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Archive Home > 2009 > January > 27 > Aretha’s hat gets a lil’ r-e-s-p-e-c-t

Aretha’s hat gets a lil’ r-e-s-p-e-c-t

Queen of Soul’s inauguration hat becomes overnight fashion sensation

By Bill McGraw / The Bulletin
January 27, 2009

DETROIT — Milan? No.

New York? No.

New Center? Yes!

Aretha Franklin’s now-famous bow-tied, gift-wrapped, jewel-studded, $179 inaugural hat was designed, produced and sold to the Queen of Soul by Mr. Song Millinery, a family-owned business in Detroit.

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