The Mad Diary

Wo Ai Ni (I Love You)

Introducing my new collection under the Mad Duchess brand.

MJROctober 3, 2020Chinese, hat, millinery, head piece, crown, ascot, ming dynasty, Tang dynasty, hongkong, shanghai, anna may wongComment

An Artist & Her Community

Making masks instead of hats, and my favorite, effective, three-layer mask pattern.

MJRApril 2, 2020

One Can Never Have Enough Cocktails

Recycled

Read about how I made my 99% recycled and up-cycled hat.

MJRFebruary 10, 2020

My Vintage Block Gets A Name

MJRJanuary 27, 2020

Five Completes A Set

MJRJanuary 20, 2020

Moving Away From the Winter Blues

MJRJanuary 19, 2020

The Party Is Not Over!

MJRJanuary 15, 2020sequin, fascinators, Royal Ascot Hats, kentucky derby, rainbow, bling, disco, studio 54, 1970Comment

And The Mad Duchess Created Yet Another Hat On the Seventh Day...

And The Mad Duchess Created Yet Another Hat On the Seventh Day...

MJRJanuary 13, 2020

Ringing In The New With The Old

MJRJanuary 6, 2020

A Time for reflection

Closing out the year…a reflection of 2019 and some 2020 announcements.

MJRDecember 30, 2019New year's eve 2019, Winter hats, Upcycle, Millinery, beret, cockade, silk flowersComment

Glitter and Gold

MJRNovember 11, 2019gold fascinator, gold head piece, cocktail hat, gold birdcage, gold veil, royal wedding, ascot, race wear, kentucky derby, bridal, wedding, bridesmaids, mother of the brideComment

The Betty Beret with a Twist

MJRSeptember 25, 2019wool beret, vintage beret, ascot, millinery, church hat, downton abbey, derby, bonnie and clyde, hats for movies, hats for theatre, hats for theater, love hats, hats with veils, veils, woolComment

Kicking Off Fall With 90-Degrees Weather

Kicking Off Fall With 90-Degrees Weather

MJRSeptember 25, 2019vintage hat, Wool cloch, mary poppins hat, daisy hat, gerber daisies, church hat, ascot, millinery, derbyComment

My Summer in Medellin 2019

My Summer in Medellin.

MJRAugust 24, 2019Medellin, Colombia, Flower Festival, Feria de las FloresComment

Guo Pei Dreams

Guo Pei Chinese couture fashion designer now based in Paris, France.

MJRJuly 26, 2019Guo Pei, Couture fashion, Chinese fashion designer

Happy Fourth of July 2019!

MJRJuly 4, 2019#fascinators, #july4th, #independenceday, #UKflag, #frenchflag, #barbecue, #royalascot, #royalwedding, #kentuckyderby, #gardenparty, #hats, #millinery, #hairbands

Feliz Frida 2019

MJRJuly 3, 2019#fridakahlo, #crowns, #weddingcrowns, #royalwedding, #royalascot, #hats, #fascinators, #churchhat, #ethnichats, #turban, #hairband

Swiss Braid Love

My new six-inch brim hat trimmed in Swiss braid.

MJRJune 15, 2019Royal Wedding Hats, royal ascot hats, Race Wear, Race fashion, Derby Hats, Wedding Hats, Churchhats, Swissbraidhat, largebrimhat, Audreyhepburn, vintagehat, GardenHat, MotherofthebridComment

A Time For Bespoke Hats

MJRJune 5, 2019Bespoke hats, ladies hats, fascinators, cocktail hats, royal ascot hats, wedding hats, Race fashion, hair accessories, hair band, beaded hair band, black hat, black bird on a hatComment