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To all my friends who make hats and to all the many customers who buy our hats….this blog is for you!
Linda
I didn't grow up in the fashion mecca of the world, but even Ottumwa, Iowa had a fine women's clothing store. That must have been where my love for hats began, as I have vivid memories of visiting the Millinery Department with my grandmother. We'd ride the elevator to the third (and top) floor where the uniformed elevator attendant would solemnly announce "Millinery Department." Even as a child, one knew the Millinery Department was sacrosanct. The department was filled with tables displaying the latest fashionable hats; each perfectly perched on its own hat stand. Large oval mirrors sat on individual tables where each guest was guided to a seat.
Ms. Pauline Glover ran the department and always personally attended to each visitor, carefully placing a selection of hats on her seated customer's heads as if they were jeweled crowns, adjusting them to the perfect angle, anchoring them with a hat pin and gently advising which hat looked best with their coat or suit. Oval hand held mirrors were offered to view the hat from all angles. The chosen hat was carefully ensconced in its own hat box for proper storage and to carry home. It was a magical experience for a little girl, and one which made me feel more like a real-life princess than any other.
At the WoodsEdge Boutique and Farm Store, we strive to create an experience for our customers of feeling special. I'm not sure we're up to Ms. Glover's exacting Millinery Department standards, but I know my grandmother is smiling as she always told me on the elevator ride "there is nothing like a new hat to make you feel special."
Ms. Pauline Glover ran the department and always personally attended to each visitor, carefully placing a selection of hats on her seated customer's heads as if they were jeweled crowns, adjusting them to the perfect angle, anchoring them with a hat pin and gently advising which hat looked best with their coat or suit. Oval hand held mirrors were offered to view the hat from all angles. The chosen hat was carefully ensconced in its own hat box for proper storage and to carry home. It was a magical experience for a little girl, and one which made me feel more like a real-life princess than any other.
At the WoodsEdge Boutique and Farm Store, we strive to create an experience for our customers of feeling special. I'm not sure we're up to Ms. Glover's exacting Millinery Department standards, but I know my grandmother is smiling as she always told me on the elevator ride "there is nothing like a new hat to make you feel special."
The hats shown here are original and avilable in are Farm Store!
To learn more about what other pearls of wisdom I learned from my grandmother and how I applied them to keeping my passion alive for fiber, please read the article Nan's Shawl.
