The hat becomes an extension of who they are.” From her retail space in Surry Hills, Valavanis takes these stories and handcrafts them into something tangible. Most recently, she was tasked with ...

"Dolly" Everett had been the face of a well-known Akubra campaign when she was eight A 14-year-old girl who as a child was the face of iconic Australian outback hat firm Akubra has taken her own ...

The death of the 14-year-old girl, once the face of iconic Australian outback hat brand Akubra, prompted grief and shock across the nation. About 300 people attended her funeral in the Northern ...