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Josie in Wedgewood blue

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Josie Wedgewood Hattingdon in blue fashion hat.

New hat alert. Inspired by Wedgewood pottery, Hattingdon is featured here wearing a cracking sky blue saucer hat.

We named the hat design “Josie” in honour of world reknown potter, Josiah Wedgwood. What a fascinating man.

But, first a look at this lovely hat.

About Josiah Wedgwood

“The British potter Josiah Wedgwood (12 July 1730 – 3 January 1795) was not only a ceramic artist, but also on the forefront of the Industrial Revolution. Wedgwood brought science into the manufacturing process.”

British potter Josiah Wedgwood (12 July 1730 – 3 January 1795)

“He also introduced work standards, time sheets, and many other methods that are common in the modern-day workplace.”

“He virtually invented modern mass-produced pottery by industrializing the industry. He used specialized division of labour to produce high quality at low cost, and sold his wares in every European city as well as to the wider world.”

Wedgwood’s vast array of talents and accomplishments did not stop there. What a phenomenon. Read more about this fascinating innovator »

P.S. We picked the blue today to show you. It is such a lovely, traditional colour in the Wedgewood collection.

By the way, The letter “e” is used correctly in the spelling of Wedgewood pottery. Wedgwood refers to the man who created it. Love, Hattingdon.

Updated 27 June 2023

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1st Day of Spring 2023

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We greet the first day of the new season with the spring equinox, but what is it, exactly? And why does the first day of spring change? Coming up. But first, a hat.

We decided on a fedora. Hattingdon always looks fine in a fedora. We put in the spring like colors of blue for the sky, yellow for the sun, and green for the um . . . greenery!

Kelly fedora in colors of Spring!

The Farmer’s Almanac tells us:

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The first day of spring is Monday, March 20, 2023, at 5:24 p.m. EDT. For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, this was marked by the arrival of the Vernal Equinox (otherwise known as the “First Point of Aries.”).

Vernal translates to “new” and “fresh,” and equinox derived from the Latin aequus (equal) and nox (night).

So what does that mean? Essentially, our hours of daylight—the period of time each day between sunrise and sunset—have been growing slightly longer each day since the winter solstice in December, which is the shortest day of the year (at least in terms of light). Read more »

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“A Hatful of Smiles”

Classically Lauren

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The LAUREN classic hat created by © Vivian Grant Farrell exclusively for Hattingdon®.

Hello. We are so glad you stopped by. It’s time to reveal the latest classic hat created by Mrs Farrell. And it’s a beauty.

Without further ado, here’s Lauren.

Lauren Hattingdon.
Lauren Hattingdon.

We think this hat is a true classic, and well as very classy, and will be around for a very long time. The blue and white is so crisp. That paisley inspired graphic Mrs Farrell made. We love it!

Come back and see us soon.

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Friday Fashion with Etienne

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Etienne in the colors of the French flag.

Hello and Happy Friday.

How about a wonderful high fashion hat in red, white and blue — French inspired? If you have not met her yet, let us introduce her to you now. Say hello to Etienne.

We hope you like this hat. We adore it!

Etienne

Etienne Hattingdon in French inspired red, white and blue fashion hat. ©Vivian J Grant.
Etienne Hattingdon.

The very first Hattingdon® cartoon Mrs Farrell created was Curtis. The second was Harper.

She really didn’t know where she was going to go from there, if anywhere. And it certainly never occurred to her that she would create 100s of designs over 10 years. And still going.

Following on the heels of Curtis and Harper, Mrs Farrell came up with the idea of having a classic hat silhouette that she could design all kinds of looks with. In between all of those, she created fashion hats and other wonderful marvels.

P.S. We have received your notes and messages about our absence on Twitter and Facebook. We have only been busy on Instagram and Hattingdon’s blog. We believe we can populate our Facebook page when we publish on Instagram. We are experimenting to see if looks okay when we do that. We used to publish to Twitter from here on the Hattingdon blog, but the images no matter how we sized them, chopped something off! ♥♥♥

Oh . . . and this. You would also like more updates via email like we used to do. We are reorganizing things in an effort to meet these requests also. So hang in with us! ♥♥♥

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