Our hat store is located in Australia and with that comes experiencing some of the highest UV radiation in the world. Ultraviolet Radiation (UV) is invisible and is a natural energy that is produced by the sun. UV damages the DNA in skin cells and is cumulative, that being that your skin cancer risk increases overtime (alongside your risk for eye damage, wrinkles and various tumours). It comes in two types; UVA and UVB.UVA: is associated with skin agingUVB: is associated with skin burning due to the shorter wavelengths than the former The cancer council has outlined that...
How you store your hats is one of the most influential factors into how long your hat’s life will last (and we, like you, want those hats to last as long as possible!). Here are our tips and tricks when it comes to ensuring the longevity of your favourite belongings. Keep them out of direct sunlight - When storing them, make sure they are not in constant direct sunlight. This is due to the fact that extended periods of sun exposure can cause various fabrics to fade. If you have no choice other than having them in a heavily lit room you should try and cover them with some fabric or other dense material to reduce the damage as much as...
How to keep, preserve and clean a Wool Felt Hat using the handwash technique. Our first official, non-introductory blog (Yay!). We know you love your hats as much as we do and so this is why over the next few weeks we will be highlighting many tips and tricks when it comes to all things hats to make sure that you have a better overall customer journey with us and so your hats stay apart of the family for longer. So, without further adieu, this is how to handwash your hat – the right way. There is nothing worse than coming home after a long day, opening the car door and your hat falling into the dirt, or even...
We finally did it … we made a blog. Firstly welcome to those of you who have opened up this page; whether intentional or one of those accidental clicks (that we all do from time-to-time), we want to say thankyou. Why? Well, it's because of the support of people like you that we have been able to sustain and grow our small Australian hat store from the Queen Victoria Market to the world. We will be forever thankful that we have awesome customers like you who share our passion for hats. But enough of that! Let's talk about why we are making a blog after over 40 years of business. Other than the obvious fact that we existed before the internet...