In a previous post, Madge featured one of the fashion magazines she found in a dusty pile at an estate sale. That post, How to Dress, looked at a fall issue of Glamour Magazine from the 1940s. Today we are boosting the glamour quotient with another fashion mag from the pile, the November 1966 issue...
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...
We are updating this post to announce the passing of Peggy Moffitt at age 86 April 10, 2024.
Rudy Gernreich: The Total LookRecently Madge reported on a wonderful fashion design show, The Little Black Dress, curated by André Leon Talley at the Savannah College of Art an...
Revisiting this post and adding some more photos.Happy Father's Day to all the great dads out there.As many of you know, this blog and my vintage shop are dedicated to my maternal grandmother, Ora Madge Beals Meredith. But today I am giving a shout out to my wonderful dad – Jim Hill whom I lost in ...
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 green thumbs sh...
Hats MagazineMadge has an extensive collection of Hats Magazines ranging from the 1950s to 70s. Hats Magazine, established in 1876, was the trade publication for milliners, hat manufacturers, and suppliers. We're highlighting a fun issue from 1951 which happened fall on the 75th anniversary of th...
