worth & worth hat shop: felt at its best

March 24th, 2010 | manhattan, shops

for some bizarre reason, despite being the coldest creature on the planet, i only started wearing hats maybe 10 years ago. maybe it just wasn’t “cool” back in salt lake city, but now i am a believer, and am almost always out in winter and summer with some kind of covering.  hats are definitely one of my favorite accessories.  if i were a guy of a certain style or a certain age, then, worth & worth would be my splurge.  located up on the 6th floor off of 57th street, worth & worth, which has been around since 1922, has a great little space to show off their wares, but really if you want one of these hats they are mostly made-to-order, and they do all the work on the premises (who knew there was a workshop on 57th street?).

worth & worth has plenty of classic hat styles. my favorites by far were the handcrafted felt hats.  the feel of that felt was like a plush carpet using great deep browns, greys and greens for colors, and of course so much structure in a variety of shapes like a 1930s english-styled fedora, a trilby with a wide ribbon and the stingy. other hats included more formal ones like a christy’s bowler or a top hat, tweeds and wool caps and then these insanely luxurious fur hats lined with silk.  worth & worth has some straw and tennis hats which were not quite as special, as well as some for women but their real strength lies in those with the mad men vibe.  apparently, they shop is also in demand during fashion week as they provide hats for some of the shows there too.

in addition to the hats, worth & worth also has a limited selection of great looking shirts in purple and pink checks, a few suits as well as some more out there looks like funky jodhpur plaid pants with orange trim and green leather laces.  if my grandfather were still alive, though i would definite head to worth & worth for a worthy hat for his delicate bald head!  worth & worth hat shop, 45 west 57th street between 5th and 6th avenues, 6th floor, manhattan, new york, .

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