Dolls, Hats, and Edward VI

My good friends at a local Lutheran Church invited me once more to their wonderful All Daughters Banquet last night. As usual, it was terrific. The speaker had a fantastic colletion of hats and head coverings, including books, scarves, hair nets, fun hats, you name it. Each had its story, as any good collectible should, and she mentioned she also had dolls that wore some of the hats. Same as me. Vintage fashion and doll collections go very well together. I plan to display my vintage clothing and accessories in the brick/mortar museum. Often, the dolls and their constumes are the last vestiges of the fashion history of an era; they are the 3-D encyclopedias left to us, and fashion dolls were sent around as the silent envoys of couture to anyone who could afford them.

I plan to be on a local TV show next week; gulp! I am gathering historical dolls and memorabilia and found a photo of the wooden stump down, allegedly a once-loved toy of Edward VI, the prince in The Prince and the Pauper, and Henry VIII's son. It was part of the legendary Helen Moe Doll Musem, and I saw it Paso Robles, CA, where I also bought a dolls parasol and Jan Hagara figurine. She had a lead doll, too, that I was supposed to get to photograph; Ah, the best laid plans of mice and girls.

Hope all is well with everyone; God hel the People of the South and of Alabama. I spent several great summer trips down south, and many of our dolls came from southern antique stores and wonderful museum shops. Till later, Happy Dolling!