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I hadn't thought of naming ha…

2020-09-21T04:09:45.876Z

I hadn't thought of naming hats. I like the idea though! When the time comes, it will depend on how I sell them (directly or wholesale). I can always name them for myself and still sell them by shape and color!

I used to name my hats and fa…

2020-09-15T01:07:44.911Z

I used to name my hats and fascinators after the first client who ordered that particular design. Then I started getting into trouble because friends (and even family members) would call me, upset that I hadn’t named a particular design after them. Even explaining the reasoning behind the names didn’t help. Somewhere along the line, I decided to post my designs on Etsy and then realized the names would not help in any way, as no-one searched by this category. Colors then came into play for most of my pieces but I must admit, I do miss naming them … so watch out!

Hi Elaine, Can I come at this…

2020-08-17T04:36:44.341Z

Hi Elaine,

Can I come at this from a photographer/graphic designer’s point of view? Ialways encourage milliners to name their hats mainly for selfish reasons so when I am editing images from a photo shoot it is easier to say ‘Blanche’ or ‘Cairo’ rather than ‘the one with the yellow rose it may be a pillbox hat, it was on x model’s head.’

When I photograph I split each hat into it’s own named folder or album. I prefer to manage 10 albums each with 20 images rather than one album of 200. That way I can focus on one hat at a time.

Personally I tend to like short punchy names. They are also more easy for a client (and Google) to remember. It also provides an opportunity to be creative with a name. From a marketing point of view adding a name is very useful in how I layout an image and wrap text around it.

One final (promise) add is I also encourage milliners to add a couple of other things; first what is the story behind that hat, the narrative, the inspiration and secondly what is the construction methodology and materials used. I wouldn’t necessarily lay these out on an image but they give the buyer an opportunity to drill down to a deeper story about the hat that they may be about to invest in. This creates a deeper connection both with the hat and the milliner. I am doing a lot of experimenting with that at the moment in my photo design work.

I hope that helps.

Jon

I do not name my hats. I sta…

2016-07-23T18:34:36.468Z

I do not name my hats. I started out trying to name them but when I got my ETSY store I realized no one is going to enter those names as search terms so I decided to go more generic. I usually use color, shape, and era for my hat descriptions. Once in a while I will have a client give a hat a name and that is fun and it usually sticks.

Well, naming my hats it took…

2016-07-20T01:32:06.384Z

Well, naming my hats it took a while. But I finally came up with something that made me burst out loud laughing as I was putting the finishing touches on one of my little creations. When it seemed that I was going to be making many more hats, I thought I needed to call myself something; so I've called myself HATAHAVIT, a division of Poppysquash Design Studios. The name has stuck! Poppysquash is a mixed-media art studio where I make all sorts of things, mostly out of fabric, and making hats and silk flowers was an off-shoot of this. But it seems now that I am focusing on hats and silk flowers. And I'm beginning to get referrals, especially for weddings! So now I just hope I can price it right!!!! And it all started when I took my first hat making class at Hat Academy!