We’ve all heard the expression “Put on your Thinking Cap” but do you actually have one?
A Thinking Cap, I mean. And preferably, a vintage one.
No? Then it’s time to get one!
I think we all need a very special Thinking Cap to sit down and set our goals for 2012.
You don’t need it for your SMART goals (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Timely). You can write…
And they’re off!
In a few hours, twenty thoroughbreds will race around the track at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky in what is billed as the most exciting two minutes in sports. But it’s also an exciting two minutes for fashion because wearing a fashionable hat is one of the Kentucky Derby’s most notable traditions.
If you enjoyed seeing all the fantastic (and sometimes outrageous) millinery at…
NYC Easter Parade 1900
“In your Easter Bonnet, with all the frills upon it,
You’ll be the grandest gal at the Easter Parade.”
–Irving Berlin, 1948, “Easter Parade”
Yes, Virginia, not only is there a Santa Claus but there is an actual, real, honest-to-goodness Easter Parade, too.
The original event took place in NYC in the 1870s with marchers sporting their spring frocks and bonnets for one block between two…
Moira McDonald, Seattle Times Movie Critic, recently interviewed Jenny Beavan, costume designer for The King’s Speech and nine-time Academy Award nominee. In the interview, Beavan shared many insights into the use of vintage clothing in films, but I was most struck by her comments about how hats extended the film’s limited budget. She said:
“We couldn’t afford huge amounts of different outfits, but changing the hat…
Oh, to have a hat head!
You know what I mean—the right size, the right shape, the right hair to match. My daughter has one. Put any hat on her head and it looks like a million bucks. Put most hats on my head and I disappear—literally! They cover my eyes and rest on my nose.
And that’s a shame because there’s no quicker and easier way…
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