Christmas in NYC
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A New York City Christmas Card From Madge

UPDATE:  It's 2020 and with Covid, we are all stuck at home.  Here's a fond look back at our 2016 Christmas card from New York City, including windows from the late and lamented Lord & Taylor.
Madge got a last-minute opportunity to join gal pal Mary in New York City. You may remember h...

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Bob hope photo
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Thanksgiving Hollywood Style

Back in the golden age of Hollywood, movie studios invested considerable effort in crafting the image of their stars.  Back then, pr men worked overtime to quash reports of peccadillos and promote wholesomeness.  Thus began the publicity still showing off movie stars at home, with their kids, and of...

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Spring garden tour
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Hats in the Garden

Madge and Mr. Madge headed out this weekend on a beautiful spring morning to partake in the annual Gardens for Connoisseurs tour by the Atlanta Botanical Garden. Twelve private gardens were featured, all around the Atlanta area.   Madge loves gardens but since she has the blackest of ...

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SCAD little black dress by André Leon Talley
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André Leon Tally’s Little Black Dress at SCAD

In honor of André Leon Talley, Madge revisits this post on the SCAD "Little Black Dress exhibit originally published in 2012.Madge recently got a chance to view "The Little Black Dress" exhibit at the SCAD Museum of Art (the Savannah College of Art and Design), curated by André  Leon Talley in Savan...

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Rudy Gernreich the total look
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Rudi Gernreich – The Total Look

Originally published in 2012.

Rudy Gernreich: The Total Look
Recently Madge reported on a wonderful fashion design show, The Little Black Dress, curated by André Leon Talley at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) Museum.  Little did she know that in another exhibit right around the c...

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Vintage Half Hats
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Half Hats – The One Style for Every Woman

The most common remark Madge gets once someone knows that she sells vintage hat is “I love hats, but I just don’t look good in them”.   Madge’s reply comes right out of her personal manifesto: The women who thinks she can’t wear hats just hasn’t found the right hat.  For today’s stylish woman who wa...

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