Just as clothing designers make names for themselves by getting celebrities to wear their garments, hat designers also gain fame when singers, actresses and others wear their hats. A Kurtz hats are worn by Enrique Iglesias, Lindsay Lohan and J Lo, while Madonna and Britney Spears wear Ed Hardy caps.That’s where Yuka Hasegawa fits in.
Her hats have been worn by Britney, Boy George and Scarlett Johansson, among others, and are sold in Barneys luxury department store. An award-winning milliner and graduate of FIT (New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology). Her company is YukaNY: www.yukany.com/Hats are like glasses in that they can be both functional and fashionable. With so many hats available, it’s relatively easy to find one to keep you warm. It’s a little more challenging to find a unique hat, which expresses your style.Yuka makes hats for both men and women. While I was at the NY Coo gallery, Yuka and a few women and a man she knew tried on some of her hats. So did I. The exhibit includes a variety of hat sizes and styles – knits, straw, felts, woolens – so there seemed to be one for everybody.I especially liked a nubby knit aviator style hat, which tied beneath my chin, and a felt cloche hat, with tucking and pleating on its side. Also available was a bucket-style hat with a dropped brim made with silk used for kimonos.Yuka, who was born in Japan, also paints. For the NY Coo exhibit, she painted hats on white paper shopping bags. What better holiday gift than a hand-made hat in hand-painted wrapping?
Her hats have been worn by Britney, Boy George and Scarlett Johansson, among others, and are sold in Barneys luxury department store. An award-winning milliner and graduate of FIT (New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology). Her company is YukaNY: www.yukany.com/Hats are like glasses in that they can be both functional and fashionable. With so many hats available, it’s relatively easy to find one to keep you warm. It’s a little more challenging to find a unique hat, which expresses your style.Yuka makes hats for both men and women. While I was at the NY Coo gallery, Yuka and a few women and a man she knew tried on some of her hats. So did I. The exhibit includes a variety of hat sizes and styles – knits, straw, felts, woolens – so there seemed to be one for everybody.I especially liked a nubby knit aviator style hat, which tied beneath my chin, and a felt cloche hat, with tucking and pleating on its side. Also available was a bucket-style hat with a dropped brim made with silk used for kimonos.Yuka, who was born in Japan, also paints. For the NY Coo exhibit, she painted hats on white paper shopping bags. What better holiday gift than a hand-made hat in hand-painted wrapping?
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