Twenty Questions with Kentucky Derby Milliner Polly Singer 1. What is your favorite thing to snack on while you’re blogging? I’m usually drinking jasmine tea, which I am thoroughly addicted to. 2. What is one thing you wouldn’t want to live without? Love and tea 3. Beach, Mountains, or Farm? Where would you live if…
“Buy straw hats in winter. ” (idiomatic) of stocks attributed to financier Russell Sage (1816-1906) Straw Hats in the winter? Well that depends on where they’re worn and, most important, in what colors. As we’ve become convinced of the ill effects of sun exposure, women look for sun protection year round. Sun block is…
“I like good strong words that mean something.” – Louisa May Alcott, Little Women Do you speak Hattish? Do you need a phrase book? We’ve put together a few of the words and terms regularly bandied about the milliner’s studio. I hope you enjoy it. I hope you learn something, I really hope you have…
Thrilling things often come in small packages – that has never been more true than this autumn at Polly Singer Couture Hats and Veils. Just in time for the holiday party season, we’re unveiling a collection of hats so petite and precious they should be measured in carats. The seven bewitching new fascinators run the…
Where do summer hats go when the weather turns nippy? Do they fly south with the birds and butterflies or do they go to ground and nap until spring, dreaming of horse races and teas? For the visual alone, I’d like to believe that hats are migratory; however, if my pretty summer hats don’t rise…
Fall is no time to take risks with your skin and health. The sun may be rising later and setting earlier but its rays are no less damaging. In fact, with the cessation of summer heat, many people spend more time outside, thus receive more exposure to UV rays . Dermatologists now frequently recommend an…
I walk without flinching through the burning cathedral of the summer. ~Violette Leduc, Mad in Pursuit Labor Day officially brings the curtain down on my favorite season; fortunately, there are, in Kentucky at least, 3 more weeks of Indian summer, I plan to revel in every hot, humid, sticky moment. However reluctant I am to…
As always, I did many hats for Del Mar Racetrack’s Opening Day. This past Wednesday, ladies were out and about in their hats for the annual hat contest. This is the 3rd year that I have designed a hat or fascinator for TVG’s Christina Olivares. This year, she chose a fascinator to complment her dress.…
I find trying to coordinate hats with clothing as the biggest problem for hat wearers. This goes for myself as well. We all want to simplify our outfits. That’s why I tell clients, when in doubt, choose a monochromatic hat (all in the same color). You will get more fashion mileage from it and it…
Picking out a hat to wear in the summer isn’t very hard. Here are a few tips: 1. Buy a hat made from natural straw instead of synthethic. Sewn synthetic straws are heavy and don’t breathe. Many of the cheaper hats are made from this material. Parisisal, Sisal and Panama straws all are cooler hats…