It’s currently 86 degrees. One can hardly interpret this as a nip in the air, however fall is just around the corner. Did you know that September is Fall Hat Month? How to celebrate? Bring out your fall hats. Do any need repairs? You can always a purchase a new hat to suit your mood…
It was a pleasure to have 4 hats featured in the September/October issue of Victoria Magazine. I was contacted back in June to provide 4 hats for the fall layout. Little did I know that they would be featured so prominently in Victoria! It has been such a thrill for me since Victoria is…
Working with a limited cache of materials on a tight deadline, a deadline which came on the heels of months of tight deadlines does not make for ideal working conditions. This was the situation when Polly was asked by a magazine stylist to create a hat for a photoshoot. In June, soon after the Kentucky…
There’s a smile on every face and a winner in each race where the turf meets the surf at old Del Mar Johnny Burke/Bing Crosby/James V. Monaco) “And there’s the roar from the Del Mar crowd as the 2008 Del Mar meet is underway.” with track announcer Trevor Denman’s trademark call began one of the…
As a milliner, I often get asked by clients, “How do I cope with hat hair?”. As any hat wearer knows, in the dog days of summer, our heads can get drenched with perspiration while wearing a hat. Our heads generate heat. That’s why in the winter, we are told to wear hats to keep…
Hat care tips and how to protect your hat investment. We adore hats but one must admit, they’re fair weather friends. Even the most well made hat can be damaged by windy or rainy weather. This became evident in the days following the Kentucky Derby. Polly began receiving questions about reviving hats which, on a…
But when it’s time to be discreet There’s one thing you just can’t beat And that’s a strapless backless classical little black dress Richard Hartley, Shock Treatment Audrey Hepburn knew it, as did Betty Boop and Edith Piaf. Clearly Mme. Gautreau, the subject of John Singer Sargent’s portrait of Madame X knew it; that is,…
As the old saying goes for any bride she needs “something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue”. We have begun to see a new trend in bridal fashion that incorporates the old and new. Polly has had some recent clients who want to use the material from their mother or grandmother’s wedding veil…
The Preakness Stakes, which follows the Kentucky Derby and precedes the Belmont Stakes, is the middle jewel of one of the most honored traditions in thoroughbred racing, The Triple Crown. This year the Preakness will be held on May 17 at Pimlico Race Track in Baltimore, the second oldest race track in the nation. Since…
Hosting parties to celebrate the Kentucky Derby has become a huge entity all of its own. Why not host a Derby party this year and be in the running (no pun intended) to win tickets to the 2009 Kentucky Derby? The winner gets 2 VIP tickets and gets to walk the red carpet. Visit www.kentuckyderby.com/party…