Aquatic Paisley d'Or

Velcome to noon-teen sheventy five Austin Powers and Fajaa. Yew see Mr Powers l love GOLD.

- Mike Myers

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The moment yew’ve all been waiting for has arrived, well, maybe not the moment everyone’s been waiting for, but if it is and what I’ve been bloggin’ catches your attention, then yes dude, send it! Let me know in the comments [that stuff really makes my day and helps me design even more, such blessings.]

This is the chicken dinner! The third and final hat of this ‘Aquatic Paisley Adventure Trip’ yew has been taking yew on. Best in Show at the regional fair, the prize gem, da stee mon. This hat features the arrangement of the previous two builds, the beautiful vintage paisley print, and the aquamarine textured woven cotton.

To further its radness, custom seam tape was made from the paisley fabric which lines the guts of the hat and closes in the back where a ponytail can come out of if yew have one. One of my all-time favorite threads ‘buckskin gold’ laces the entirety of the hat, as well as the YKK slide-adjuster.

This is the third, and final set of five:

• Vintage Paisley Cotton/Polyester

• Vintage Aquamarine Woven Cotton

• Yew Woven Label

• White 4mm Eyelets

• Paisley YKK Slide Adjuster

• Paisley Seam tape

• Buckskin Gold Stitching

Only two remain, available HERE

I give yew,

Aquatic Paisley d’Or:

wig out with your wigs out, toupée, more like yewpée!!

Paisley Power

The paisley design was commonly associated with rebellion; it was a statement of non-conformity, a welcome alternative to the preceding sober mod fashion trends. It was the perfect print for the androgynous hedonistic counterculture of the hippies.

The hippie look is strongly linked to the psychedelic "Summer of Love" when 100,000 people came together in Haight-Ashbury, a district of San Francisco, California to share their common beliefs such as rejecting consumerist values and encouraging pacifism.

Paisley patterns and other fabrics from around the world helped encourage a spirit of multiculturalism and, for the wearer, were visual statements of this principle.

- Patrick Moriarty

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Welcome back to the second part of this explanation series and I hope everyone had a great weekend! Apologies for no content posted over the weekend but was shredding with the homies on a little boarding mission to Martok in Chester, NS.

This hat features a beautiful vintage paisley print, which incorporates both small and large paisley combinations and floral attributes to the print as well. To further amplify its rad-ness, the fabric is screen printed with gold ink outlining certain features of the textile.

Heavy on the Teal, a faded Purple, a nice blush Red, and hints of Rose, Beige, and Black.

This is the second set of five:

• Vintage Paisley Cotton/Polyester

• Yew Woven Label

• White 4mm Eyelets

• Plastic Clip Closure

• Aqua & Buckskin Stitching

Only two remain, available HERE

I give yew,

Paisley Power

OP-Redondo

“Olive,
Poor thing,
Sits and thinks
That it's drab.
Sure does.
Sits and sits and sits and sits and thinks
About its olive drab drab.”

K. Nordine

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Welcome to the half-way point throughout your week, and thank yew for tuning in for a hat explanation.

About a year ago I got home from living/traveling Australia for the year. Leaving for that trip I didn’t want to stop creating, so I packed an additional piece of luggage full of fabrics, hardware, threads, and some critical sewing essentials. Once established, I found a beautiful Singer Golden Touch on Gumtree, went and sent to it. This range of hats was designed from two beautiful combinations of grade-A fabrics.

textile 1: Lightweight Olive Woven Cotton

textile 2: Cream base, Scarlet / Gold / Beige / Olive Paisley

• Yew Woven Label

• Accented Front, Underbrim and Adjuster

• White 4mm Eyelets

• YKK Slide Adjuster

• Olive Thread

In the Australian winter of 2018, living in a small beachside apartment on the Gold Coast, fourteen of these beautiful olive and paisley printed hats were designed at 3 Redondo Ave, 4220, Miami.

I give yew,

OP-Redondo

That it is about to be named color of the year
By those with the nose for the new,
By the passionate f’yew.

yew.

KM-Blaisley

what is it about paisleys?

something about the shape and designs can be mesmerizing.
one of the oldest dating ornaments, this shape is know as a Boteh in Persian, also has been dated back to the 9th century which further promotes is fashionable statement.

notably found on expensive carpets, fine silks, and rare rugs, how more suitable to find it on a custom series of hats, limited to those worthy of its powers imbued.
what??
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thanks again for stopping by, this was a fun project almost going back two years now.
a friend of mine, Kevvo, a long supporter of my hat-cause, had previously purchased multiples of my designs from early on. so I invited Kev to come into the studio and pick out his own new hat, as well as a full collection to boot.

textile 1: black cotton/polyester blend, light brown / lime / yewllow / darkgreen / white paiselys

textile 2: yellow microfibre

textile 3: light brown corduroy

this hat came in 3 variations; where each version holds a different brim fabric.

• Yew Woven Label

• White 4mm Eyelets

• Plastic Clip Closure

• Yellow Thread

I give yew,

KM-Blaisley v1.0-v3.0

Blaisley cause like, blaze, blazin’.
yew know?

Hand Gestures

Thank yew for stopping by for another edition of a design explanation.

back when i used to be drawing more often, back when i didn’t even know what illustrator was, back when i used to be travelling around, back when i used to be the feller i was then, i was actually sketching quite a bit there then.

any how, back in 2016 i found myself leeching wi-fi at an amazing library in Wellington, New Zealand. back when i was sketching like i was saying earlier, i sketched out a series of common hand gestures. these were quite detailed sketches, maybe something to be proud of yew know? got em all sketched out, and then hit them with some watercolours.

years later, i learned to make vector files and expanded my mind into digital. so these sketches were then imported and rendered and did some cool little edits to the finger nails to void them out. put in a repeated graphic in the background and boom!

here are the sketches and the graphics:

Violets are Yew

Welcome back to another hat explanation!

This one dates back to 2017 and was released in the spring as part of a week long floral tribute to celebrate the season.

Only one was designed, with the possibility of a few more with the little amount of fabric left over.

A completely lightweight sport material, deep navy polyester, with miniature floral print, red roses, pink and white daiseys, and of course yew violets. With the signature OG yew woven label on the front panel, and white 4mm eyelets on the sides, and custom matching plastic clip closure.

Just writing this intrigues me to re-use the rest of this fabric, so if it also sparks your interest send me a message for first dibs.

and remember

Roses are red, and violets are yew.