http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvglWKl6b1A

This video is from the Official Royal Channel on You Tube a great reference for fans of the British Royals.

Notice all the hats in the crowd. My favorite was the cocked hats on the coachmen.

She did not know at the time that she would become the first lady in the land and lived through the Second World War. The Germans knew her as the most dangerous woman in Europe. A very gracious lady.

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Last week I was at an event in support of the Toronto General and Western Hospital Foundation.

A friend and I staffed a stand for Pravda Vodka. We served the samples in ice cups and the drink was smooth. I don’t normally drink liquor but this was smooth. A lot of supporters of the Hospital Foundation were there at the tasting which featured wines from around the world and representatives from the vineyards. The evening dinner featured an auction for high rollers. A Mercedes fetched $65,000 and several wine items sold for multiple thousands. A great event. I enjoyed supporting it and it was a lot of fun. Oh, of course, I kept my fancy hat on for the duration - several people admired the hat and my hatty spirit.

If you are interested in stem cell research the Foundation also supports that through the McEwan Centre.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5DMB1QXUGg

http://www.redduskjewellery.com/

All designs are the copyright of Red Dusk Jewellery.

I hope you enjoy the review of the site and looking at the designs. Please let Jolie know what you think. She is a good Face book and Twitter buddy. Her name Jolieske Loosjes is pronounced Yo - Liska Low Shes - rhymes with atrocious she says with a laugh. She is very creative and is not atrocious.

Check out the song in the Mary Poppins movie song sang by Julie Andrews Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (check out the link for a sing along) for some similar rhymes.

I love the non hat stuff on Jolie’s site too like the show girl and bustier offerings.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwNqxxUooiM

I tweeted about this You Tube discovery last weekend. It is a news item thought to be from 1928 or 1929 based on the styles of hat and the automobile shown. Lots of close fitting cloches and still a very wearable style today - enjoy!! By the way I love how the cloche is extended to the back of the neck. Anyone know of a designer doing the same thing today?

Thanks to the atqui Channel on You Tube

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Perhaps you are not superstitious? You don’t sweat over walking under a ladder. You are not in the least worried if a black cat walks in front of you. There is no stress if you break your mirror. Further you certainly don’t believe that touching or even kissing a frog will give you warts.

On the other hand even if you don’t believe in any of this stuff you avoid doing it anyway in case there IS something to it. (Something like reading your horoscope in the daily newspaper).

I was wondering why I am having no luck these days. Perhaps I can win the lottery if I only kept my hats off my bed. I confess that there have been many hats on my bed. Should I stop or maybe I have garnered enough bad luck to last three life times? Enough already!!!

When hat wearing was common there were many references to this superstition. I see it all the time in the vintage movies I watch. I am addicted to the old movies and the lovely hats in them.

So, is there any factual basis for this bad luck prognosis? Like all these things there is little documentation of beliefs that are handed down over the generations.

A couple of suggested explanations:

• In the old days people did not wash as much as they do today. Lice in the hair was a huge problem. The lice would go from hair to hat in no time flat. When you put your hat on the bed the lice would jump on to the bed as you will have shaken them loose. My question is when you take your hat off and lie down on the bed the lice would jump on the pillow in any event – yuck!!!
• The supernatural brings another explanation. It was believed that evil spirits lived in the hair (not surprising since there were a lot of living creatures there!). You can transfer the evil spirits from hair to hat and then to bed. All kinds of nasty spirits would get you at night!! The myth got magnified if some warm dry night you throw your hat on the bed and there are sparks from static electricity – the devil at work no less. You could go to hell for less sorcery. It is really really unlucky to throw your hat on the bed for this reason. I think it is really unlucky to throw your best fashion hat anywhere!!

Some valid questions were raised at this blog post about Italian superstitions. How is this hat on the bed rule to be applied?

• Can one throw all one’s clothing on the bed except the hat?
• If I hang the hat on a bed post does that count?
• What if the hat rests on top of something in actual contact with the bed?
• What if the hat is inside something else in contact with the bed – a coat for example?
• Are all hats dangerous when on a bed or is it just brimmed hats?

Good questions – do our readers have more questions?

As I mentioned before there are references to this superstition in the popular culture. Please read the blog post on this at the Village Hat Shop.

The movie Drugstore Cowboy is one such reference in relatively recent times. I have not seen the movie and it is not one I really feel the urge to watch. The main character was obsessed by the superstition that it may have led to murder. All this craziness came from a botched drug heist where one of the gang put her hat on the bed. Read more ….

Well what does everyone think of this? Do you have any bad experiences from leaving your hat on the bed? Perhaps one drunken night you left your best high fashion hat on the bed and then accidently laid down on it – an ouch moment!

Props also to this reference about superstitions.

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SOURCE:

The Ladies Home Journal January 1918

This is an illustration of how the same pattern can be used in dress styles for all occasions. Given this was the wartime period one might make one base dress with different styles to save material.

Wearing different hats with different hair styles sure made a difference. The style here are more restrained than in the pre War Edwardian period.

The January 1918 issue was interesting to read since it was apparent that everyone was suffering from war fatigue. People had no way of knowing the Great War would end in November 1918.

From the front cover

NOTICE TO READER

When you finish reading this maagazine place a US 1 cent stamp on this notice, hand to any US postal employee and it will be placed in the hands of our soldiers or sailors on the front. No wrapping - No address.

A.S. Burleson

Postmaster General

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You can find out the answer at this link to one of my previous posts.

It’s not his unpolished shoes!!

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Source:

The combined Magazine THE DESIGNER and THE WOMAN’s MAGAZINE October 1920.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVEuAFVD344

Just came across his great video of very strange Halloween Hats.

You can actualy get your very own SPAM can hat a the official SPAM website. You will have to save it for next year.

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