RAWLIN HATS WITH DIRK RAWLIN DYE
DIRK RAWLIN DYE CREATeS SOME OF OF THE WORLD’S MOST UNIQUE WESTERN HATS. HIS CRAFT IS ALL ABOUT MAKING EACH HAT AS UNIQUE AS EACH PERSON THAT ASPIRES TO WEAR ONE WITH SPECIAL ATTENTION TO CUSTOMIZED DETAILS.
HIS WEBSITE SHOWCASES HIS FULL COLLECTION, EACH IS A ONE OFF. DIRK HOLDS THE TRUE PURPOSE OF WHAT WESTERN HATS ARE TRULY FOR AS HE CREATES EACH ONE. YES THEY ARE VERY FASHIONABLE AND ALSO VERY FUNCTIONAL IN COMFORT AND TO PROTECT FROM THE ELEMENTS OF THE WEST. HE WANTS TO CAPTURE THE PERSONALITY OF EACH PERSON THAT WEARS ONE.
THE COMBINATION OF COLORS, TRIMS AND BRIMS CAN VARY GREATLY, YET SOMEHOW HE IS ABLE TO ACHIEVE AN AMAZING CONSISTENCY THAT SAYS RAWLIN HATS. THE DETAIL WITHIN EACH HAT LINING IS SPECTACULAR AND A DIRECT INFLUENCE FROM HIS GRANDMOTHER’S ECLECTIC PAINTINGS, AN ADDED SURPRISE!
I HAVE SEEN MANY WESTERN HATS, BUT NONE WITH THE SHEER ARTISTRY AND ATTENTION TO DETAIL THAT DIRK PUTS FORTH. HE IS ARTISTIC AND PASSIONATE ABOUT HIS HATS. WHEN YOU PHYSICALLY HOLD ONE AND TRY ONE ON, YOU CAN ONLY WANT TO HAVE ONE CUSTOM MADE.
DIRK IS A PROFESSIONAL GRAPHIC DESIGNER AS WELL. EVERY hat has unque STITCHing AND SPECIAL ATTENTION TO EACH DETAIL INCLUDING CROWN SHAPE, BRIMS AND TRIMS, BANDS AND VARIATIONS OF adorning feature SUCH AS FEATHERS, PINS, LEATHER, SILVER, beads etc as finishing touches. You can also REQUEST THE ADDITION SOME OF YOUR OWN personal items TO make it uniquely yours.
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RAWLIN HATS WESTERN STYLE
I MET DIRK AT AN ARTISANS OPEN HOUSE AT ULTRA LUX IN REDONDO BEACH. DIRK HAD THE COOLEST SETUP TO SHOWCASE HIS WESTERN HATS. I LOOKED AT THEM AND NOTICED RIGHT AWAY THE CRAFTMANSHIP AND ATTENTION TO DETAIL. THE DIFFERENT STYLES OF HATS, COLORS AND THE VARIATIONS OF EACH DESIGN WERE UNIQUE AND WELL THOUGHT OUT. DIRK’S PERSONAL AESTHETICS AND PERSONALITY ARE TRULY WESTERN. HE LIVES THE DREAM AND IT SHOWS IN EACH AND EVERY ONE OF HIS CREATIONS.
WHEN I WENT TO VISIT DIRK AT HIS STUDIO, I NOTICED THE FULL ARRAY OF CUSTOM ELEMENTS THAT SURROUND HIS HAT MAKING. HE LIVES IN THE MOMENT AND SAYS THAT IN THE PROCESS, THE MAGIC HAPPENS AND DICTATES WHAT DIRECTION TO GO WHILE IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING EACH HAT.
DIRK IS ALL ABOUT THE WESTERN LIFESTYLE. IT LIVES IN EACH HAT HE MAKES. THOSE THAT SEEK OUT HIS HATS, TRULY APPRECIATE EVERY ELEMENT OF DESIGN HE PUTS FORTH. HIS STUDIO IS HIS SANCTUARY AND A PLACE TO THRIVE. IF HE IS ELSEWHERE IT’S USUALLY TRAVELING OUT WEST OR SURFING!
WESTERN HATS HISTORY
John B, Stetson IS KNOWN FOR MAKING the modern-day American cowboy hat. IT WAS KNOWN AS THE "Boss of the Plains", he CREATED in 1865. THE HAT was flat-brimmed AND had a straight sided crown with rounded corners. TheY WERE light-weight, waterproof AND natural in color, with four-inch crowns and brims.
Stetson was inspired by THE LARGE felt sombreros worn by MexicanS while he worked in the GOLD mines of Pike's Peak, Colorado in the American West. HIS HATS PROVIDED THE MUCH NEEDED PROTECTION FROM THE HARSH COLD WINTERS, RAIN AND THE HOT SUMMER SUN. his hat workshop was the great outdoors in front of a campfire.
THE GREAT HOLLYWOOD WESTERNS EMBRACED THE CLASSIC COWBOY HAT STYLE. THERE WAS A STETSON HAT MADE EXCLUSIVELY FOR JAMES DEAN FOR THE MOVIE GIANT. BASED ON THE POPULARITY OF THat FILM, STETSON OFFERED THE HAT AS A NEW STYLE AND IS A RARE FIND TODAY.
MANY OF TODAYS WESTERN FELT HATS ARE MADE FROM WOOL, RATHER THAN BEAVER, RABBIT OR BUFFALO. WESTERN HATS ARE MORE OF A FASHION FOR MOST, AND STILL A NECESSITY FOR THOSE THAT MAKE THEIR LIVELYHOODS ON RANCHES AND FARMS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
COUNTRY MUSIC AND A TWO-STEP OPTIONAL! HOUSTON, TX IS CONSIDERED THE NMBER ONE CITY FOR COWBOY HATS. OUTSIDE OF NASHVILLE, TN, NEW YORK CITY HAS THE NEXT HIGHEST NUMBER OF COUNTRY MUSIC FANS IN THE WORLD.
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