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...
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...
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...
International Women's Day
In honor of International Women's Day I take a moment to remember my grandmother Madge Beals Meredith. Naming my online shop #MadgesHatboxVintage, was loving nod to her years as a #milliner. Then a chance remark by my aunt sent me on a yearlong journey in sea...
Madge and Mr. Madge recently returned from a trip-of-a-lifetime through mainland China. First stop was Beijing. It was a hot August day and our itinerary took us through the Temple of Heaven park, Tiananmen Square and to the Forbidden City. Despite the heat most...
Southern Fried Vintage Here's a tale of Lynyrd Skynard style. Madge was poking around in some of her favorite Buckhead boutiques when she met up with Carol, the owner of a fabulous lady's shop called Razzle Dazzle. Carol’s shop features hip and fun clothes, jewelry, and accessories that are fashio...