Titanic Moment for Hats

This weekend's memorial events for the Tragedy of the sinking of the Titanic have viewed that event from every imaginable prospective.  I noticed that most video or photo reporting of the coverage featured those  present day participants  who were wearing hats.  Ladies in dark or black mourning dress hats with veils were shown in many shots.  Men with workers and dockmen's flatcaps of the era got special attention.  Of course, the tophats and fine felt dress hats of the 1st Class male passengers and their well dressed ladies in flowery wide-brims are an iconic image of the sailing of the unsinkable Titanic.  The imagery of the event will always include the wearing of hats by the passengers and those who awaited their safe arrival.

South Asia hat making dilema

The Chinese have industrialized to the extent that their labor force ,which we all know is huge, has through mass media become aware of the disparities in their wages and the top 10% of bosses [ the communist party] which is getting filthy rich.  The folks want to work in air-conditioned electronics factories.  They aren't satisfied with low wages weaving and sewing hats  for export, many of which end up in the USA. They want a decent wage too. The bosses hav moved factories to Vietnam and Cambodia.  Next will be Burma.  But these countries are waking up as well.  The hat makers are having difficulty in Vietnam and Cambodia  being able to produce a low cost good quality product.  Wage demandsfor better pay are causing pressure there as well.  It is surely going to mean increases in the cost of finished products of all types coming into our USA market in the near future, especially for good quality and good looking styles of hats.  That's why at the Hat Company we keep our feelers out for good deals on hats whever they come from so we can still offer our great collection at the lowest prices out there.  Thanks for staying with us.  Join us at: www.thehatcompany.blogspot.com.  Visit our web site at:
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Hollywood and Hats

Is there any costume item that suggests the era of the film or the subject matter of the film than the hats worn by the actors.  Does a cop wear a hat?  Does a fireman wear a hat?  A mobster without a big brim fedora isn't quite as menacing.  Bogart without his fedora or John Wayne without his sweated out cavalry hat just would not be the iconic images etched into our minds. We have supplied  the movie industry with headwear for dozens of projects over the years.  Producers always need it yesterday.  Over night express delivery is the way they work.  The Hat Company has always delivered as ordered.  Crime and bad guy movies are our specialty for fedoras.  You have seen our hats in many cinematic pructions; some famous and some B-grade productions.  We enjoy working with the Hollywood guys and gals.