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| - Sacred Feather is an amazing store -- the kind you're always holding your breath as you approach, because such gems seem to suffer more than their share of premature closings. But apparently this place has been around for over 30 years, and with good reason! Housed in a neat little gingerbread-y building on Madison's busiest shopping thoroughfare, State Street, Sacred Feather has quite an impressive selection of hats, but don't go expecting to find tons of baseball caps and knitted beanies (though they do have a few of the latter); their inventory runs more toward fedoras, pork pies, straw hats, berets, vintage-looking beribboned jobs, cloches, newsboy caps -- that sort of thing. They also have an interesting selection of costume hats around Halloween. If you're looking to keep your ears warm, they also have lots of bomber caps lined with real (mostly rabbit) and faux fur. They also have some leather goods, bandannas and headbands.
The amazing thing about Sacred Feather is that every time I go in there, see a hat I love and pick it up, the price is far lower than I expect it to be. For example, just today I happened to stop in and fell in love with a really neat Snoopy-esque flying cap, complete with ear flaps and made of genuine leather and lined with fleece. I paid what I'd consider a very reasonable $45 for it. Even the fur-lined hats are a good value and several are under $50.
Everything I've ever bought at Sacred Feather -- for myself and as gifts -- has passed the durability test with flying colors. So, with a good selection of well-priced and high-quality hats, I'd call it my go-to headwear place and a true Madison treasure.
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