vivian farrell – Hattingdon

Cooking with Bryanna

June 21, 2022March 3, 2023 HattingdonLeave a comment

Back in 2011 Vivian made a chef’s hat for Hattingdon that she named Bryanna — after vegan chef Bryanna Clark Grogan.

Vivian thought she had lost the file, but recently she came across it while looking through an old flash drive. The file was not in good shape — the layers unfortunately were locked — but she thought, what the heck, I will recreate it. We are glad she did.

Here are some new additions!

We were thinking about putting the Bryanna design on some cool product. Alas, our “shopkeeper” retired but we are recruiting a new one. It was a toss up between Zazzle, who we used for many years until they were bought out (or something), and CafePress, who we started out with.

We will keep you posted.

In the meantime, learn more about chef Bryanna Clark Grogan at http://veganfeastkitchen.blogspot.com/. She is terrific.

See you again here soon.

Regards, Hattingdon & Co.

Updated 07/02/22

Kimora

September 20, 2021March 11, 2023 HattingdonLeave a comment

by Hattingdon Staff

Mrs Farrell, the creator of Hattingdon® Horses, has made many, many hats for the popular cartoon equines over the years — hundreds of them. Amazingly she never seems to run out of ideas. The ones that are shall we say — a bit “extraordinary” — always seem to be her favourites. Here is an example.

At the beginning of last year, Farrell opened Photoshop, selected one of her basic templates, and began adding layers of lines and boxes and rectangles until she had what you see below.

Hattingdon wears a Japanese and art deco inspired black and white headdress. — *Kimora*.

It has a sort of Deco / Japanese flavor to it, doesn’t it?

See you again soon!

P.S. Wondering about the name Kimora? Combining Kimberly and Ora, it has American origins and means “the golden meadow.” This stylish name is shared with American model and designer Kimora Lee Simmons, who founded the Baby Phat clothing line. Source.

Gone Shopping

December 9, 2019March 3, 2023 HattingdonLeave a comment

Hello there. I have been away so long, I guess you could just say I was almost — long gone. But I am back now, for a bit anyway.

Considering the darling hat I am wearing, let’s just say I have “gone shopping”! Tis the Season. . . . right? What have you been up to?

Rudy Hattingdon of Hattingdon Horses. — Rudy Hattingdon.

Hugs and kisses, and millinery blisses. See you here again real soon.