Signature style goal

I've been wanting to find my personal style...something constant and is "me" or who I want to be! The Style Blogger (or TSBmen) explained it perfectly in his recent post here. Looking through my scrapbooks, I found this magazine ad that makes me excited every time I see it! This image summarizes exactly who I want to be...

and also this collage...

Love for hats

When my mom was hospital-bound during the pregnancy of my baby brother (in the early 90's), a nice nurse gave her stacks of these Victoria Magazines during her long stay to rid of the time. My mom wasn't much of a magazine reader, but she joyfully accepted the offer and would give them to me instead to read. This was how I came to love Victorian and vintage styles.

Thus, I'm excited about my new book purchase, that has been sitting in my Amazon wishlist forever:

Victoria, the Romance of Hats

($3.74, used)

The book is smaller than I expected (~1/2"x 6"x8").

Photographs are exactly like those seen in Victoria Magazines from the 90's (since it was published in 1994).

It also has some wonderful prints of famous paintings, which I love!

Even though this book is outdated, I'm still inspired by the hats!

The book covers some historical hats and milliners, but is mostly full of flowery quotes to elaborate how wonderful hats are: "However exciting, however many people may be there, an occasion is less an occasion without a hat."

Hats are awesome! Here's my own:

 Happy Holidays everyone!