If you watched the half-time show during the Superbowl and like the fedora Pete Townsend of The Who was wearing well here it is…the Bailey Billy.

I can’t believe it’s been nearly four months since I last wrote on this blog. So just to catch up…happy thanksgiving, merry Christmas and happy new year!

So what’s really been happening these last few months? Things have been quite hectic to say the least. We had a decent foliage and Christmas shopping season with a few changes to our hat brands that we carry. We brought back Barmah hats made of genuine kangaroo leather and made in the USA Capas hats. We’ve also expanded our selection of ladies Betmar hats and dropped some other poor performers.

Despite the fact that it’s the end of January we’re preparing for all the great spring and summer hats by your favorite brands like Kangol, Bailey and Tilley.

I’ll be trying to write here once a week so be sure to come back and visit plus you can find us on Facebook and Twitter where we post more regularly.

Cheers and happy hatting.

Now through Sunday, Oct.4, 2009 all Henschel Hats are on sale for 15% off. Henschel Hats has historically made leather hats and leather caps but in the last couple years they’ve branched out into UV protective sun hats made of Solarweave fabric, men’s walking hats in a variety of fabrics, felt cowboy hats and even cashmere, wool and cotton ivy and newsboy caps. Here are a couple examples of the great men’s hats made by Henschel today:

The company that hosts our web site, GetaHatOn.com, has about 400 of the web sites they host go down for most of yesterday and today (Monday). I certainly apologize if you have been trying to reach us or make a purchase through our web site. Supposedly, their technicians are working on the issue.

Aaron

Last Friday I had the great pleasure of Mr. Grossman, president of Betmar Hats of New York, come to visit our store and sit down for a conversation about hats and the headwear industry. We talked about the current economy, hat manufacturers, inventory levels and the importance of building relationships both between the retailer and it’s customers as well as the manufacturers and the retailers.

The biggest thing I like about Betmar Hats is they’re designing their own hats. Many other ladies hat brands simply go to the factories in China and pick from the factories are already making so it’s not unusual to see the exact same style of ladies hats from three different brands. You won’t find that with Betmar. Instead, you’ll see originally designed cloches, newsgirl caps and military caps in unique fabrics as well as felt fedoras and fancy church hats all in the quality you’ve come to expect from Betmar Hats.

Here are three hot Betmar hats that are sure to be huge hits this fall and winter:

From left to right they are:

Betmar Chain Link Cap, Betmar Finely Cabled Cashmere Beret and the Betmar Crest Cap.

So what are you waiting for…go check out the latest collection of Betmar Hats now.

The Stefeno long-billed newsboy caps have been so popular we decided to bring in a tweed version. So now from Stefeno we have a brown herringbone newsboy cap, a solid black or brown newsboy cap and now a brown or grey tweed newsboy cap called the Wayne. The Wayne newsboy cap is 50% wool and has a cotton/poly blend lining.

Check out the Wayne and all the other Stefeno Newsboy caps today.

Time is running out on our Labor Day sale. It ends at 5pm eastern today. Order now and every hat is on sale, simply add the hat to your shopping cart and see the sale price. Don’t wait too long though because as I write this there’s only 6 hours and 38 minutes left to save. Start shopping!

A new addition to this years fall lineup from Kangol is the Dazzle Herringbone 504 cap. Just like so many Kangol hats, the Dazzle 504 is comfortable, stylin’ and very cool. This certainly isn’t your grandfather’s boring old herringbone cap.

Stefeno’s ever popular long-billed herringbone newsboy cap is back in stock. This is a great cap for the fall and winter seasons. It’s available up to size XXL which makes it even more popular as not every manufacturer makes that larger size. Check it out:

Our first shipment of three different Lillie & Cohoe ladies hats are due in by September 1. Lillie & Cohoe is a brand of ladies hats from Canada that we only carry for the fall/winter season. In my opinion, Lillie & Cohoe has to be the finest quality ladies hats that you can find anywhere at any price. Forget Helen Kaminski or any of the numerous designers for the “A-list” crowd. Lillie & Cohoe is the best when it comes to design, function, materials, craftswomanship and wearability. I have customers come into the store who aren’t hat fanatics like me and as soon as they feel the material and try one on they’re sold.

Check them out for yourself at Aaron Hats.