09/02/2026
- Made for and by River. Pure nutria, River-blue grosgrain, made to last forever.
I won’t hold my breath hoping that someday he turns my shop into a multi-generational family ordeal, nor will I pressure him into such expectations. But he sure knows how to make a hat for only being eight.
Outside of a few physically insurmountable millinery obstacles for a child, and a sweatband stitching process that we shared about 50/50, this was all him. The work, the shape, the styling, the ownership.
Watching him work on this certainly sent a pulse of warmth through my oft-troubled heart, and seeing his personality shine - not just in the piece itself, but the way he opened up to customers walking in the door while he ironed away was a sight to behold. He took over the room, stealing away answers directed at me without hardly a glance away from his work. It was rather mirroresque, and made me think maybe he isn’t the mailman’s kid after all.
Maybe.
