From Parisian berets; to wide-brimmed straw hats adorned with velvet trim; to feminine derbys and top hats; to Jackie-O pillboxes; as well as traditional and nontraditional styles of head-adornment Lyn Frances' designs turn heads. With an emphasis on creativity, she explores the limitless variations upon basic forms and silhouettes to create head-adornment.  Usually pairing classic shapes with modern interpretations and oftentimes unexpected fabrics, embellished with Swarovski crystals, bugle beads, silk ribbon, feathers or her over-the-top hand-made hat pins, she's become one of the fashion world's most stylized millenary mavens.  

   Her own admitted hat-fetish was inherited from her late mother Beverly, and her sewing skill inherited from her grandmother.  

  "My mother, my aunt and grandmother were the sharpest dressers at my church, during my impressionable years," proudly recalls Lyn.   "When we moved to Los Angeles in the mid-sixties my mother boldly continued her Midwestern style that put her in a wondrous class all her own. Mom could wear a hat like none other, as many friends and acquaintances have reiterated over the years. She had this updated dressy "cowboy" style hat that only she could get away with.  People begged me for it upon her death."        

   By the early nineties hats became an obsession to Lyn. Under every tilted brim she visualized the faces of the strong, snazzy role models who wore theirs like halos.  While on vacation in her hometown Lyn sought the advice of master milliner, P. K. Hines, who graciously gave Lyn a millinery "crash course". Her first project, a straw military style braided hat, trimmed in horse hair unleashed innate skill that had lay dormant since her days in fashion design classes. Returning to Los Angeles, she enrolled in a millinery course overnight, her originality and innovation marked her among the most prized students in the class.  Hence, the company banner "Lyn'O'vations presents Lyn Frances" was born.

   Yet, Lyn's aim for excellence and artistic expansion didn't limit itself to the United States. She had always been spellbound by the haughty hats worn by English royalty, and enthralled by the works of English milliners Peter Bettley and Philip Treacy. London millinery is considered the most exciting and fast-forward in the world, and Lyn yearned to study there.

   While surfing the Internet she stumbled across the Wombourne School of Millinery in faraway Wolver Hampton, England. The starry-eyed Southern California girl hopped a flight to London, followed by a meandering train ride to the countryside of Wolver Hampton. With the same pioneering panache that enabled her mother to hold her hat-wearing head high as a newcomer to Los Angeles, Lyn's adventurous spirit fueled fabulous new designs.

   Few milliners have dedicated as much to their artistic talent and ongoing technical growth with the drive, skill, and brilliance that Lyn Frances possesses. Lyn went on to study under the prestigious tutelage of the U.K's Master of Milliners, Rose Cory. Cory designed hats for British royalty, and was the milliner for the late Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother.

   As one can observe from the extremely broad perspective and personality embodied in her hats, Lyn Frances has earned her rank amongst the world's great masters of millinery.