Monday, April 13, 2009

Easter Bonnet



I've never been much for hats but if you want to wear one, Easter is the day.


And this year "the Aretha" was the hat.



Since Aretha Franklin sang "God Bless America" at the inauguration in January, Luke Strong, the designer of that now famous hat hasn't been able to keep up with the orders.



Over 5,000 of them!



The lovely lady in the b/w phote is Theresa Poole wearing her Easter bonnet. She lives in a beautiful little town in Florida call Mount Dora. But she used to live in Detroit so she has a special connection with Aretha.



If you ever want to see the original again, it's in the Smithsonian.

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