My fall line of hats for White House Black Market is available now! You may shop these hats in person at the Hamburg location of White House Black Market in Lexington, KY, as well as on my website. Fall and Winter are classic seasons for hats. Think…fall racetrack season, football games, fall…
By: Shelby Parrott The leaves are changing, the pumpkin spice coffee is being poured, and the Halloween decoration are being put up. Which can only mean one thing…it’s Fall! Autumn is my favorite season. Everything just feels so cozy and the weather is just the right amount of cool before the true cold of winter…
I have been busy designing new hats. Oversize fedoras, Downton Abbey style cloches and jewel tone fascinators to name a few! This is the first year that I have done fall hats and I am excited about this new line!
I love Fall and Winter too. I do realize that sounds strange, given the fact that the Spring and Summer are thought to be the more popular times for wearing a hat. However having lived in Manhattan for 13 years and enduring cold winds on those streets, I can tell you that hats kept me…
“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 a…
Nothing now could take the wind out of my sails. Because I’m invited to step out this evening With top hat and white tie and tails. Irving Berlin Royal Ascot, Fred Astaire, riding to hounds, Cabaret, impressarios, John Singer Sargent’s incomparable portrait of Lord Ribbesdale, Willy Wonka, opening night at the opera, Alice’s mad teaparty…
…laughter tinkled among the teacups. Mr. Appolinax, T.S. Eliot A cool September morning in a lovely rural locale was the setting for a tea in honor of Polly Singer. Longtime friends Caroline and Jane gathered a group of Polly’s intimates for a brunch to congratulate Polly on the recent inclusion of hats from her collection…
It’s currently 73 degrees, one can hardly interpret this as a nip in the air, however, it is enough of a drop to remind us that fall is just around the corner. Did you know that September is Fall Hat Month? Rebecca Chamberlain reminds us in a blog on her charming Ladies’ Historical Tea website.…
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 one…
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…
