Posted in Events, Fashion, Uncategorized, Vintage, tagged 1960s fashion, 1960s style, foldover handbags, holiday style, navy blue handbags, twelve days of vintage handbags, vintage fashion, vintage handbags, vintage style on December 29, 2020| 1 Comment »
Here’s another handbag that I think a modern designer might find inspiring. I bought it for $20 at a flea market in Brooklyn.
There’s no inside label but it’s a nicely made 1960s foldover bag – simple in its construction and style. What sets it off, of course, is the brass accent piece. I used to shy away from navy blue, but now I find I like the off color and I have no qualms about mixing it with black.
Tune in again tomorrow for another vintage handbag. What will it be???
Posted in Arts, Events, Fashion, Uncategorized, Vintage, tagged 1960s style, Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia, Spreckles Mansion, The Captain Trips hat, The Summer of Love Experience, vintage fashion on April 13, 2017| Leave a Comment »
Recognize this hat? It dates back to circa 1857 and was made by hatters Dunlap & Co. The patriotic paint job is thought to have been added in the 1930s. (Perhaps for an Uncle Sam costume?)
Grateful Dead’s first album, 1967.
But it was Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead that made this chapeau famous. The story goes that he donned the hat one day for some photos taken at the old Spreckles Mansion. Those photos ended up on the band’s first album cover and after that the hat, for some unremembered reason, became known as The Captain Trips Hat.
Later, Garcia gave it to some friends who owned a boutique on Haight Street. In 2014 it was put up for auction with Christie’s.
What I like about The Captain Trips is the playful patriotism. Creative, fun, and anything but square.
Check back tomorrow for the next pic from The Summer of Love Experience.
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