Category: Featured Design

Happy St Patrick’s Day 2025

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Dia Dhuit blog banner. Erin Top Hat.

Hello there, and welcome. “Dia duit” (dee-ah gwit) is the most common way to say “hello” among Irish nationals who speak Gaelic. The greeting literally means “may God be with you.” You can say dia duit to greet people in any setting.

Erin

Erin go Bragh means “Ireland forever”. It inspired Vivian to create a very special hat. Here it is.

Hattingdon wears a gorgeous top hat in the colours of “the green and the gold” of Ireland, embellished with a charming shamrock in white. Vivian named the hat “Erin”. There is more below — a beautiful St. Patrick’s Day poem by Julie Garwood.

Erin Hattingdon.

An Irish Wish for St. Patricks Day

By Poet: Julie Garwood

May you always have
A sunbeam to warm you,
Good luck to charm you,
And a sheltering angel
So nothing can harm you,
Laughter to cheer you,
Faithful friends near you,
And whenever you pray,
Heaven to hear you.

May your joys
Be deep and many,
May your heart
be light and glad,
May you have the best
St. Patrick’s Day
That you have ever had.

Thank you for spending time with us. See you again soon.

Single H in Signature Brown.

Updated: 05.02.25

Tracey fashion

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Tracey Hattingdon blog banner.

Hello and welcome. It is so nice to see you.

Today we have a special treat. Hattingdon models one of her earliest toppers, a vintage saucer hat in black with oval disk and chunky leaf motif.

Hattingdon creator Vivian made it in four colorways — a luscious lavender, grass green, sunny yellow and raspberry pink. She named the design Tracey.

Tracey in lavender, green, yellow and pink.

Sweeeeeeet!

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See you again soon.

Hattingdon H logo in her signature brown.

Updated 10 March 2025.

Toby bowler hat

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Bowler hat banner. Hattingdon Horses.

14 January 2025

Hey there. Thank you for stopping by. Like so many others recently, we have been snowed in. So what did Hattingdon creator & designer Vivian do? Work on Hattingdon of course. What else?

Vivian writes: “For a long time I have wanted to do a bowler hat for Hattingdon. It is such a handsome look on gentlement and the ladies too. As most of you know, I rarely do just one of anything. In this case, the hat stays the same, but the walking sticks are different. One even has a floral motif. How fun.”

Toby Bowler Hat. Hattingdon Horses.
Toby Bowler Hat #1.
Toby Hattingdon in black bowler and matching stick.
Toby Bowler with Black Stick #2.
Toby Bowler with Floral Stick #3
Toby Bowler with Grey Stick #4

UPDATE: Votes are in. You chose #1, the Toby Bowler hat in black, as your overall favourite. The third one with the floral walking stick was right behind it. Thank you for joining in.

We hope the Toby bowler hat brings you a ‘hatful of smiles’.” Here they are. Which one is your favourite?

Come back and see us again soon. Love, Hattingdon.

Updated 22 Jan. & 31 Jan. 2025.

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Mocha color of the year 2025

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Mocha Mousse color of the year 2025.

The Pantone Color Institute named mocha (also called mocha mousse) as the color for the year 2025.

Of course Hattingdon had to join in the action, so Vivian created a mocha top hat with black hatband for her to wear to kick off the new year.

Jana Hattingdon top hat in the color of 2025 — Mocha!
Mocha Top Hat.

What do you think? Isn’t the color delicious? Click to see “How to Decorate with Mocha Mousse” at the luscious Galerie magazine » »

Happy New Year! Thank you for stopping by. See you again soon.

Love, Hattingdon & Co.

Hattingdon H logo in her signature brown.