A small (and trendy) hat store in NYC...

[Aureliano]

Walking towards Central Park, I stumbled upon this small hat shop on Broadway. Because of the season, they had mostly their own brand of straw hats: most of them shantung while others seemed to be either very coarse toquilla or some sort of tropical straw. They also have a few stetson and, in a glass case, a few Borsalinos and some "designer" hats with the house label. I liked the windows with their blocks and flanges (not for sale ) and the fact that they sell Scout products. I bought a couple of cans of cleaner! Photos are iPhone shots, so not the best quality. They have a website www.arthhat.com

 

[hatophile]

Did I see a straw derby? Interesting, I like the old hat blocks.

 

[Kkaderly]

Is that a disco ball?? I too like the old hat blocks!!!

 

[Aureliano]

Yeah, straw derby and disco ball. lol lol

 

[Saint-Just]

Such a hat store, in such a nice part of NYC could help make hats fashionable again

I miss NYC...

 

[boone33]

What a cool place.

 

[Lefty]

I liked this

until I read this
Classic straw styles with a modern twist from Anthony Peto.
All hand crafted and made in France ($250).

Based on their other hats, these are probably cheapies with new ribbons.

 

[skyvue]

I don't mean to come off as a downer, but many of the hats in those pics look kind of silly, like $10 knockoffs one can purchase from street vendors. With J.J., Bencraft, and Worth and Worth available to us, as a New Yorker, Arth would pretty far down my list of shops to visit/patronize.

Even the fact that they keep their blocks and flanges in the window sets off a little alarm in my head. They're clearly not being used.

 

[zetwal]

Yeah, straw derby and disco ball. lol lol

Disco Derbies ... that is amusing.

 

[Feraud]

I don't mean to come off as a downer, but many of the hats in those pics look kind of silly, like $10 knockoffs one can purchase from street vendors. With J.J., Bencraft, and Worth and Worth available to us, as a New Yorker, Arth would pretty far down my list of shops to visit/patronize.

Even the fact that they keep their blocks and flanges in the window sets off a little alarm in my head. They're clearly not being used.

You do not come off as a downer at all. The price of doing business in Manhattan is obscene but I see little reason to offer high priced garbage.
If I want a low quality disposable hat I'll buy one at Target for ten bucks.
On the upside, it's good to know where to get Scouts hat cleaner.

 

[Not-Bogart13]

I have to admit, there are a couple of interesting items apparent in the photos. Mainly, though, I don't see this place doing much for the state of hat-wearing. Too much of there stuff looks like the sort of things I see everywhere and wish to avoid. And... "Arth?" Really? I hate to be yet another downer, but this uninspires me.

 

[SgtRick]

The hat blocks looked very interesting.

 

[Lefty]

As I thought, the "straw" hats are paper. link
Straw boater hat for Vogue’s Fashion’s Night Out from Anthony Peto . A ribbon with bow sits at the base of the crown. Flat top. Unlined.

100% paper straw

 

[scottyrocks]

The website didn't impress me. Looks uber-pretentious, imho. And the goods look trendy-ridiculous.

 

[1961MJS]

Hi

O.K., New York, they could probably sell Borsalino's. They have NONE on their website. Are they serious? The pictures of their shop remind me of the day after Halloween at the Goodwill.

Completely Underwhelmed.

 

[Aureliano]

I did see some paper straw hats. Nothing interested me there except the Scout sprays. That's why I went in. As someone else said it above, the place is uninspiring but wanted to share the pics with you guys anyway.