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| The
Duchess of Cornwall (Camilla) got a
nod from the fashion press when she
appeared by her husband’s side
in a blue dress with matching wide brimmed
feather top Philip Treacy hat. |
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| BIRDS
OF A FEATHER FLOCK TO HEADWEAR |
| Mother
Plucker Feather Company is supplying
a wide variety of feathers to the fashion
and headwear industry. |
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| TRADING
OIL FOR HATS |
| We
recently heard from Karen Karlberg,
owner of Hats & Jewels, a boutique
near the Berkshires in Lee Massachusetts.
The shop is located near the Tanglewood
Music Festival, Summer Theater Festivals,
Jacobs Pillow Dance and museums. |
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| Fischman,
who headed the company's marketing and
sales efforts while serving as its Chief
Marketing Officer, is the new President
of SmartBargains. |
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| ARE
YOU IN THE MARKET FOR.... |
| Giseal
is looking for a book or video that
will teach her how to block Panama straw
hats using wood hat blocks? |
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| Qianfeng
Cap, an 11-year-old Chinese hat manufacturer
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| Qianfeng
Cap, who has a factory in China, is
looking for companies that want to have
baseball caps, women’s hats, visors,
knitted hats, etc. made in their factories
overseas. |
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| AFFORDABLE
LEATHER HAS WHAT YOU NEED FOR HAT MANUFACTURERING.... |
| Moshe
Sarrraf, a former garment center manufacturer,
teamed up with headwear veteran Mose
Chest to start AFORDABLE LEATHER. |
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| Thompson
works with Stetson 3x beaver hats from
the 1960's and re-blocks, cleans and
redoes them with custom hatbands and
liners. |
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| ALL
OVERBOARD FOR THE FASHION SEASON |
| Nautical
themes were an important part of fashion
week in NYC. |
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| BEADED
T-SHIRTS AND GLITTER TRIMMED ACCESSORIES |
| BEADED
T-SHIRTS AND GLITTER TRIMMED ACCESSORIES
ARE MAKING A COMEBACK FROM THE GOOD
OLD DAYS. |
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| IT’S
CRYSTAL CLEAR, CRYSTALS ARE HOT |
| A
Miami Gardens, Florida retailer, Grab-N-Brag,
has discovered a winning retail formula:
decorate everything with Swarovski's
crystals from Austria. |
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| GLITZ
AND GLITTER IS SO POPULAR |
| We
met a very industrious young woman from
California (who is all of 11 years-old)
who has been selling SWAROVSKI CRYSTAL
TRIMMED RUBBER FLIP FLOPS to local retailers
for for $85. |
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| THE
NEED TO BE DIFFERENT HAS BLOSSOMED |
| The
need to be different has blossomed to
its zenith among young people today.
Whether T-shirts or hats, this generation
of individuals demands that they have
their own “say.” |
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| Zara
International, the European purveyor
of cheap chic is having a workshop at
FIT - The event will take place on October
21st at Fashion Institute of Technology
in New York. |
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| We
found a two-year- old headwear company
at Magic in Las Vegas that has taken
the concept of a fedora and a baseball
cap and combined them both. |
