Cartoon Horses with Hat-titude
Greetings and salutations.
Today Hattingdon wears a striped winter hat of orange, olive, purple and pure white, with purple earmuffs. Vivian named the hat Hannah.
Whether hitting the slopes or just spending the day out in chilly temperatures, she looks marvelous, doesn’t she?
Hope the Hannah hat brings you a “hatful of smiles.” See you here again soon.
Love, Hattingdon & Co.
Good day to all you Hattingdon fans. For classic hat fans — Monday is your day.
Without further ado, we present this Monday’s selection: Deidre.
There is something so chic about the combination of black and white with a touch of red for drama. And the houndstooth on the brim . . . . rather unexpected and oh so handsome.
Just in case you are curious about houndstooth like we were, here is just a bit of background.
“Houndstooth check is a two-toned textile pattern. At its beginnings it was a wool cloth weaving white sheep wool for the lighter checks and a darker wool for the contrasting black ones, usually from a naturally tinted wool weaving or simply from a black sheep.”
“Houndstooth, or as the French say pied de poule, is one of the most recognizable iconic prints.” writes SeeRoseGo. Houndstooth is right up there with Prince of Wales plaid, stripes and polka dots, and known for its black and white timeless appeal.
“It is made with alternating bands of four dark and four light threads in both warp and weft – two over and two under the warp created a sort of broken check or jagged shape giving the woven its name.”
“Because of the abstract four-pointed shape the pattern was referred to as “shepherd’s check,” ‘dogtooth’ and ‘puppytooth’, eventually being called, as it is today: houndstooth.”
According to “The Costume of Scotland” by John Telfer Dunbar it was worn by Scottish shepherd’s for protection, because from a distance, the pattern colors blend together making the figure appear afar. Chic camouflage!
See you again soon.
© Vivian J Grant
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!
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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