Collecting #Hats Off to the Maplewood Memorial Library: Sunday, May 1 - Maplewood, NJ

Hats Off to the Library Coming Sunday, May 1 - Maplewood, NJ Patch:

"'Hats Off to the Library' is a first-time event to benefit Maplewood Memorial Library, but it's an event that makes sense.

The idea belongs to former Library Board member Marcia Leonard who'd been collecting hats at area estate sales and church rummage sales. 'I started seeing all these wonderful hats and they reminded me of the little ladies who looked like Mamie Eisenhower.'"

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Hat collection from around the world on display (see http://www.hathorizons.com) + #Hat news

Stacey Miller's hat collection is in demand | Democrat and Chronicle | democratandchronicle.com:

"These are no ordinary hats.

Instead, you'll find Burmese chieftain hats decorated with boar tusks, hats from Afghanistan covered with beads and turquoise stones, a Native American deer dance headdress, a 'mystery' gourd hat covered in leather and animal horns and shells, a hat from the African country of Lesotho (a country that displays a hat on its flag), an Indonesian head hunter's hat, Amazonian hats spiked with feathers and embroidered Chinese caps with scary faces worn to ward off evil.

And this is no ordinary collector; the hats are simply prelude to travel stories and lessons in history, geography and anthropology."

She recently completed her website,www.hathorizons.com.

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Collector of Vintage Film Costumes (via Worn through) + more costume fashion stories

Worn Through » Interview: Nick Inglis, Collector of Vintage Film Costume:

"Nick Inglis: I have been collecting original screen worn costumes and props for the past fifteen years and it has turned into quite a passion. For me, it began with one or two costume pieces and over the years has turned into the collection it is today. I came across an old auction catalogue selling film costumes one day and literally stated, “I didn’t know that you could own things that appeared in films.” I have been hooked ever since."

      
A suit of Elizabeth Taylor’s from the 1951 film “Father’s Little Dividend”, sequel to “Father of the Bride” (1950).

    
Jack Hawkins in the 1959 version of “Ben-Hur”, and a helmet from the film.

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