Wooden costumes like Bruce Anderson’s fish souvenir were worn during folkloric dances in the Mexican state of Guerrero state in the hopes of securing an abundant fish harvest, according to the proprietor of the folk art shop where Anderson bought the item. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
A close-up of Anderson’s fish souvenir. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
Film and television costumer and stylist Luke Reichle wears a derby hat that displays a few of the pieces in his milagro collection, which he’s gathered from various parts of the world. (Katie Falkenberg / Los Angeles Times)
A close-up of Luke Reichle’s hat, a late 19th century wool derby that was worn by Joel Grey in the 1995 film “The Fantasticks.” (Katie Falkenberg / Los Angeles Times)
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Luke Reichle arranged some milagros into a frame along with personal and family items. (Katie Falkenberg / Los Angeles Times)
A Mexican fish costume found in Puerto Vallarta looms over Bruce Anderson between the dining room and kitchen of his home in Sierra Madre. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
Reichle paid from 10 cents to $50 each for the milagros, mostly in Latin American countries as well as in Italy. (Katie Falkenberg / Los Angeles Times)
Reichle’s milagros collection totals 75 but at its peak reached 750 pieces. (Katie Falkenberg / Los Angeles Times)
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Vintage hand-painted hat boxes, hat blocks, a dress form, a milliner’s chest and sign fill the hat room of Jan Stanton Holz’s home in Brentwood. The room is dedicated to the millinery she collected as a hat designer for film and television. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
A hat rests on a hat form. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
A hat form is one of the items that fills out the hat room of Jan Stanton Holz’s home in Brentwood. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
A lamp shaped like a dragonfly from the Art Nouveau period hangs upstairs in Jan Stanton Holz’s Brentwood home. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
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Wood and tin hat boxes from the 19th century rest on top of the kitchen refrigerator next to a vintage sign advertising fresh eggs. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Jan Stanton Holz’s living room features many furnishings, decorations and vintage photographs purchased from other countries. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
White china in a vintage wooden dish rack. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
An oversized tin top hat from London inscribed with “TOP HATS,” hangs next to a cupboard of white china. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
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A walk-in closet gleams with old-world elegance featuring 14 Edwardian-era silver dance purses that hang around a 1920s wood-framed mirror. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
The walk-in closet also features bags and purses collected from abroad. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
The walk-in closet features hand-painted hat boxes, left, vintage hand-held mirrors, picture frames and fashionable bags. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Vintage lorgnettes and fold-out spectacles rest on a cabinet inside Jan Stanton Holz’s walk-in closet. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
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An 1880 French automated diorama of a monkey band hangs on a wall just off the living room. A wind-up key gets the whole bespectacled, well-tailored crew playing. “My parents got that in London and my children, small at the time, just loved it -- and still do,” said Stanton Holz. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
An original photograph by Marc Riboud, right, hangs next to other vintage photographs in Stanton Holz’s living room. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Vintage fashion prints from Paris hang in the upstairs bathroom. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
