HOLLYWOOD HATTER GOES PUBLIC

For the first time in its 75-year history, Baron California Hats, the Hollywood hatter to the stars, is opening their doors to the general public via their website: www.baronhats.com.

”Baron’s hats have become as famous as the stars themselves. What would Harrison Ford be without his memorable fedora in “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” Or Jim Carrey without his flamboyant feathered yellow “Zoot-Hat” creation in “The Mask”?” said their press release.

You can order Baron classic reproductions, some made from the same hat blocks used to create the movie originals, or you can have hats custom made to order.

“We not only have the best craftsmen, for men’s and women’s hats, but we also have a whole ‘arsenal’ of extraordinary hat making equipment”, says hat maker, and owner Mark Mejia. “For the last twenty-five years, I’ve been collecting these one-of-a-kind machines from all over the globe, many of which are over a hundred years old. They all work amazingly well, and help us create hats with a quality that is rapidly becoming a lost art.”

The Baron’s website offers authentic custom made movie reproductions, as well as other movie- hat memorabilia for film historians, costume designers and movie buffs. “It seems like not a single handwritten-note, design sketch or order form was ever thrown out over the last three quarters of a century, says Mejia. Founder Eddie Baron’s famous “black book” (with every customer who came into the studio) was turned over to Mejia, his long-time apprentice. There are over two thousand names with famous customers’ hat sizes, tastes, styles and other “gossip tidbits”. The studio made hats for their movies, but also for their personal wardrobes.

Some of the gossip:

	John Wayne was a fiercely loyal customer who always knew exactly what he wanted in a hat down to the last detail.
	Fred Astaire had his top hats re-covered over and over with various materials until they reflected the movie lights in just the right way.
	Marlon Brando once came in for twelve fittings in one day!
	Clayton Moore was so fanatical about the accuracy and quality of his Lone Ranger hats that he used a special measuring device to make sure every hat was made to his exact specifications, even down to the stitch count and the weave of the stampede strings!

Bob Dylan also wore their hat on the cover of Newsweek recently. Rocker Slash recently made headlines when his favorite Baron “Velvet Revolver” top hat was stolen and held for ransom! Contact them at http://www.baronhats.com. Email: news@baronhats.com