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...
Cruising through the Brazos Valley of Texas on FM128 Madge was startled by a curious sign along the highway - Dime Box Museum.
She was hurrying back to Austin to catch a flight after attending an August graduation at Texas A & M in College Station. As she pulle...
Edsel Ford – No FlopEdsel Ford – No Flop
Madge was leafing through some old magazines and found a couple of wonderful advertisements for Edsel, Ford Motor Company’s car of the future that became an ignominious flop. A product that was such a dud that even the word Edsel became synonymous with failu...
Sometimes one tends to lose her identity in fashion. Following high fashion too closely, a person can forfeit beauty or style. The only way to buy clothes is to suit yourself . When I couldn't find a hat that suited my needs, I designed one. It was comfortable, stayed on my head in the wind...
This is the first in our series "What's in a Label" and we start with Leslie James hats.The Begining of My Hat ObsessionThe first hat I purchased was at an antique store in my hometown of Wichita, Kansas. I was in middle school and the hat was a faux leopard number, probably from the 1940s, with th...
As part of our continuing series What's in a Label? we cover this month's featured designer Christian Dior.In a machine age, dressmaking is one of the last refuges of the human, the personal, the inimitable. ...
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