Lady Danna Retro & Vintage

In the modern world, the so-called "fast fashion" rules everywhere. This is when the market depends on the constant purchase of new things, used once or twice, thrown away and bought again ... and so on ad infinitum. Of course, the reason for this lies in the fact that modern things, as a rule, are of very low quality, regardless of whether they are mass market or not. This rule applies to all modern things from cars to clothes. Indeed, contemporary clothing is rarely designed to be worn or used for long periods of time. It breaks down almost immediately! This is one of the reasons why I am in love with vintage and antique things. Quality and durability mean everything to me. I like that once upon a time things used to serve not only for decades, but also for centuries, being passed down from generation to generation. But at this time, I want to talk about hats and millinery itself (craft of making hats). Because it often happens that there are no suitable hats for me: the ri...

I've had the idea for this hat for a long time. I wanted it to be big and deep, in the shape of a lamp shade, but at the same time, to be decorated with flowers. However, I could not decide on the color and type of flowers. In the end, considering that I have a lot of blue clothes in my wardrobe, but no blue felt hat, and also impressed by the color combination of the Thai silk scarf (I wear it in this look), I settled on the royal blue shade of the hat and the sky blue shade of the flowers.   The Polish hat maker Sylwia Leśniewska (which I have already mentioned in "Warm spring outfit in style of early “New Look” with felt saucer hat with felted flowers" ) managed to bring my idea to life.  The hat turned out to be a true work of art, which, probably, Christian Dior himself would have liked. Yeah, minimality is not about me. I have a weakness for everything bright, vintage, floral and hat-est! Therefore, I love the hats, the most hat-est, the most floral, the bri...