According to Hamilton's "Fashions" feature in the Los Angeles Times, October 18, 1931, pg. H3, Jean Lucas, president of the millinery business Hortense Inc., visited Los Angeles, in September 1931, to announce the opening his Los Angeles millinery salons.
Peggy Hamilton modeling a cape of her own design of cream corded henrietta cloth bordered with marten fur, created for Beckman's Fur Shop on West Seventh Street in Los Angeles.
Peggy Hamilton modeling a baku hat with a red and black crepe band around the crown from the Salon of Hortense, Inc. located at 9440 Wilshire Blvd. in Beverly Hills. Baku is a fine millinery straw made from rice fiber.
A different photograph of Peggy Hamilton wearing this coat appears in Peggy Hamilton’s Los Angeles Times feature "Fashions," September 27, 1931, pg. H3.
A different photograph of Peggy Hamilton wearing this gown beneath an ermine coat appears in Peggy Hamilton’s Los Angeles Times feature "Fashions," September 27, 1931, pg. H3.
Natalie Kingston modeling a "Leconte Model" evening gown with metallic broché fabric in tones of rose and black. The gown was sold by the Walter Switzer shops in Southern California on Seventh street at Westlake Village, the Fashion Salons of Mather's in Pasadena, and on State Street in Santa Barbara.