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Red Baron

As Christmas soon approaches and while the corduroy train’s-a-rollin’, I thought it would esthetically pleasing to make the same build as last week - but in an eye-poppin’ candy apple red.

This project uses a heavyweight cotton/polyester blend; it has great stretch and gives the hat a more form-fitting feel. The corduroy on this is larger due to the thickness of the blend compared to the green corduroy from last week which had more ripples than this given textile.

Each hat is lined with a fusible black mesh inter-facing and paired with red eyelets, red stitching, red cord stopper, and a customized red corduroy sweatband for the bucket hat only.

Introducing Red Baron:

Green Machine

Corduroy, corduroy, corduroy, man do I love working with corduroy - it has everything you want in a fabric. It’s got that classic rippled touch, the mellow parallels, the coarseness of its fibers pops, and is always sure to catch an eye by every passer-by, man. The weight, stretch, and steez makes this textile even more suitable for my hat making quest.

For this project, I went back and fine-tuned my regular templates and hybridized them with some current patterns. Over time I began to notice, and what I don’t want to call ‘flaws’, but imperfections in my original templating. So I took a peep back and just made my templates more sound, more form-fitting designs engineered with the latest technical know-how; because I push myself to continue to create unreal products for my consumers. Push the boundaries bobcat!

‘Art’ is not anything serious or exclusive: it is the smell of oil paint, Henri Murger’s Vie de Boheme, corduroy trousers, the operatic Italian model: but the poetry, above all, of linseed oil and turpentine.

Wyndham Lewis

Introducing the Green Machine, this project contains the new standard builds for the upcoming Yew Year.

Interested how it is all made? Here is a high-speed video of me creating all (3) of these hats!

November Hat Designs

Thank yew for stopping by,

This post sums up what I accomplished over the span of November. This month I forced myself to take some time off hat making and focus my time on other projects to further smooth out the future of this hat making venture.

What can you expect?

  • New Hat Layouts (created a light studio to better display my handmade goods)

  • Weekly Music Playlists: VOLYEWM, Spotify Playlists that I’ve been creating during my work flow

  • Time lapse videos displaying the creative process

  • Old Stock gonna be on sale boiiiii

The Hats I did make this month are hella-dope though y’all, check these out:

Columbia Vintage Plaid

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Eddie Bauer Vintage Red Longsleeve Button-Up

Stüssy Polka Dots Surf Trunks

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Vintage ‘80s Tommy Hilfiger

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Vans Cartoon Surf Shirt

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Rhythm Mushroom Surf Shirt

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Yasaka Vintage Japanese Racketsport

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Reclaim: Stüssy

Welcome, and thank yew for stopping by to check out this blog post.

One of my longtime favorite streetwear brands has always been Stüssy. I would consider them one of the oldest and still current brands that continue to spark my interest in everything they release. A brand that inspires me to design, as well as influence found throughout my designs.

Years back I travelled to Australia and New Zealand, during this trip I acquired a select few of Stüssy’s ever-famous Rayon Surf Shirts. In 2013, Byron Bay, Australia I purchased the vibrant red Double Paisley print. In 2014, Raglan, New Zealand I purchased the off green and black stripe River Camo print. In 2018, Gold Coast, Australia, I found the black Bones print in a Salvation Army.

Each of these shirts holds many memories and have all seen about a dozen countries, but, it was my pleasure to use them in a project that tested my creative design to a new level and which produced an ultimately cool release for all my fans and following.

I was able to create a Standard Street 5 Panel and a Boonie Bucket Hat with an extended brim out of each shirt. Using the accessories found on each garment I was able to add some cool features to each hat. Using the breast pocket for a back pouch on the bucket hat, and the buttons as eyelet replacements. Each hat also comes equipped with an adjustable chinstrap for them windy days b’y.

Enough babbling, check these out:

Stüssy Paisley / Standard 5 Panel

Stüssy Paisleys / Extra Wide / Boonie Bucket Hat

Stüssy Skulls / Standard 5 Panel

Stüssy Skulls / Extra Wide / Boonie Bucket Hat

Stüssy River Camo / Standard 5 Panel

Stüssy River Camo / Extra Wide / Boonie Bucket Hat

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My boys always try to give a fam discount at their stores. No way i need yew and their stores to stay healthy so i can keep wearing the funk.

The Engineer of Stoke & Steez

- Fletcher Sayia

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This was a custom ordered project from a newly befriended homie, Fletcher Sayia, The Spice Lord. Sometime back in December Fletcher had come across my designs in a storefront window in Hoboken, NJ. Where my products can be found for sale in an art gallery owned by the Roig Collection Family. Fletcher had made his original purchase in Hoboken and reached out to me directly over the phone to chat about his next purchase and a custom order that he and his daughter could sport together.

Fletcher is one of those rad guys who truly supports and emphasizes the importance of small businesses and purchasing true handmade quality to keep guys like me and other artists afloat. I can always count on receiving a dm-slide throughout the week, fire emojis on my insta-story content, and the occasional Whatsapp to check in on me. Truly blessed to have met this legend and all the hype he brings forward in my craft. An honorary Yew Crew member, and cannot wait to link up and shred a surf in NJ once all this global corona madness settles.

This pair of hats was made for himself and his two year old daughter, Reece:

  • Thick Woven Upholstery Grade

  • Yew Woven Label

  • White 4mm Eyelets

  • YKK Slide Adjuster

  • Ivory Stitching

I give yew,

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