by KOKIN NEW YORK
TOP HAT BY KOKIN NEW YORK
Everyone has a gift. Everyone has a part to play in the broadway production of life.
I saw this so clearly when I recently decided to pencil in a trunk show at Tootsie’s in Houston to see hats by KOKIN New York.
Never mind my years in fashion companies and merchandising and designing window displays, I still had never really found myself too impressed to want to make the time for a fashion show or trunk show, however, after coming across a snippet on the internet, I found myself researching KOKIN and his amazing hats.
Within minutes of walking in the door and viewing some of the amazing creations in person, KOKIN himself was placing various hats on my head.
It was an unusual moment for me to come out of my box, but he was so polite and the hats transformed me into a worthy and royal being. They fit so perfectly and I glowed once his hats were on my head! They were absolutely magical! On top of that, he seemed to be a really fun man oozing artistry and probably has many other artistic talents and thoughts. Actually, if you read the Bio page on his site, he really is quite interesting.
I was in the midst of an allergy attack that was making my eyes water terribly, so I fear he may have thought I was crying with tears of joy, however as wonderful as it was to meet him and view so many gorgeous creations…I was not crying over the hats!
I found them to be perfect little (and not quite so little) sculptures that enhanced my appearance instantaneously.
While I have my crazy little hats that are acceptable to wear in my tiny realm of existence, I had an immediate desire to live in a world in which I needed KOKIN hats!
Perhaps I should get interested in Polo Sundays at the Houston Polo Club so I can grace the world with my KOKIN hat wearing presence in all my newly found fabulousness !
KOKIN is based in New York City where he has opened a boutique on Lexington Avenue, however his hats are sold all over the globe…
from London to Paris, Tokyo to Beverly Hills. He has supplied hats to the Sex and the City characters as well as productions such as Clueless.
I believe as hair products became more industrial strength, the fashion world began banishing hats into near extinction. Big, long hair came in for a long time, and no one really wanted to cover it up. I feel it helped to seal the U.S. extinction of high fashion hats.
Even down to brides, I remember seeing advertising without vails but instead with huge hair and tiny floral headband pieces. Nothing was to detract from hair.
I love hats and want to live in a world where hats are the norm.
While KOKIN hats are not inexpensive, they are worth it due to the quality of structure and design.
Any type of artist or designer would be impressed, as was I, with the architecture behind each piece. Check out the website of KOKIN New York just for fun or if you may be in the market for a fabulous, top of the line designer hat! I feel I would get more use out of one his his amazing top hat styles. I feel I could dress it down for my lifestyle or a trip to the Houston Polo Club but they all were so fabulous.
His was a sweet and fun presence, and it was an honor to have met a person so talented and artistic.
-January 27, 2013
-SDS
