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My house of straw

In the lead up to the summer hat season I fill my studio with a range of straw hats in a myriad of colours, textures and patterns in preparation for designing my new summer styles. I take delight in the variety of fibres, their properties and counties of origin…. then delight again when the right […]

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New York Street Styling

A  spontaneous moment on my research trip in the pursuit of men’s headwear was stumbling across this dude on the streets of  New York painting custom made hats on the sidewalk. He had a brisk trade in spraying logos onto his blank truckie caps. Rap tags and New York skylines were his favorite themes. He was very adept with the […]