How to Make a Smart HatYesterday I went shopping at the Antique Market in Toronto. I am always looking for interesting material related to hats, albeit even remotely related. I found the September 1923 edition of Good Housekeeping on sale. Wha
A follow up to Hat Etiquette for MenI received a comment on my post about the etiquette of hat wearing by men. This man has been in the habit of wearing a hat in a Christian Church and a “friend” had sent him a link to my blog post.First of a
Suffragettes in 1913 LondonThis is a great clip I came across recently. It is a demonstration for votes for women in Pre- War 1913 London England. Everybody was so well dressed and especially the big hats on women. What a contrast with today’s
Are you a runway fashionista?Do you like to keep up with the latest fashion trends, especially in hats?One source of information is Vogue dot com. There you will find lots of news and other information. A great feature is the many videos on
Hats off at Buskerfest Toronto 2010In late August every year we have the annual Buskerfest in Toronto. We have clowns, jugglers, acrobats and mimes among others. It is a lot of fun! This year we had very hot and sunny weather in contrast to th
You Bet Your Life 1954You Bet Your Life was a quiz show hosted by comedian Groucho Marx. It was on the radio in the 1940s and graduated to the television later on. The Grand Prize at that time was $3,000 (quite a sum of money). I was searching
Parlor MusicIn the days before radio it was common to have a piano in the Drawing Room. In Victorian, Edwardian times and beyond into the 1920s entertainment in the Parlor was very popular. This can be seen in the photograph probably taken a
A Tribute to Bob DylanI have been helping a friend do some You Tube videos. Here is the first one. Notice he is wearing a red hat for his performance – I wonder whose influence is at work there? This was performed at the Toronto CommFFest last
Hat wearing etiquette for womenThere are a lot fewer rules for hat wearing by women than for men. See my previous post on hat wearing by men. One thing is for sure a woman never doffs (tips) her hat to anyone. If she did this it would certai
A very Nifty Triangular Hat BoxThis is a design for a shipping hat box from a patent (443,397) filed in 1890. It’s a great design. The advantages cited were:the fancy hat would not move around in any position – saving packing. andmore of
Hatequette for MenThe days when every man and every woman wore a hat to go out are behind us at last for the time being. Perhaps universal hat wearing will return who knows? With universal hat wearing came a whole host of social conventions th
Hello everyoneI will start posting here again shortly. I had to deal with a hacking attack. With the help of my host Blue Host I was able to fix the problem files and everything should be OK now.If you visit ANY site and you get sent to a mys
The Queen’s Toronto VisitRecently HM Queen Elizabeth completed a great tour of Canada. This tour included Toronto where I live. Of course in every event there was a hat – matching with the outfit of course.Two of the highlights of the visit i
I apologize to my readers here I have been very sick for the last several weeks and been forced to take a break I am returning to the blog today and I find that I have been hacked. I really apologize if you have been affected. I have deleted th
Are you looking for courses to learn millinery?I have been receiving a number of enquiries lately about courses in hat making/millinery. I am planning more articles and possibly a podcast on the subject.How do you start a career in milliner