The temperature seemed to drop 20 degrees in 1 hour. I felt bad for Erin but she was such a professional. No complaining, no shivering, She stayed totally poised for the camera.
European Designer, American style. John Callanan originally from Cork City Ireland, had the privilege of studying with one of America's legendary milliners, Anne Albrizio at The Fashion Institute NYC. He would like to also acknowledge his mentor Martin Izquierdo, who suggested that he study hat making and to Douglas Highsmith for supporting the brand for the past 24 years. Callanan hats are distributed by Dorfman Pacific Hat Company.
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Callanan hats fall 2011 photo shoot
The weather worked with us yesterday for the fall 2011 photo shoot. Blue skies with a little cloud made Williamsburg look enchanting. Everyone thinks that photo shoots are all fun and games but they are long intense days for all concerned. The official pix will not be ready until next week after KOITZ makes his magic and editing but here are some behind the scenes peeks from my amateur camera.
The photographer KOITZ.
Everyone showed up on time at 1pm. Brian gets into character. Brain is a dancer and successful web designer for a large firm.
KOITZ assistant David had the hardest time making sure there was always the right like on the model. He was so stoic.
My bad pic
and why I use a professional like KOITZ
me and Brian. Yes, I often use my clothes to dress the models. This was about 2.30pm. Erin shows up for some couple pixs before Brien heads home.
The couple pixs are on the beautiful Kent Street in front of the Episcopalian church.
Erin is an aspiring Broadway actress and also models pantyhose.
We wrapped it up right on time at 5pm. can't wait to see the finished product.
Monday, October 25, 2010
CALLANAN LEGACY FEDORA AT ANTHROPOLOGIE
I love the Anthropologie stores but I just wish they had a guys' department. After ABC Carpet, I think that they have the best visual display team. So I am honored that my "tie-me-up" fedora, style LV192-BLK will be available at Anthropologie in the coming weeks.
The inspiration behind this hat was an act of love. We were in the process of moving apartments 2 years ago, which is a very stressful situation. The straw that broke the camel's back in the packing process, were the 260 silk ties, all in shades of burgundy, that my partner had accumulated. It came down to me or an edited tie selection. Thank the lord that he picked me and I ended up with 60 ties that needed to be donated to charity. Well, the creative genie in me decided that the ties would make great hat trims. Now calm down, I donated money to charity in their place. We have long ago run out of Thierry's silk ties so I search thrift stores to find new ones. 
Saturday, October 23, 2010
SEXTING WITH CALLANAN LEGACY GLOVES
Put a sparkle into your sexting with Callanan LEGACY fingerless gloves with sequin trim.
As seen in the current issue of GL FASHION.
As seen in the current issue of GL FASHION.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
THE EUROPEAN PRESS DECLARES CALLANAN LEGACY BOWLER A BIG DEAL
Even hatlife support_hatlife.com@bmsend.com is jumping on the bowler trend. Once again, I am ahead of the curve.
According to Diane "I hear a lot about the rising popularity of the Bowler Hat, but I have yet to see them on any actual people (but then again I live in Florida). But according to UK Express and the Daily Mail Reporter the Bowler is hot stuff.
Some of the UK papers credit Jude Law with helping the comeback of this Chaplinesque hat. And at the same time the British retailer, Austin Reed has started stocking Bowlers for the first time in 12 years (cheers to that) because of the demand.
The press is quite annoyed that the store - that brags about it's British lineage (Design is core to our heritage, says their tagline) bowed to market forces and bought the hats from China.
"The company claims it had to look further afield to give the bowlers a retail cost of £50, as British-made hats often cost more than £200."
The bowler was created in the mid 1800s by hatters William and Thomas Bowler, after a commission from Edward Coke, brother of the 2nd Earl of Leicester. By the early 1900s it had become very popular.
The bowler was made famous by Charlie Chaplin and Laurel and Hardy. After the Second World War sales declined (aside from a comeback in the mid-Sixties by actor Patrick Macnee in the TV show The Avengers) it was slowly sacked into oblivion.
Austin Reed, which celebrates its 110th birthday this year, will initially stock the bowlers at its flagship Regent Street store in London before rolling them out around Britain as part of a new collection commemorating the store's anniversary. Announcing the return of the hat, the store claimed it had "brought back the bowler hat as a nod to historic British fashion".
"British design is core to our heritage. Men and women are looking to history for classic, quality design and tailoring. The bowler hat is a key piece to communicate effortless British style," said a spokesperson form Austin Reed.
But the talk about their hats being made in China has disappointed some.
"There's a real revival going on at the moment, so this was a chance for a major retailer to get behind British milliners. But everyone is so used to buying fashion on the cheap that even Austin Reed customers are not prepared to spend more than £50 for a bowler.
It's a shame, but I'm sure that if they could guarantee the demand a British company could have come up with a competitive price to supply the hats.
But at least Austin Reed is promoting the wearing of hats, so that is a positive thing," said Georgina Abbott, who runs Atelier Millinery in London."
Some of the UK papers credit Jude Law with helping the comeback of this Chaplinesque hat. And at the same time the British retailer, Austin Reed has started stocking Bowlers for the first time in 12 years (cheers to that) because of the demand.
"The company claims it had to look further afield to give the bowlers a retail cost of £50, as British-made hats often cost more than £200."
The bowler was created in the mid 1800s by hatters William and Thomas Bowler, after a commission from Edward Coke, brother of the 2nd Earl of Leicester. By the early 1900s it had become very popular.
The bowler was made famous by Charlie Chaplin and Laurel and Hardy. After the Second World War sales declined (aside from a comeback in the mid-Sixties by actor Patrick Macnee in the TV show The Avengers) it was slowly sacked into oblivion.
Austin Reed, which celebrates its 110th birthday this year, will initially stock the bowlers at its flagship Regent Street store in London before rolling them out around Britain as part of a new collection commemorating the store's anniversary. Announcing the return of the hat, the store claimed it had "brought back the bowler hat as a nod to historic British fashion".
"British design is core to our heritage. Men and women are looking to history for classic, quality design and tailoring. The bowler hat is a key piece to communicate effortless British style," said a spokesperson form Austin Reed.
But the talk about their hats being made in China has disappointed some.
"There's a real revival going on at the moment, so this was a chance for a major retailer to get behind British milliners. But everyone is so used to buying fashion on the cheap that even Austin Reed customers are not prepared to spend more than £50 for a bowler.
It's a shame, but I'm sure that if they could guarantee the demand a British company could have come up with a competitive price to supply the hats.
But at least Austin Reed is promoting the wearing of hats, so that is a positive thing," said Georgina Abbott, who runs Atelier Millinery in London."
Sunday, October 17, 2010
BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON
While wasting some time before going to the theater last night I watched a few minutes of Sarah Palin speaking in Anaheim. I would never vote for her to be elected to any public office but I can see how her folksy, over the back-yard-fence, way of talking appeals to middle Americans. So how apropos to see the musical BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON an hour later. Jackson, America's 7th president, a total populist a la Obama, uses his sex appeal a la Clinton, wins the popular vote of the people only to have the title president snatched away by the electoral college a la Gore. He does not give up and wins 4 years later on the promise of being the people's president by channeling the people voices and desires, being a maverick, a Washington outsider (OMG sounds like Palin) only to find out that people want their president to make the choices for them and that populist feelings are fickle. History is still divided on whether Jackson was America's Hitler or Moses.
On the entertainment index, I had a great night out. Bloody Bloody Jackson is on of the new genre American musicals, like Spring Awakening, that appeals to the younger theater goers. The songs will not be sang around pianos, in musical evening bars, which is fine by me.
Benjamin Walker as Jackson
is a roman god and once I was able to peel my eyes away from his ever so tight fitting pants, I realized he is a very good actor with a nice voice.
The cast was amazing and it is hard to single one out over another
and the songs and band kept the story line moving along quite smoothly.
/http://bloodybloodyandrewjackson.com/
On the entertainment index, I had a great night out. Bloody Bloody Jackson is on of the new genre American musicals, like Spring Awakening, that appeals to the younger theater goers. The songs will not be sang around pianos, in musical evening bars, which is fine by me.
Benjamin Walker as Jackson
is a roman god and once I was able to peel my eyes away from his ever so tight fitting pants, I realized he is a very good actor with a nice voice.The cast was amazing and it is hard to single one out over another
and the songs and band kept the story line moving along quite smoothly.
/http://bloodybloodyandrewjackson.com/
Friday, October 15, 2010
CALLANAN HAT GOES TO EGYPT
Sunday, October 10, 2010
DERBY,BOWLER AND MELON HEADS UNITE
For those of you suffering from FEDORA FATIGUE, good news is on the way. According to the London Time's October 6th edition, John Steed's iconic headwear is back in fashion after n absence of 40 years. The come back of this British of British hats should not be a surprise to those of us that have been gleefully following the sartorial trend of th past 2 years.
Not to be outdone in the battle of fashion, the Parisians are also saying BRAVO to the return of the chapeau melon (melon hat, which is a pretty good description of a bowler's crown) but pointing out that John's sidekick in the Avengers, Emma Peel was also quite sexy looking when she donned her bowler hat. Bravo to Mr. JPG for reintroducing the Parisians to the bowler hat in his fall sartorial collection for Hermes.
Here in the good old USA we prefer to call this shape a DERBY. At Callanan Legacy we are always on trend so we offered our FERBY (derby that can be pinched to create a fedora crown), a soft wool felt derby that can be pinched into a fedora crown as an alternative shape. Style LV227-BLK can be purchased at J.J. Hat Center 310 Fifth Ave. New York, NY 10016 Toll Free: 1.800.622.1911 or http://www.jjhatcenter.com/ and other great stores nationwide like http://www.hatsinthebelfry.com/, http://www.hartfordyork.com/
Friday, October 8, 2010
Temptation suppressant
It had been long grueling day at work and I had to run to yoga class. Arriving in a ball of sweat, only to learn that one of my favorite teachers, Miss Chrissy Carter http://www.yogachrissy.com/ was a last minute no show. Now, I am sure her sub was wonderful, but I was just not in the mood to follow a stranger's instructions. So I decided to take my time walking home, stopped to look at my favorite thrift store windows on 18th street, Angle Street and Housing Works before popping into Loehmann's under the guise of "I needed to cool down in their AC".
Loehmann's is not known for their mens shoe department, which is non existent, but as I made my way under the stairwell, there they were, in all their glorious temptation, a gorgeous pair of Costume National Homme boots at 399, marked down from 999.
Now, I knew that the devil was tempting me because why else would the boots have cost 999 originally, so I really had to meditate on not being tempted by the orange peel finish of the leather, the stud trim detail and the soft burnt orange lamb lining.
Thank God I have read a little and I remembered that the other wonderful Irish man Oscar Wilde said "the best way to get over temptation is to give into it", or something like that.
So off I went to the cash register where the universe happened to put a 15% discount in my way.
No regrets on this spluge and these boots really kick as(s)ana.
So move over Nancy for these boots are made for walking.......
Loehmann's is not known for their mens shoe department, which is non existent, but as I made my way under the stairwell, there they were, in all their glorious temptation, a gorgeous pair of Costume National Homme boots at 399, marked down from 999.
Now, I knew that the devil was tempting me because why else would the boots have cost 999 originally, so I really had to meditate on not being tempted by the orange peel finish of the leather, the stud trim detail and the soft burnt orange lamb lining.
Thank God I have read a little and I remembered that the other wonderful Irish man Oscar Wilde said "the best way to get over temptation is to give into it", or something like that.
So off I went to the cash register where the universe happened to put a 15% discount in my way.
No regrets on this spluge and these boots really kick as(s)ana.
So move over Nancy for these boots are made for walking.......
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