talkingfashion Inc is the mother co. for luxboheme, parladimoda and artedellamoda. Running online shopping since 2004. Office location: 303 Green Meadows Dr S, Westerville OH 43081
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Fabulous Vintage Fashion Show featuring artedellamoda
This is one of the hats artedellamoda will provide to the Columbus Museum of Art Vintage Fashion Show Fall'10! It will be fabulous there! Come out if available on Sep 24th luncheon time. Please visit CMA website for ticket purchase and more details.
Monday, August 23, 2010
downtown shopping NOW available Thursdays noon-8pm
Downtown Shopping is now available! Come out for exclusive, sustainable, stylish shopping in downtown Columbus.
talkingfashion is the mother co. for three unique shops selling fashion art: luxboheme, parladimoda and artedellamoda.
Luxboheme is sustainable fashion art handmade from artisans (www.luxboheme.com). Artedellamoda offers vintage collectables (www.artedellamoda.com). Parladimoda has European designer names (www.parladimoda.com).
No matter which shop, you will mainly find one-of-a-kind items from these three online shops. Now open to the public every Thursday noon-8pm. Showroom is located at 232 N. Third St. (across from Madlab/Goodyear). Barn door main entrance is on Hickory Alley.
If you want to shop any other time, please call to set your appointment: 888.662.4939
talkingfashion is the mother co. for three unique shops selling fashion art: luxboheme, parladimoda and artedellamoda.
Luxboheme is sustainable fashion art handmade from artisans (www.luxboheme.com). Artedellamoda offers vintage collectables (www.artedellamoda.com). Parladimoda has European designer names (www.parladimoda.com).
No matter which shop, you will mainly find one-of-a-kind items from these three online shops. Now open to the public every Thursday noon-8pm. Showroom is located at 232 N. Third St. (across from Madlab/Goodyear). Barn door main entrance is on Hickory Alley.
If you want to shop any other time, please call to set your appointment: 888.662.4939
Friday, August 6, 2010
Hats from the Collector's corner book
HATS appeal to our sense of drama -and there's nothing like a vintage hat for turning heads.(...)p.152 Buy, keep or sell book by Judith Miller
(...)" At the beginning of the 20th Century, the hat was integral to women's fashions. Going out barehead was unthinkable and classy ladies donned large hats decorated with finery ranging from ribbons to stuffed birds. Even in the 1920's, the emancipated flapper would not consider leaving home without her cloche hat.
In the early 1930s, wide-brimmed hats were in vogue, but by the end of the decade they had become much smaller and were accented with feathers and veils. During World War II, female factory workers wore scarves tied up in a turban style for safety reasons. Images of Rosie the Riveter helped this to become a fashion statement. Hats were more difficult to obtain during this period; some women contented themselves with eye-catching trims, while others felt justified in going barehead like their favorite screen actresses, such as Veronica Lake and Lana Turner.
Feminine styles returned during the 1950s, while- formal occasions aside- most 1960's women abandoned the hat in favor of exotic hairstyles or even wigs. But the hat was soon back. Designers of the 1970s emulated retroglamour- specially the famed New York miliner Adolfo." (...)
Collectors' Tips:
(...)" At the beginning of the 20th Century, the hat was integral to women's fashions. Going out barehead was unthinkable and classy ladies donned large hats decorated with finery ranging from ribbons to stuffed birds. Even in the 1920's, the emancipated flapper would not consider leaving home without her cloche hat.
In the early 1930s, wide-brimmed hats were in vogue, but by the end of the decade they had become much smaller and were accented with feathers and veils. During World War II, female factory workers wore scarves tied up in a turban style for safety reasons. Images of Rosie the Riveter helped this to become a fashion statement. Hats were more difficult to obtain during this period; some women contented themselves with eye-catching trims, while others felt justified in going barehead like their favorite screen actresses, such as Veronica Lake and Lana Turner.
Feminine styles returned during the 1950s, while- formal occasions aside- most 1960's women abandoned the hat in favor of exotic hairstyles or even wigs. But the hat was soon back. Designers of the 1970s emulated retroglamour- specially the famed New York miliner Adolfo." (...)
Collectors' Tips:
- Look for 1920s cloche hats; these are now highly collectible
- Store hats in hatboxes, stuffing the crowns with acid-free tissue paper to retain their shape
- Use a handheld steamer to reshape straw and felt hats; if badly crushed, ask a professional
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