Meet the Hat Designer at Maggie Mae Designs, Custom Millinery - Custom Milliner, Sally Faith Steinmann - Milliner's Bio, Hat Designer, Custom Design Millinery, Millinery Couture, Hat Couture, One of a Kind Hats

Sally Faith Steinmann was born on Cape Cod, Massachusetts at a time when hats were going out of fashion. However, as a little girl she was intrigued by the hats she saw and began creating hats and costumes for her puppets and stuffed animals. It was this fascination with designing and creating that eventually led to her career as a milliner.

Ladies' custom dress hats

It was during her studies in women’s issues, psychology and film at Wellesley College that Steinmann began to focus on the social messages that women in this culture receive about themselves and what they should look like. She gradually began to refine her ideas and began to relate them to fashion and the choices women make about what they wear. She realized that fashion doesn’t need to be limited to society’s definition of beauty and style but should center around what makes a woman feel good about herself. After graduation she returned to Cape Cod and rediscovered her childhood love of creating hats. Out of this passion she created her company, MAGGIE MAE DESIGNS®, which she tailored to remind a woman that there is only one standard of beauty, and that is her own.

After beginning MAGGIE MAE DESIGNS® in 1998, Steinmann centered her attention on creating a line of custom design fabric hats which, since 2000, she has sold exclusively through her website, www.maggiemae.com. As her clientèle expanded so did her designs which include hats for equine events, polo matches, steeplechase and hunter events, as well as hats for weddings, teas, garden parties, Concours d’Elegance classic car events and church events. She has developed a loyal following, both in the United States and internationally, based on mutual respect, service and shared appreciation for quality fine millinery.

Over the year’s Steinmann’s millinery creations have found their way to her Majesty the Queen’s garden parties in Scotland and London, adorned brides and mother’s of the bride and groom, as well as teas, countless parties and bar mitzvahs. An avid horse lover, her hats can be seen at equine events both nationally and internationally including the Royal Ascot, Dubai and the winner’s circle at the Kentucky Derby. Her Derby hats have also been honored by being accepted at the Kentucky Derby Museum’s Annual Derby Hat Exhibits. A strong advocate of Thoroughbred equine aftercare, Steinmann began her annual fundraising event, “Hats off to the Horses: The Road to the Derby” with Old Friends Equine of Kentucky in 2009. 2011 will mark the third year of this successful event in which six of her original one of a kind Derby designs honoring retired race horses are auctioned online.

Steinmann’s hats have been featured in magazines, newspapers and on numerous websites and television. These include Weddings Unveiled Magazine (Bridal Issue); Victoria Magazine; Horse Society Magazine; Thoroughbred Style Magazine, Charleston Magazine (Bridal Issue); Luxury Las Vegas Magazine (Weddings Issue); bloodhorse.com; brides.com; bridalguide.com; surebetracingnews.com; equineconnection.com; dressagedaily.com; horsesinthesouth.com; hunterjumpernews.com; Cape Cod Magazine; Cape Cod Life Magazine; Cape Women’s Magazine; Horses In Art Magazine; Chatham Chronicle; The Cape Cod Times and Oxygen T.V.

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Named for Sally's tiger cat, Maggie, MAGGIE MAE DESIGNS^® custom millinery blends vintage inspired lines with contemporary colors and textures to create a timeless melange of the old and the new. Sally Faith Steinmann specializes in one-of-a-kind designer hats; creating with the customer that truly special hat that can express a woman's individual sense of style and taste. Email her with your own ideas, or for more information about her custom hat design work simply click on the following link Custom hats or Fashion Accessories and get ready to have some fun! If you experience any difficulty in sending an email, please call Sally directly at (508) 430-1626.

Ladies' custom wedding hats
For Maggie, 1996-2010

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To learn more about Royal Ascot, please visit the official website at http://www.ascot.co.uk

MAGGIE MAE DESIGNS^® is currently featured in the official 2011 Royal Ascot Magazine which marks the glorious 300th anniversary of the races at Royal Ascot!

Royal Ascot Hats
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For the first time in several years, MAGGIE MAE DESIGNS^®is debuting an exciting new collection of couture bridal millinery designs created especially for the bride-to-be on her special wedding day. With a stunning array of innovative, elegant new bridal hat designs, this collection offers something for everyone's palette. Soft dupioni silk, luscious tapestry, flowing silk organza, elegant shantung - pure confections that are designed to make your dream of the perfect wedding day come true...

Refreshingly chic!

For couture bridal millinery at its best.

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MAGGIE MAE DESIGNS^® is currently featured in a brides.com article entitled, "Kate Middleton Style Watch: Wedding Hats" by Kim Forrest. Simply click on the hat photo above to view the new 2011 Bridal Collection from MAGGIE MAE DESIGNS^® Custom Millinery, or click on the following logo link to view the article and view the entire hat slideshow at

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MAGGIE MAE DESIGNS^® is also featured on bridalguide.com in an article by Fashion and Beauty Editor, Naima DiFranco!

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HORSES IN ART MAGAZINE
~ Spring 2011 Issue ~

MAGGIE MAE DESIGNS^® is currently featured in the new 2011 Spring issue of Horses in Art Magazine in a story called, "Hats Off for the Horses". Simply click on the cover photo to the right to view the Spring issue.

We are grateful to Davina Andree, Creative Director of Horses in Art Magazine, and to freelance writer, LA Pomeroy, for this amazing article about MAGGIE MAE DESIGNS^® and our commitment to retired racehorse aftercare!

Spring 2011 - Horses in Art Magazine

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The Third Annual
"Hats Off to the Horses:
The Road to the Derby"
MAGGIE MAE DESIGNS^® and Old Friends are teaming up once again for an unparalleled online shopping experience. This unique Derby hat fundraiser features one-of-a-kind couture Derby hats created by MAGGIE MAE DESIGNS^® to benefit Old Friends of Kentucky.

The "Fortunate Prospect" Hat
To learn more about this amazing Derby hat auction and find out how to bid on the next hat up for bid, please click on the "Fortunate Prospect" hat above!

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Fortunate Prospect photo by Matt Woolley - www.equisportphotos.com

To learn more about this wonderful racehorse retiree at Old Friends, please click on the photo above!
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Special thanks to the following publications that have been featuring our Derby auction hat series which supports retired Thoroughbred racehorses!

Off-Track Thoroughbreds.com is a website dedicated to telling success stories of ex-racehorse Thoroughbreds in new careers or retirement, and of people working on and off the track to help horses.

Please read Susan Salk's Story at Off-Track Thoroughbreds.com about Cape Cod milliner, Sally Faith Steinmann, whose Derby hats help support retired racehorses. Thank you, Susan!

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A very special thank you to editor Laura Flynn of Surebet Racing News for their feature story about “Hats Off to the Horses” by writer/publicist, Martha Claussen – click on logo above to view a pdf of the complete interview!

And please be sure to visit their website and check out the entire
January Issue of Surebet Racing News Magazine!

Kentucky Monthly Magazine - "Hats Off to the Horses"
Kentucky Monthly Magazine

DerbyDeals.com

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Appearing in
Cape Cod Life Magazine

"The Horse-Mad Hatter of Harwich"

MAGGIE MAE DESIGNS^® was featured in the October 2010 issue of Cape Cod Life Magazine. Click on the photo to the right to read the complete article!

Thank you, Cape Cod Life Magazine!

Sally Faith Steinmann
Owner/Designer, MAGGIE MAE DESIGNS^®

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“A Rose for Big Red”
A Hat to Honor the Great Secretariat

MAGGIE MAE DESIGNS^® was chosen by the Kentucky Derby Museum for their 2010 Annual Derby Hat Exhibition! This lovely one-of-a-kind millinery design, "A Rose for Big Red", is now on display at the Museum in Louisville, KY from June 2010 through June 2011.

Please click on the hat to view our own photo gallery of this award-winning Kentucky Derby Museum chapeau!

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“A Dozen Roses for Rachel”

MAGGIE MAE DESIGNS^® was chosen by the Kentucky Derby Museum for their 2009-2010 Annual Derby Hat Exhibition! This lovely one-of-a-kind millinery design is now on display at the Museum in Louisville, KY.

Please click on the hat to view our own photo gallery of this award-winning Kentucky Derby Museum chapeau!

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Please visit our new web page "Hats and Horses: A Lifelong Love Affair". This page is dedicated to the many equine welfare organizations around the country that are dedicated to the well being and care of both thoroughbred racehorses and all horses. It is also a wonderful way to feature the many lovely ladies over the years who have enjoyed their MAGGIE MAE DESIGNS^® hats specifically designed for equestrian events.

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Email Sally for further information or a price list. No wholesale price requests, please. Prices on all MAGGIE MAE DESIGNS^® products subject to change without notice.

If you do not receive a requested price list quickly, please either call Sally at 508-430-1626 or check your spam folder as sometimes a spam blocker can inadvertently prevent you from receiving emails from a new source.

NO RETURN POLICY - Due to the nature of custom millinery and accessories which are personal wear items there are no returns/refunds on any MAGGIE MAE DESIGNS^® products unless an item is defective.

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