Eia Radosavljevic received her Certificate in Millinery from
the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City after completing a career in dance. She continued her studies in couture
millinery at FIT with Janine Galimard, formerly of Balenciaga in Paris.
Eia Millinery Design began in New York City in 1990 and opened in Chicago in 1995. Eia is the headwear design instructor
at the School of Art Institute of Chicago, and teaches hat workshops at the Museum of Contemporary Art, the Alliance Francaise,
and other locations.
Eia was the only US finalist in the Hat Magazine of London's 1st annual "Hat Designer of the Year" competition and
she won an 'Entrepreneur of the Year' award from Victoria Magazine in 2002. Her works are in the permanent collections of
the Chicago Historical Society and the Staten Island Museum of Arts and Sciences.
Eia has created hundreds of hat events over the years at venues as varied as galleries, hotels, restaurants, country clubs,
cultural centers, and private residences. In 1995 she co-founded the Millinery Arts Alliance, an organization of Chicago
hat-makers of which she was both president and a member through 2002, and in 2004 helped launch CHAPEAU: The Milliners Guild,
a new group of fledgling milliners and ex-students of Eia's from Harper Community College and the School of the Art Institute.
Eia has made appearances on all the Chicago TV stations, including
as recently as March 2005 on NBC CH5 TV. She's been interviewed by the New York Times, Women's Wear Daily, Accessories
Magazine, the Chicago Tribune, and the Chicago Sun-Times, and Eia's creations have appeared in Victoria, Shuz, American Style,
and Chicago magazines. Eia is also featured in Andee Kinzy's film, "WHAT IS IT ABOUT HATS? A Documentary About the People
Under the Brim."
