “I feel absolutely overwhelmed with joy to have won, as everyone in my category deserved the award.

“I was noticed by several ladies on the night including one in film who took my card as they are always looking for head pieces, so I'm really looking excited to see where my business is going to go next.”

Chanix Millinery offers bespoke hats and fascinators, designed and created by Rachael, as well as a hire service.

She has seen her work feature in magazines and some have been picked for best hat and best dressed at the races.

Since leaving her nursing job to run the business full time, Rachael has set up a studio in her own home and is currently doing an advanced millinery course at Glasgow Clyde College, having already trained hersell in all the traditional millinery techniques.

To find out more visit www.chanixmillinery.co.uk