Cartoon Horse 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
Black and white is always a crisp, classic look and this collection is all that.
We’ve also added some groovy background information on names assigned to our hat designs.
In French Aimee means dearly loved; beloved. From the Old French Amee, which derives from the Latin amatus meaning loved.
The name Anita first developed as a Spanish diminutive of Ana, ultimately deriving from the Hebrew name Hannah, meaning “grace” or “favour”. Anita is the short form for Anahita, the Iranian water goddess in Avestan (an East Iranian language), and also means kindness and being personable, a leader. Anita is commonly bestowed in the English-speaking world as an independent given name.
The name Becky is abbreviation of Rebecca, meaning captivated, or captivating, frequently used as an independent name.
Cadence is a unisex given name derived from an English word meaning “rhythm, flow.”
Chelsea was first a place name of Old English origin, and the most common theory of its meaning is chalk landing place, Cealc-hyð = “chalk wharf”. The Synod of Chelsea at Chelchith in 787 is often identified with Chelsea, London; but the first firm record is of a manor at Chelsea just before the Norman conquest.
The name Darcy is a girl’s name of French, Irish origin meaning “dark one, or from Arcy, or from the fortress”.
Delores is a variation of Dolores. The name Dolores is a Spanish baby name. In Spanish the meaning of the name Dolores is: Sorrow. From Maria de los Dolores (the Virgin Mary, or Mary of the Sorrows.
The name Greta is a German baby name. In German the meaning of the name Greta is pearl. Abbreviation of Margaret, also meaning pearl.
In some cases the surname is derived from the Old Norse and Old English personal names already mentioned. The surname also originates from a nickname meaning “raven”, or a thieving person, or a dark-haired person, derived from the Middle English raven.
Roxie is a black and white mod cap featuring a pattern male and female symbols. This is one of Mrs Farrell’s all time favourite hats. She adores it.
New Classic Hat! Did you notice Classic Hat lovers?
Zara wears an elegant classic hat in black and white featuring a zebra stripe pattern on the dome.
Hugs and kisses, and millinery blisses.
©Vivian J. Grant.
Hello and Happy Friday. Hooray!
We thought we’d do a Flashback Friday. We haven’t done it in forever.
We hope you like it. .
The very first Hattingdon® 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 certainly not that she would create 100s of designs over 10 years. She’s still going!
Following on the heels of Curtis and Harper, Mrs Farrell came up with the classic hat silhouette that she made all sorts of looks with. But in between all of those, she created fashion hats and other wonderful marvels. Etienne falls into one or all of those descriptions.
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 her 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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