The evolution of church hat style evolved from African cultures to fashion icons like Madam C.J. Walker and now to second-generation milliners, designers and makers of women’s hats, like Meeka ...

Remember how the Brits love crazy hats? One of my co-workers said it was a “Church Lady” hat. I’ve seen plenty of “Church Lady” hats, but none like this.

He - and you can tell it's a he, can't you? and a squinchy-hearted dried-up little peckerwood, at that - he obviously knows very little about church ladies, hats, performance art or women.

Following the service someone introduced me to Gastonia’s Hat Lady. We instantly became friends. Whenever I would see her she would smile, extend her hand, and we would talk for a few minutes. I soon ...

Are you one of those folks who just had to have a hat like Aretha Franklin wore to the inauguration? The news isn’t good. Luke Song, the milliner who designed the controversial chapeau, told the ...

I can still hear and see the deacons suited-up and the mothers of the church in their elegant and colorful church-lady hats. In the Black community, Sunday is a sacred day of gathering and community.

“We’re down to one hat lady, and I am sure that 20 years ago, it was unheard of for women who were brought up in the church to be hatless,” said Clarke, the senior pastor at New Progressive.