The shop across the street is Ultramod’s vintage hat supply store and is only opened upon request. I ask the clerk if I could look in that store as well. Across the street we go, the clerk bearing the key to the door. Turns out its not a key but a screw driver of sorts. She works on the latch for a bit and the door opens. Designers such as Givenchy, Lanvin and Jean Paul Gaultier have been known to shop at Ultramod over it’s 100+ year history. Walking through the doors into the second shop, I can see why. It is even more magical and old-world looking than the first. There are shelves full of vintage pattern straw, grosgrain, furniture braids and fringe, tapestry ribbon, etc. You can tell these items are old, as some are faded from the sun shining through the windows. Story has it that one ofRead More
