HATTERS MAKE THEIR MARK: DEBORAH HARPER AND WORTH & WORTH

DEBORAH HARPER Headpiece featured in Manhattan Bride Magazine this month	Hat Designer Deborah Harper

We heard from Deborah Harper, who is a well-known hatter in Cape Cod (she used to own a shop there) and she told us hats and headpieces continue to be big business for brides. Hence the reason her hat was recently featured in Manhattan Bride Magazine.

“Because the Cape and other Islands are Big wedding destinations, I have developed a Bridal Collection of Veils and Headpieces.

In New York I have been working with Henri Bendel and The Hat Shop,” said Harper, who is a wonderful hat designer.

“I believe woman are spending $$ on that special Day! Veils and Headpieces are more popular then Hats, however it depends on the Venue, I have done several Wedding Hat's.”

Harper also has some Velour and Beaver Felt Hood bodies that she would like to sell (we had a request a while ago). You can contact her at dhmillinery2@aol.com

Her hats will also be featured on Nantucket, (where she had her own shop for several years) at Eleanor Duffy's and at "The Wequassett Inn" in Chatham, which is a lovely Resort.

Harper plans on doing more Trunk Shows (she really misses the client contact) so she can meet with perspective hatters or devoted hatters. Contact her at: (508) 325-5705.

WORTH & WORTH just got their Jakob hat in the New York Times. The hat is made of 100% beaver and is made to order (It will take 5 to 7 days).

This is what the New York Times had to say about the Hat:
“WORTH & WORTH’S Jakob hat, a dusty-hued Western with a tall crown, a floppy brim and a well-worn patina that takes a week to produce, is no Easter bonnet. It isn’t precious. It doesn’t say “spring.” Yet it has a rugged elegance that will always have appeal. Its namesake, the musician Jakob Dylan, fell for it the minute he saw it.

The playwright David Mamet put it on his wish list. (“He told me if anyone came into the shop asking what he wants,” recalled Orlando Palacios, the Worth & Worth owner and designer, “I should tell them this hat.”) And Robert Geller, whom GQ has named best new men’s wear designer in America, incorporated a black version into his fall collection. But it is now, just as spring’s cool, rainy days begin, that the hat, which is unisex and made to order, is especially desirable. “The more weathered it gets,” Mr. Palacios said, “the better it looks.”

Jakob hat, $425 at Worth & Worth, 45 West 57th Street; (212) 265-2887.