I was sick this past week with a bad cold. The kind of cold that left me in a brain fog for days. Dizzy. Feverish.
It was lovely, really.
You see, I'm in love with my bed - it's where I do all my best reading, writing, thinking, dreaming. And so it was great to have a perfectly legitimate excuse to be able to spend hours and hours there, a roll of toilet paper at my side to keep the liquids at bay - and vintage magazines scattered all around me.
I'm usually happy, in a bittersweet sort of way, when I'm lost in the past - and reading an old magazine is one of my favorite ways to get there. With each turn of the page there is a chance to discover a new treasure: a story written by an author who later became famous, a quaint poem, a gorgeous vintage fashion advertisement, a photograph of a toy or cereal box or shampoo that stirs up an old childhood memory.
This past week as I paged through my magazines, my head was too foggy to focus on anything but the photos and illustrations - and I decided to make a game of finding as many interesting vintage hats as I could. And then I chose my favorite, based on my current state of mind:
Cautious, but open to new possibilities. Surrounded in the color of hope. Watching, waiting...peacefully.
Cautious, but open to new possibilities. Surrounded in the color of hope. Watching, waiting...peacefully.
So here's the winner. Not exactly a hat, but a gorgeous scarf of "coral-red fired with gold" to match the Dorothy Gray lipstick.
"Jewel of India - golden coral with a soul of flame." Dorothy Gray lipstick advertisement -
McCall's magazine, May 1960.
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