Monday, June 29, 2015

HAT MUSIC BY KANGOL

Kangol Teams Up With 10 Underground Record Labels To Launch Radio Kangol

By Accessories Staff on June 29, 2015

New York–Iconic headwear brand Kangol, born in London and raised in New York, is launching a radio streaming station-featuring music exclusively curated by ten global underground record labels including Golf Channel, Rockers International, Stones Throw, Foundation, Burger, PPU Records, Soundway, Workshop, Plant Records and Minimal Wave. Available at www.radiokangol.com. Radio Kangol is a love letter to the enduring role Kangolheadwear has played in the music world since it was adopted by the Beatles in the 1960s, and the legends of the hip-hop community in the 1980s, including LL Cool J, Run-DMC and Grandmaster Flash.

Each Label Matched with Hat

Radio Kangol presents an eclectic mix of genres spanning reggae, dance, Hip-Hop, house, indie rock, global dance, techno, experimental and funk and soul. The labels represent cities as afield as Tokyo, London, Washington DC and New York. Each label has produced a six-hour playlist that will be a combination of live and recorded shows. The playlists allow music fans the ability to discover and share new music on Radio Kangol microsite, or listen via a stand-alone music player housed on the Kangol website.

Each label on the New York station is matched with an iconic Kangol hat, all available to purchase on www.kangol.com. Each hat style has been chosen to reflect the Kangol headwear trends found in each musical subculture, be it the classic Kangol beret in the roots reggae scene, the Kangol bucket hat in hip-hop, or the Kangol cap in dance music.

Paula Calvert, Global Creative Director at Kangol, says, “Radio Kangol is an anthem for the extraordinary influence Kangol headwear has exerted on generations of musicians and music fans. It is a way for us to give Kangol aficionados an opportunity to listen to new sounds, as well as establish new relationships with the next generation of musicians around the globe.”

The Radio Kangol microsite begin streaming live on June 24. In addition to housing the new sounds from Radio Kangol’s label partners, it will feature the hat and playlist pairings, a new look book and a limited run of vinyl available to the public.

Check out Radio Kangol at www.radiokangol.com

Friday, June 26, 2015

WINDOW SHOPPING JUNE 2015

At last weeks DORFMAN PACIFIC'S NSM, we focused a lot on popular culture trends like Coachella, Boho Chic etc. Today, I decided to look at what's happening in the luxury market, and no better place to window shop than Hong Kong's PREMIUM luxury emporium, The Landmark.

CHANEL WINDOW LANDMARK

At Chanel they have already put up their early fall 15 window. Classic black and white with an Austrian inspiration. The featured hats.

Chanel lampshade

Asymmetric fedora with over-the-top plume.

Ascot Chan was still in summer mode and featured a genuine Panama hat. I like that this is a young guys look and not an old stogy tailored look.

HACKETT LONDON had a fine display of ivy caps and fedoras.

At the NSM we looked at color trends and how important the 50 SHADES OF ORANGE are. Well, the well heeled customer, is definitely loving it.

From Anya Hindmarsh's orange tasseled bag.

In fact, there was orange everywhere I looked.

TOD'S was embracing orange from shoes to handbags.

FENDI was definitely feeling orange.

LOWE was loving orange.

Even the lads were being tempted by orange.

OMG, maybe ORANGE is the new black!!

OITNB

Wednesday, June 24, 2015

STRAIT-LACED AT BURBERRY PRORSUM and GUCCI SPRING 2016

Burberry Prorsum once again staged a classy runway show for spring 2016 and called it Strait-Laced, an obvious reference to the narrow tailored silhouette that inspired the collection, but also an acknowledgement of the way in which the lace itself undercut the formality of a tailored suit. Lace shirts and ties paired with sartorial cut jackets and pants made for a not so subtle BEAU BRUMMELL look. A lace collar on a trench was a timely way to update a Burberry classic. The "boy-friend" shirt may be stronger than ever next year!

Bailey found other ways to express the notion of loosening the straitlaced. Cashmere knit track pants were a big proposal. When he paired them with silk T-shirts, they had a sensual indolence that subtly subverted the basic tee-and-joggers formula. There was the same incongruity with the gauzy tops in abstract animal prints, or the string of green beads draped around a collar-and-tied neck, or the insect tiepins. Little details that suggested whoever is wearing the suit isn't the straitlaced guy you think he is. Christopher Bailey is continuing to add freshness to the palette of the Burberry man by pushing the boundaries of what the modern man should wear.

And not to be outshone by the Burberry Prorsum peacocks the ladies looked even more ravishing.

Not to be out-laced, we also saw the men's lace trend on the GUCCI runway but shown in a much casual look. There is nothing straight-laced about the GUCCI lad and lassies.

Thursday, June 11, 2015

CALLANAN and SCALA hats at TERRAIN

Summertime and the living is easy, just don't forget to protect yourself from the sun's damaging rays!

We just shipped in a gorgeous, 100% hand crocheted CALLANAN face-saver hat to Terrain.

CR209-TEA

CALLANAN 100% HAND CROCHET FACE SAVER

This is a great hat to have rolled up in your beach tote when you need protection from the sun. Retail $118.00.

If you are looking for something a little less money but still just as chic, check out our Scala braided laichow visor RETAIL $30. The terry cloth sweat makes it extra comfortable and it has an adjustable Velcro back.

SCALA STRAW GARDEN VISOR

SCALA BRAIDED RAFFIA GARDEN VISOR

The braided raffia has a lovely grapefruit colored cotton top and an adjustable Velcro back. Retail $34.

Check them out on line www.shopterrain.com under the sun protection tab.

Our best selling UPF50+ cotton hat is also available in the stores in NAVY and TAUPE at $36 retail. This is a great weekend get-away hat. Adjustable drawstring head size. Ware the brim up or down and roll it up in your tote when not in use.

SCALA LC399-NAVY UPF50+ SUN PROTECTION

SCALA LC399-TAUPE UPF50+ SUN PROTECTION

SCALA LC399 UPF50+, A GREAT POOLSIDE HAT.

WISHING YOU ALL A HAPPY AND SAFE SUMMER FROM ALL OF US AT DORFMAN PACIFIC HAT COMPANY.

TRANSCENDENCE HOT HAT

The movie TRANSCENDENCE is kind of a weird sifi movie but one to definitely to watch if you are stuck on an inter continental flight for 16 hours.
If you are looking for the kick-ass hat worn by Morgan Freeman in the movies, then look no more. It is a Dorfman Pacific style MC254-RRN, 3" brim in weather cotton.

DPC STYLE MC254-BRN

Morgan freeman in a DPC outdoor weathered cotton hat

THIS HAT SAYS "DON'T F&$K WITH PAPA"

DORFMAN PACIFIC style MC254-BRN is a great outdoor lifestyle hat with the added benefit of being A GREAT SUN PROTECTION HAT WITH UPF50+. It has a 3" brim and stampede cord, in case it gets windy and you don't want your hat to blow off your head.

LOOKING GOOD AND STAYING HEALTHY IN A HAT.

Available at better outdoor stores nation wide.

Other popular hat silhouettes in this material are

MC127. Weathered cotton outback.

MC265-BRN. Weathered cotton boonie.

DAY IN THE SUN. R U WEARING PROTECTION?

Today is “Hat Day in the Sun” Celebrating Benefits of Headwear

By Accessories Staff on June 11, 2015Be the first to comment!

Tags: Industry News, What's New, Bollman Hat Company, Broner, Dorfman Pacific, Hat Day in the Sun, HATCO, Heaven Hat Boutique, Magid Accessories, Sun Protection, The Headwear Association (THA), Wallaroo Hats

Uptown Sensation: Harlem’s Heaven Hat Boutique, Magid and Bollman Hat Company host a huge hat giveaway at 6 pm today at Harlem’s Heaven Hat Boutique

New York (as well as rest of USA)—Today is “Hat Day in the Sun!”

Magid UPF 50 Sun Protection Hat

It’s an annual event that celebrates not only one of accessories fastest growing categories but headwear’s healthful benefits in sun protection.

The event kicks off The Headwear Association’s Skin Cancer Awareness Promotions that continues through the rest of June. As part of the festivities, Free Sun Protection Hats are being distributed nationwide today, and Sun Protection Hat Giveaways will run through the rest of June are listed on the THA Facebook page. ( https://www.facebook.com/TheHeadwearAssociation).

To celebrate the 8th annual “Hat Day in the Sun”, THA is giving away thousands of free wide-brimmed sun-protection hats in cities across the country as part of a public awareness campaign to educate people that the right hat can protect against skin cancer, sun damage, and premature aging.

Sun Protection—and Fun!

It’s an issue not to be taken lightly. Melanoma is the most common of all cancers, and 90% of all cases are caused by sun over-exposure. The right hat can protect against skin cancer, sun damage, and premature aging, THA notes.

Here in New York City, Harlem’s Heaven Hat Boutique, Magid and Bollman Hat Company host a huge hat giveaway at 6 pm today at Harlem’s Heaven Hat Boutique (2538 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd).

Other host cities include: Stockton, CA; Santa Cruz, CA; Dallas; Lancaster, PA; Boulder, CO; Charleston, SC; Milwaukee, WI; and Detroit. For complete event details, visit: www.TheHeadwearAssociation.org/hat-day-in-the-sun.

For those headwear enthusiasts who don’t live in one of the host cities, they can win a sun-protection hat on the THA Facebook page.

Keep an eye out for the “Hat Day in the Sun Giveaway” posts. Free hats are being provided by Broner, Dorfman-Pacific, Bollman Hat Company, Magid Hats, Wallaroo Hats, San Diego Hat Company, HATCO, and American Hat Makers/Head’n Home Hats. www.theheadwearassociation.org

Tips for Selecting a Sun Protection Hat

Monday, June 1, 2015

CALLANAN COACHELLA COLLECTION

The Coachella music festival may be well over for another year, but you can get your Coachella vibe on any time you want, in a Coachella inspired Callanan hat. The Coachella "look" is a very Woodstock boho look, crowned with an unstructured floppy hat.
For those of you that live under a rock, the Coachella Music festival aka COACHELLA, is an annual music and art festival held in the Coachella valley, California. It has grown from a 2 day event in 1999, to a six day event in 2015 with 579,000 attendees and has become a driving force in the fashion world.