Vintage clothes are always the best and hats are no exception! Here is some historical context behind these incredible vintage pieces! This small round cream colored hat is covered in tiny white flowers with flex of yellow-green and purple. This style of hat was called the “pork pie” (or also boater). The style was popular…
‘Or give me a new Muse with stockings and suspenders And a smile like a cat With false eyelashes and finger-nails of carmine And dressed by Schiaparelli, with a pill-box hat.’ from Autumn Journal by Louis MacNeice Once upon a time, (In the 1920’s) a young Italian beauty was invited to a ball in London.…
One of the cool things about having a website is that I meet many new friends. A few weeks ago, I had the good fortune of being asked to speak in Roswell, Georgia at an event that the Roswell Historical Society hosted. It was a luncheon/vintage hat show called “Hats Off For Hembree”. The event…
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.…