Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations
Madge and her husband, Mr. Madge, spent a delightful weekend in New York City. Mr. was not arriving until the late the first evening. So upon arrival, Madge rushed to her favorite midtown hotel, unpacked, donned her favorite vintage brooch, an...
Originally published in 2018.It was fall 1991. I received a frantic call from a local PR firm. Could I get them a gray tracksuit for Springer Spaniel and monogram it Millie? Oh, and they needed it the next day.For those of you not around in the 90s this could mean only one thing, a gift for Barbara ...
The Story of Charm MagazineAs usual, Madge was rummaging around at an estate sale a few months ago and came across a couple of issues of Charm Magazine from the 1940s. Having never heard of the publication, but bowled over by the ads and editorial, she took the issues home. After ...
Out for a walk, Madge ran into a next-door neighbor dressed in skinny jeans tucked into tall black leather boots. Her long nubby sweater was capped off with a wool scarf, knotted just so. She was so in style. She was . . . in second grade.Shirley TempleShirley Temple Black passed away this month ...
Norma Kamali, Iris Aprel & Stephanie Solomon Dish About Vintage
This summer’s Intermezzo wholesale trade show in New York City included the revolutionary idea of providing fashion retailers access to top vintage sellers offering one-of-a-kind clothing and accessories to purchase for their shops...
After opening her online shop in February little did she know that Madge would get repurposed! One of her first sales was a sparkly rhinestone heart brooch from the 1950s. Madge had owned the piece since high school. The brooch was purchased by a local woman, Janice Fuller.
Madge assumed ...
