Category: hats

The Right Hats: Meet the New York City Milliner Still Custom-Making Exquisite, Couture Hats

Suzanne Newman, owner of Suzanne’s Couture Millinery in New York City, firmly believes that “it is rare that someone does not look good in a hat.” If someone doesn’t look good, it is simply because “they haven’t found the right hat.” In her lovely store on 61st Street, the 75-year-old milliner custom-makes the right hats:…


WWII Veteran, 96, Knits Hats for the Salvation Army During Pandemic, Weaves Over 500

A 96-year-old World War II veteran from Minnesota has found a crafty antidote to the isolation owing to the pandemic: weaving hundreds of hats for The Salvation Army. To date, Tom Cornish has woven over 500 woolen hats of various color combinations with his hook and loom from his apartment at Champlin Shores, a senior…


Woman, 23, Who Was Born Premature and With Disabilities Knits Hats to Help Those Like Her

A 23-year-old woman from Arizona has knitted over 100 hats for premature kids, offering them warmth and comfort. The initiative happens to be close to her heart because she was born prematurely. “We have to help them,” Ashley McKendrick, a Gilbert resident, told The Arizona Republic of her project—as she knows first hand that these kids…