Fashion's Night Out: Mad Hatter Scavenger Hunt!

DAHLINGS -


On Thursday, September 10th, as part of Fashion's Night Out, A Global Celebration of Fashion, the Milliners Guild (that's hat makers to you), have created a delightful alternative to hanging around cocktail lounges being deafened by DJs, or being trampled to death at Pop-Up Stores.


It's called The Mad Hatter Scavenger Hunt. Win an exquisite cocktail hat (and what woman doesn't want that?) by following the clues from hat shop to hat shop! The participating hat shops include:

Lisa Shaub Fine Millinery

232 Mulberry Street

http://www.lisashaub.com/

The Hat Shop

120 Thompson Street http://www.thehatshopnyc.com/

Ellen Christine Millinery

255 West 18th Street (near Eighth Avenue)

http://www.ellenchristine.com/

Sign up for the Scavenger Hunt at your participating shop owner ASAP, and get the first clue! Remember, the cocktail hat you save will be your own!

Your faithful correspondent is working with Ellen Christine Millinery to create a custom look. (Her work is prominently featured in the new film The September Issue!)

More news as it comes in,

Ciao,

Elisa & Bucky the Wonderdog

Listen To My Podcast On New York Radio!

DAHLINGS -

The handsome Colin Gregory and manly Bruce Biggins invited me to be a guest on their talk show, "Spotlight on Business & Entertainment." Of course I accepted, and went on to talk about the upcoming Manhattan Vintage Show--this Friday, mon Dieu!

You can hear my dulcet tones by clicking on this link:

http://tribecaradio.net/wpradioblog/podcasts/spotlight-on-business/

It is show #31, and I am on about one half hour in (some fellow who sang like Sinatra was on first). Malie Reif of the Vintage Shopping Guide had been a guest and recommended moi, of course.

Here are a few pictures, as promised, of just a few of the chapeaus that will be on display!

Vintage 60s Saks Fifth Avenue faux patent Beatles cap:



Vintage 50s faux fur scarf pillbox hat:



Vintage 40s feathered hat:



Vintage 60s cream mink toque:



Remember, the show is THIS Friday!

The Manhattan Vintage Show
at the Metropolitan Pavilion
Booth #17 & 18 THE MAD FASHIONISTA'S PLUS SIZE BOUTIQUE
& MATINEE NEW YORK
125 W.18th Street, between 6th and 7th Avenues in Chelsea
New York City
Friday: 10/10 1-8 pm
Saturday: 10/11 11am-6pm
Admission: $20*

See you there!

Ciao,
Elisa & Bucky the Wonderdog

* $5 off if you go to www.manhattanvintage.com

Changing My Store Name, Dahlings!

DAHLINGS -

I was recently confronted with the fact that my store name is not being picked up by "search engines," whatever those are. A technologically savvy suitor explained to me, but of course within minutes I'd lost interest and was thinking about Kristen Johnson's recent terrifying 60-pound weight loss (what is it about Hollywood?). Here was a divinely tall, robustly built woman who now looks like a feverishly happy skeleton. Mon dieu! It must be something in the drinking water. Or maybe Rachel Zoe got hold of her.



In any event, I shall be changing the name of my Specialist Auctions store to The Mad Fashionista's Plus Size Boutique. A bit mundane, but apparently one must bow to the "bots," as my suitor called them.

Whatever the name, I am stocking my store with delightful summer chapeaus, every one of them a little gem of style.

Vintage 1950s "Bee In My Bonnet" straw hat:



http://www.specialistauctions.com/auctiondetails.php?id=1170682

Vintage 1950s velvet-trimmed straw hat by Doraine of New York:



http://www.specialistauctions.com/auctiondetails.php?id=1170760

Vintage 1960s blue feather bucket hat:



http://www.specialistauctions.com/auctiondetails.php?id=1153778

Off to read Vogue while my assistant replaces the name and logo. That reminds moi, an interesting read is "Pixel Perfect" in a recent issue of The New Yorker magazine. I don't often read anything that long, much less anything in The New Yorker. But it concerned the man who is in charge of retouching every single picture you see everywhere, at least if it's female. Quite, quite interesting.

Ciao,
Elisa & Bucky The Wonderdog