Today the NYT published an article on a cool hat maker named Luke Song. Aretha Franklin wore one of his hats to the Obama inaugural and how Luke is famous. Aretha's hat is now so famous it will go on display at the Smithsonian.
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DETROIT — The vacant lots and hollow buildings abound across Detroit. But walk into Mr. Song Millinery on Woodward Avenue, north of downtown, and you are hit by two impressions: a riot of color and a constantly ringing telephone.
Delois Dawkins of Flint, Mich., shopping at Mr. Song Millinery in Detroit, where each piece is hand-sewn. The shop had a local following long before January. More Photos »
The color comes from row upon row of custom-designed ladies’ hats, from unassuming berets to the kind of lavishly decorated headgear seen at the races at Ascot. The sound of the phone is thanks to Aretha Franklin, who stepped to a microphone at President Obama’s inauguration in January wearing an eye-catching gray fur felt hat trimmed with a huge sloping, rhinestone bow.
Now, the hat’s creator, Luke Song, has more than 5,000 orders for the spring version of the Aretha Hat (he declines to make a replica of the actual model), available in a variety of pastel colors and selling for $179 apiece. link to photos and complete article
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