Hat Pins 101
Last post I mentioned that I used two hat pins to keep my gravity defying Halloween bow-hat stuck to my head, and I realized, hat pins are hard to come by today so I thought I’d do a little 101 for you Hat pins were most popular between 1880 and 1920 when they faded away … Read more
Masks on the Runway; just in time for Hallows Eve
I’ve been trying to dream up the perfect Halloween head-topper for my favorite holiday of the year. Just because I’m out of the big city doesn’t mean I can’t shroud myself in decadence. Marie Antoinette 2006 by Sophia Coppola, which happens to be one of my favorite movies, was on last week and served as … Read more
Prohibition
I’m enjoying the newly minted PBS documentary Prohibition by Ken Bruns this evening to get inspired for my Fall/Winter hat collection which I plan on creating for next year. “PROHIBITION is a three-part, five-and-a-half-hour documentary film series directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick that tells the story of the rise, rule, and fall of … Read more
Bill Cunningham New York
On the plane back from Berlin, I decided to watch the Documentary Bill Cunningham New York (2010) on American Photographer Bill Cunningham who writes On the Street a column for the New York Times. It was recommended to me by a very close friend because of the hats which appeared in it. I was delighted to … Read more
