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Archive of 2022: Hot autumn outfit in style of 1936 with real vintage hat by “Jose Martí Martí” from Barcelona

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With this outfit, I again show a hat of an unusual and extravagant shape by “J. Marti Marti, S. A. Barcelona.” Having more money, I guess, it is possible to learn something more about this company. As I'm a vintage enthusiast who doesn't make money from my research, to get extra money for a study is difficult for me. I also don't monetize my content while I got my 100 subscribers a long time ago. My reasoning is that if someones like my work and if they want me to take it much more seriously, as in the case of paid information about “J. Martí Martí”, then they will help me by “buying coffee” on the corresponding website. What did I manage to find about “J. Martí Martí” for free, so to speak, on my own? This fashion house (I guess it was a fashion house!), was founded by Don Jose Martí Martí in Barcelona around the time of the First World War. For some time it was listed as "Sucesores: Modas, S. A." There is evidence that this was at least during the time period

Archive of 2022: Hot autumn outfit in style of 1952 with real vintage hat by “Gina Chapeus Modas” from Porto, Portugal

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With this new outfit, I show you an unusually shaped hat by “Gina Chapeus Modas”. I bought this hat two years ago in Portugal, through a Spanish online platform for collectors. Although, of course, calling it a platform for collectors is not entirely correct. Since the most part there are garbage or a modern mass market at very high prices. However, this hat was not very expensive for this place and together with a delivery cost me about 15 euros. Unfortunately, my experience with this seller was not the best. Because the seller saved its money on packaging the parcel, as if it hoped that I would not receive this hat or that I would receive it completely broken. The seller didn't even reply to my emails afterwards.  Fortunately, the hat was only slightly damaged during shipment, slightly wrinkled. I had to do its restoration. Searches for information about its producer, boutique “Gina Chapeus Modas”, did not give me much results. As I wrote before, this always has happened when we