Stella Classic

Stella Classic blog header. 2024.

Hello and welcome. Today we share with you a delightful and loveable, lavender Classic Hat featuring stripes and a trio of adorable hearts in crisp white. Vivian named the hat Stella. Here she is. Isn’t she sweet?

Stella Hattingdon Classic hat.
Stella Hattingdon Classic.

The Color

Full of grace and youth, lavender is a light hearted color that symbolizes tender romance, feminity and delicacy. As the color of self-care, lavender instills a sense of regalness, relaxation and cleanliness. It is an excellent color for meditation. For more go to Colors Explained »

Oh! Forgot to say. The Stella Classic is brand new.

Bye for now. Thank you for spending time with us. HATTINGDON.


Hattingdon H logo in her signature brown.

Valentine hats

Happy Valentine's Day featured image with hearts.

Greetings and salutations.

Two images spring to mind when we think of February 14th, Valentine’s Day, a day that love and romance are traditionally celebrated with hearts, and with red roses.

We have chosen two hats that fulfill the occasion beautifully: — a red and white classic hat with a darling pattern featuring hearts, and — a new fashion hat featuring roses from the Jenny Rose Collection.

Classic hat

Hallie Heart Classic Hat.

And . . .

Fashion hat

Jenny Rose Top Hat.

Doesn’t Hattingdon look absolutely darling? How fun. Hugs and kisses, and millinery blisses!


Logo in red and white.

“A Hatful of Smiles”

Vivian’s Fave Hats: Letter H

Greetings and welcome. Vivian has made her choices. They are not the ones we expected. Hmmmmm. Look!

Classic Hat

Since the human heart has long been associated with emotion and pleasure, the shape was eventually co-opted as a symbol of romance and medieval courtly love. More about all of that below.

Here is Hattingdon wearing a vivid red classic hat adorned with hearts galore.

Hallie Hattingdon.

Fashion Hat

This selection is a big surprise and we love it. We thought Vivian would go for a vintage hat, but she instead chose a very recent design. Look.

Honey Hattingdon fashion hat created by ©Vivian Grant.
Honey Hattingdon.

Sweeeeeet! We love it. Here is some history on how the heart shape came to be.

History of the heart shape

[T]he heart shape may have been born when artists and scientists from the Middle Ages attempted to draw representations of ancient medical texts. In the 14th century, for example, the Italian physicist Guido da Vigevano made a series of anatomical drawings featuring a heart that closely resembles the one described by Aristotle.

Since the human heart has long been associated with emotion and pleasure, the shape was eventually co-opted as a symbol of romance and medieval courtly love. It grew especially popular during the Renaissance, when it was used in religious art depicting the Sacred Heart of Christ and as one of the four suits in playing cards. By the 18th and 19th centuries, meanwhile, it had become a recurring motif in love notes and Valentine’s Day cards. More at the History Channel »

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H&Co in Hattingdon brown.

“A Hatful of Smiles”

Dealing a classic with Ginny

Hello and Happy Monday. Classic Hat Monday.

We have another vintage classic hat today. The design is called Ginny. As you can see, it is inspired by playing cards. Here it is in two colors: black and red.

Ginny Black.

Ginny Red.

Happy Classic Hat Monday! See you again soon.


Hattingdon H Logo in her signature brown.

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