Coming to The Vintage Hat Shop! Preview

Oh, it has been a busy season at The Vintage Hat Shop. Many new/vintage hats are cleaned, embellished, photographed and ready for "the shop". 

Molded indented toque with ostrich feather accent.

Faux fur cloche

1950s asymmetrical cocktail hat

White fedora with ostrich feather accent

Black velvet with antique rhinestone pin and ostrich feather

1930s black calotte, Juliette cap

1930s tilt hat with one feather

Are you a fan of 1930s hats? Take a look at the feather tilt that was on the cover of McCalls Magazine in 1938. How dramatic! It would take confidence and style to wear such a fashion statement.  I certainly would have to try on this hat and do a bit of mirror modeling before listing it in The Vintage Hat Shop!

McCalls Magazine 1938

Vintage feather hat to the extreme

 I love the vintage feather look as much as the next feather-hat-lover, but here's an advertisement that really goes all out for feathers!

We have many feather hats listed at The Vintage Hat Shop right now. But alas, none quite so dramatic!

1950s headband hat

Feathered toque

1940s tilt

1960s pillbox/tilt hat

1960s feather half hat

1940s tilt hat

Feathered cocktail hat

Fancy Smancy Vintage Hats

In honor of the Kentucky Derby I thought it might be a good idea to take a look at some fancy vintage hats.
Gosh, 100 years later, these ladies still could have been in style!
 

Manistee County Historical Museum

 

 

 

Manistee County Historical Museum

Mailing a Hat With a Feather- Here's the Secret!

Recently I sold 2 hats that both had feathers. I wanted them to stay secure in the box and not move when jostled by USPS.

After weighing many options I came up with this solution:

I cut a piece of one inch thick left-over insulation the same size as the Priority box, covered it in tissue paper and fit it into the bottom of the box.

I carefully pinned the hats in place using hatpins. They were secure and arrived safely!  Whew. That shipping dilemma solved!