Overnight Success Story

Photo: Ron Edmonds/AP

I LOVED the hat that Aretha Franklin wore at the Inaugural. It's a real Church Lady Hat and hit just the right note (sorry) between somber (for Aretha!) and festive. I'm so glad that I'm not alone in my love for the bowed chapeau...apparently, the designer of this hat, 36-year-old Luke Song , proprietor of Mr. Song Millinery in Detroit, Michigan, where the Queen of Soul lives, has been inundated with requests for the hat. According to what I just heard on MSNBC, he's sold 1000 hats since Tuesday. They retail for $179, so that is one very nice chunk of change.

Luke went to the Parsons School of Design in NYC, so he has had a good grounding in fashion that clearly has come in very handy!

You can read about the story here. It's a fun article with video.

It's Done!

Wonderful Etsy Front Page in honor of our new President.

On The Eve of History - Martin Luther King Day

Tomorrow at this time, Barack Obama will be President of the United States. I have been looking forward to this for so long, and am so proud to be an American. As Mr. Bush quietly leaves the White House, the world is full of hope again. My wish is that Mr. Obama will be a spectacular President, one for the ages, and that we will all look back and say that we were there.

These are some of my favorite pieces that celebrate this momentous event; wonderful design work here, great and small.

from The Gilded Lily

from PrintmakerJenn

from Dean Russo Art

from bluembrownlee

from YeeHaw

from OneLifeJewelry