Hello there. We apologize for being late again, but Hattingdon was washing her hair. Hahaha.
Here she is at last, wearing a very early design — one of the earliest. We named the hat Bubbles.
Bubbles.
Bubbles was created sometime in 2008, but sadly Vivian no longer has the original art.
“It was a very long time before I began to learn the best way to store and protect my work. Besides, it was just for fun, to make people laugh. It never occurred to me once in the early days I would end up creating literally 100s of them, or still be at it, all these many years later ,” she says.
Hattingdon always looks pretty in pink.
Postcript: By the way, National Bubble Week is the second week of March according to Holiday Insights »
We have two very special hats for you. Eden and Etienne.
Classic Hat
Eden is a sweet hat created in the classic silhouette featuring a lovely bamboo inspired pattern. The colours are soothing and lovely. It features a teal dome, a sky blue hatband and stylish olive brim.
Eden Hattingdon.
Fashion Hat
Etienne is one of Vivian’s all-time favourite hats. She created the original design very early on, long before what you see here.
Etienne Hattingdon.
Below is the original Etienne created in 2009.
VintageEtienne, c.2009.
Isn’t she fun? She doesn’t look amused though, does she? Ha ha ha. This design “has come a long way baby!”
Here we are, on Day 7, our final post of the series. This design is so much fun. It has it all, and oh so Christmas-sy.
Absolutely everyone adores this hat. No doubt about it — Vivian has outdone herself. She named the hat Noelle. Here it is!
Created in 2013, Noelle is the most popular Hattingdon Christmas hat of all time.
This hat would do very well for Boxing Day too. What is Boxing Day?
“Boxing Day is held every December 26th in many countries associated with the British empire,” states the BBC. “The name comes from a time when the rich used to box up gifts to give to the poor. Boxing Day was traditionally a day off for servants — a day when they received a special Christmas box from their masters. The servants would also go home on Boxing Day to give Christmas boxes to their families.”
From all of us to all of you, we wish you a very, merry Christmas. With love, Team Hattingdon.
Hattingdon’s fedora has a new name and a new brim.
The hat is now called Kelly. We have updated the hat with a broader brim so it is more “fedora” like and less “trilby” like (wink). They look very smooth wouldn’t you say?
The Kelly fedora comes in six colorways:— pearl gray, dark gray, sky blue, shamrock green, and khaki tan. Plus, we are introducing the hat for the first time — in black. Very snazzy!
Pearl Gray.
Charcoal Gray.
Sky Blue.
Shamrock Green.
Khaki Tan.
And here’s our Hattingdon in her brand new black fedora . . . . looking a bit “Al-Capone-ish”!
Classic Black.
About the fedora
The fedora has a long and fascinating history. Here is just a bit.
Fedora hats were first seen as a feminine hat with masculine undertones in 1883, inspired by a drama called “Fédora,” created by the French playwright Victorien Sardou.
Sarah Bernhardt, a French Actress, played the star role of Princess Fédora Romanoff who was wearing a stylish, center-creased, soft brimmed hat. Sarah was known for adopting men’s fashion and acting roles that shocked audiences.
The play’s first review named the style of Bernhardt’s hat “fedora” after the play title. This review coined the name “Fedora Hat” into womenswear of the time, and later menswear too.
Prince Edward VIII.
Soon after, fedora hats became a popular fashion statement and symbol for women’s rights activists, standing for liberation and assertiveness.
Before long, the fedora style spread to all women and fashion-forward men like Oscar Wilde and Prince Edward VIII.
In 1924, Prince Edward VIII wore his fedora Hat to the United States and dressed it up with a suit instead of everyday dress.
The style was seen on stars like Humphrey Bogart and the infamous Gangster Al Capone.
In the 1940’s and 50’s, cinema helped to create the iconic symbol of manliness and mystery with fedora hats worn by Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra and even football coaches Paul Bear Bryant and Tom Landry.
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The fedora later resurfaced onscreen in the 70’s and was styled as edgy and unique, yet still practical, as seen on Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones.
Most recently, fedoras have made their existence known on shows like Mad Men and Peaky Blinders.
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