About Whittall and Shon

Whittall & Shon is the brainchild of Eliot Whittall and Richard Shon. Together they have been designing hats for close to 50  years. As young men, fresh out of the Rhode Island School of Design and Stanford University, respectively, cocktail hats were all the rage and boy did they make cocktail hats. There were painters’ palettes, sequined clocks and Arabian Night slippers perched on hats. All very glamorous, chic and fun. They live and breathe hats. Their attention to detail is unrelenting. Finding the perfect jewel to match the right feather on a hat is a quandary they gladly deliberate over. Some have said Whittall & Shon bring back the elegance, passion and attention to detail not seen since the early years of early French couture. For those who dare to wear beautiful hats in this era of casual dressing down, Whittall & Shon continues to deliver the most elegant, sophisticated, handcrafted millinery creations for its clients. Materials imported from around the world are transformed into striking creations at their 30,000 square foot factory in the Wynwood Arts District of Miami, Florida, shown in showrooms in New York, NY , Dallas, TX and Atlanta, Ga, and are available for you here at WhittallandShon.com (http://whittallandshon.com/) When there is an event, there is a Whittall & Shon hat! Whether it’s for the Kentucky Derby, an elegant cocktail party, a Spring wedding or your Sunday Best, Whittall & Shon‘s collection has the hat! Read their story