With the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, many around the world are in shock and have paid their tributes to a lady who has served for the most part of her life.
As many of us in the commonwealth mourn the only monarch we have ever known, we at The Hat Project will be halting our blog for the week. This is in alignment with businesses and practices in Britain. We will resume our blog next week and be back to normal function after today.
Yep, you read the title right, once upon time hats were taxed in the same way alcohol and petrol are now! Between the years 17-84 and 1811 the UK government in particular, Prime Minister William Pitt, imposed a tax for all hat lovers (can you imagine!!). Hat sellers had to purchase a licence from the government in order to sell hats and prices increased due to these tax arrangements. Why a tax on hats you ask? Well, the government believed that this tax would directly be impacting the rich (those who can buy hats) and so would be fair in the economic conditions of Britain at the time. Oh, and just in case you were wondering, those who didn’t pay...
Winter brings many things; sleep-ins, hot drinks, the flu and (of course) the Queen Vic Night market. With the market closing this Wednesday we thought we would write a little bit about our favourite moments at the QVM.Our favourite things: Meeting and seeing all of you! As cheesy and corny as it sounds our favourite thing was to meet and chat to our customers and followers. If you haven’t already, our latest reel on Instagram (posted 27/8) shows how busy the shop got on some of those nights however if you look into the background you will see the time we spend with each customer in order to build genuine connections and make you find your best hat! In doing...
Father’s Day is *just* under 3 weeks away (September 4th) and with that comes dad jokes, brunches, helping out with the chores and most of all… spending quality time with the father figures in your life!This joyous day comes with one annoying aspect -what to get for the people who say they ‘don’t want anything’Well, at THP we thought we would run you through 3 of our top picks for Father’s Day – to take some of the stress out of the day. Feel Good in a Flat CapFlat caps have been one of our top sellers this year. Why? Well, these hats are one of the most universally used hats whether it be a trip into the city, popping by...
We thought we would have a little fun at THP and provide you all with a fun fact (or 2) a month to enhance your hat knowledge and *hopefully* encourage your hat passion!Sowithout further adue, here is our first hat fact!
In 1571, Elisabeth I had a law which entailed that males over the age of 7 had to wear a woolen cap on Holydays and Sundays. This was due to the Queen wanting to support the wool industry at the time! See source here for more info!