If you walk around the hi-desert, you’re likely to see some big hats. And Saturday night (May 31) there’s going to be a whole new batch of hats hitting Landers. New Orleans based artist Oliver Manhattan is bringing her hats to the hi-desert for what organizers are calling a “Hat Show and Party.” Jef Harmatz sat down with organizer Ali Miyares for a conversation about haberdashery.
Ali: “Our good friend, New Orleans’ favorite milliner, which is a hat maker, has come to the high desert with 10 to 20 epic hats for sale. You know, it would be almost wrong to say they’re party hats because they’re more than that. They’re hats for any fabulous occasion. Brimmed hats with feathers, ruffles, paintbrushes sometimes. All the hats are for sale. So show up with no hat and you might leave with one or two.
“The hat party is inside of Al’s Metal Shop, which is an awesome quonset hut turned metal shop. We’re gonna have a show inside and cocktails for free and food from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. at 1142 Yucca Mesa Road, Landers, California. Come ready to have a good time. It’s gonna be fun.”
