On the afternoon of May 28, 1903, Leoti Blaker, a young Kansan touring New York City, boarded a Fifth Avenue stagecoach at 23 rd Street and settled in for the ride. The coach was crowded, and when it ...

If you have more than a couple old hatpins, you have probably started looking around for the right sort of object to put them in. Edwardian hatpins could be very long (8 to 12 inches or even more) and ...

The amethyst-studded hatpin may have been owned by Edward IV or a high-ranking member of his court Courtesy of Duke's Auctioneers On the morning of February 3, 1461, the Lancastrian and Yorkist armies ...

A story about the crackdown on hatpins in New Orleans from May 23, 1913. In March of 1913 the city of New Orleans cracked down on a grave threat to public safety: the hatpin. The fashion device, ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Dauterman's script, a hodgepodge of history, weaves in and out of the lives ...

On a rainy January morning in 1898, Sadie Williams boarded the Blue Island Avenue cable car on her way to a funeral. The car was empty except for one other woman and the conductor, so she picked a ...

At the turn of the 20th century, women’s style was all big hair and big hats. And to keep those big hats on that big hair, dames needed big hatpins—giant needles up to 12 inches long. Headwear wasn’t ...

A hatpin isn’t an accessory that many women encounter nowadays. Probably because, hats aren’t a daily wardrobe occurrence for us anymore. Back in the day – as in back in the early 1900s – the hatpin ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. This new Australian musical is a gripping production. Its director, Kim Hardwick, has cast caution aside and with the design talents of ...