Ann Shoebridge is an established hat designer stocking Myer and David Jones, and has worked in the contemporary art industry for over 20 years at Melbourne Art Fair, Artspace and Mosman Art Gallery. In 2020 during COVID-19 she turned to painting pets for friends, the project took off and she has now completed over 100 pet portrait commissions. Her design work is in the Fashion and Textiles collection of the National Gallery of Victoria, and she was a finalist in The Hat Designer of the Year, ‘Who’s Next’, Premiere Classe, Paris awarded by UK milliner Stephen Jones.