Showstoppers

February 19, 2023 9:50 AM

In 1942, Mae Reeves acquired a $500 loan from the black-owned Citizens and Southern Bank in her own name to open Mae’s Millinery Shop. The shop is now recreated at the Smithsonian museum. “I was hoping you wouldn’t come back. I was going to keep this hat” from CROWNS by Craig Marberry (photographs by Michael Cunningham), which was turned into a stage play. And from 2012, WaPo on the "fading tradition" of "Church ladies and their big, bold hats."
posted by spamandkimchi (3 comments total)

Also! An ode to Detroit's Black women in church hats
posted by spamandkimchi at 9:52 AM on February 19, 2023 [2 favorites]

Church Crowns From The Los Angeles Times. Twenty shots of fancy hats. My favorites are #12 and #14. Thanks for sharing this post.
posted by effluvia at 12:54 PM on February 19, 2023 [2 favorites]

This is great! Thanks for posting it, spamandkimchi.
posted by MrBadExample at 3:15 PM on February 19, 2023