Beauchapeau hat shop

The Three Muses

This adorable photo comes to you from Chicago.  I received one of those hat emergency calls some weeks back that these three ladies had all purchased  polar fleece coats and now needed the matching hats.  The coat company had told them the color name and since we both use the same polartec fleece, I was…

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A Day In The Life

I confess that I have been having too much fun lately. Aside from filling an order for one of the most wonderful hat shops anywhere, Beauchapeau Hat Shop in Niagara on the Lake, I have been in design mode. It is a time of many half made hats being hurled out the window, but also…

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a fascination with fascinators

I officially declare this fascinator thing a frenzy. I have to admit that when things become trendy I want to run away, but I just watched this little video that really calmed me down and gave me an appreciation for how a beautiful fashion icon like Princess Kate can shape a culture. It is a…

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A slightly different angle

Well, now I’m really having fun with the camera. Thought I’d experiment with some unlikely views of a hat. This is a straw fedora that I originally made for my friend, Andrea. I just completed another one for Beauchapeau Hat Shop in Niagara on The Lake and have decided to offer it in my etsy…

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Getting Out

Only nine more days left of winter vacation. Not that I’m counting or anything like that. For some reason the french school has an extra two days of break. Well, maybe I do have a bit of cabin fever. It looks similar to PMS. On Sunday I realized I had not been outdoors in 48…

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