Under the nom de plume Madame Babette, Barbara acts as a Victorian-era modiste on her website, ushering customers into a fashionable French salon and introducing them to the achievements of legendary Parisian milliners of the past. What began as a lighthearted girlhood infatuation with incorporating heirloom pieces into a modern wardrobe has matured into her life’s work dedicated to safeguarding a timeless art. But after all this time, does millinery still make Barbara’s heart flutter? “More so than ever,” she admits. “A simple little handmade Victorian flower can bring me to tears.”
From “Crowning Glories” in the January/February 2014 issue of Victoria magazine.
Hi Barbara!
In an old “hats UK forum” I found a message between you and some other people (from 2008). The reason to get there was a google question because of a hat from sandra phillipps. Yesterday I found a wonderful exponate on a german fleamarket (Degas). She´s still alive!
Greetings from Germany!
Pia
C’est toujours avec joie de lire tes posts
Ms. Troeller: You’re chic hats stemming from early 1800’s to present are a sight for sore eyes. Do you have a web sight to view your hats….. Che che la femme!