Refurbished Swing Dancing Hats

Whenever I see a vintage 40's/50's hat at an antique store, estate sale or flea market, I snap it up. These are hard to find and they are usually in rough shape. However, one of my favorite things to do is refurbish vintage items. (I re-do vintage furniture as well. You won't believe what fantastic things some people throw away!)

Refurbished Hats

I am an East Coast Swing Dancer and Lindy-hopper. My hubby and I love to go dancing to live Big Band music and take lessons. Usually if there's a big dance,
I'll dress up in my 1940's garb. One of the best places to go swing dancing and see cool costumes is the St. Paul Commemorative Air Museum's Annual Hanger Dance/Fundraiser. The go all out, decorating the Airplane Hanger with old parachutes from the 40's, bring out some of the most beautiful vintage planes from the WWII era, and create such a blast from the past aesthetic. Of course, this lends itself to attendees dressing up in fun costumes for an evening of revelry.

I highly recommend it. They have food, drinks, a dance troupe performance, live band and old airplanes you can can explore! 

Commemorative Air force Museum

I'm promoting the vintage hats I fixed up so I can hopefully sell them ahead of the summer swing dance season! Below are my favorites. They can be found on my Etsy site Moon Maven Accessories and I think I'm also going to put them up on Craigslist as well. We are getting into dance season and I know that the events at the Ukrainian Center in NordEast are going to be packed! They have a fun "First Saturday Swing Dance" every month where there's a lesson and then a dance afterwards. No experience necessary!

 

Thanks for visiting my corner of creation! 

All the best,

 Marissa