Saturday Night Hat: Quick, Easy Hatmaking for the Downtown Girl [Paperback]

Eugenia Kim (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 5, 2006

The new must-have accessory!

The right hat has the power to instantly transform a woman’s face, changing her entire look—and outlook. Celebrity millinery designer Eugenia Kim has created a sensation with her hat designs, which can be seen on everyone from Gwyneth Paltrow, Madonna, and Jennifer Lopez to the most style-conscious fashionistas in the world’s most glamorous cities. In Saturday Night Hat, Kim teaches you to make thirty of her hottest designs, with patterns and instructions so easy you can start the project Saturday morning and wear it out on Saturday night!

Learn to make styles like:

• The Beret

•The cloche

•The cocktail hat

•The Pillbox

•The Fedora

•The Newsboy

•The Sun hat

Editorial Reviews

Review

“Peppered with witty illustrations, easy-to-follow diagrams, and photos of her to-die-for designs, [Kim’s] crafty new how-to book includes staples like newsboys and sun hats, chic must-haves like fedoras and berets, and confections like pillboxes and haircut hats.” –Jim Shi, Fashion Week Daily

About the Author

Eugenia Kim was out shopping in SoHo wearing a red-feathered cloche she had made in her millinery class at the Parsons School of Design, when several boutique owners immediately took notice. Within a week, she had her first collection, and in the following year Kim opened an eponymous retail store in New York’s East Village, where her collection of women’s and men’s hats are sold alongside her custom couture pieces. She lives in New York City.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Potter Craft (December 5, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0307337944
• ISBN-13: 978-0307337948
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7.6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #746,066 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

46 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hats off to this great crafts book on making your own hats, December 6, 2006

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Joanna Daneman (Middletown, DE USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Saturday Night Hat: Quick, Easy Hatmaking for the Downtown Girl (Paperback)

This is a very wonderful book on hatmaking. Being someone who likes to wear hats on occasion, I like hat books, and this one is one of my favorites. I have a small circumference head, so home-made hats are great for me. Otherwise I have trouble finding a good fitting hat. With these patterns, I have the ability to make a fun hat that fits my head.

Author Eugenia Kim has included all kinds of hats I like. Well, there are also some hats I don't like but that is strictly a matter of personal taste. Not all hats suit all heads. But, there is SO MUCH in this book that you are sure to find a hat that pleases you. And costumers will find a rich resource of patterns and ideas in this power-packed volume.

I personally loved the cloth big-brimmed sun hat. And I was diverted by the Toast of the Town Hat--a pillbox designed in a white square shape with a dark brown side representing the crust and a square yellow flat button that looks like, yep, a pat of butter. Now, how CUTE is that?! If you prefer jelly to butter, you can, advises Kim, put sequins or tiny beads in a rich grape shimmery color to represent your choice of jam. (or satin for peanut butter, hey, it's up to you.)

There is a great big section on newsboy hats, with patterns, on knit hats, and on cloches. Some hats are revised from standard blank hats and some are sewn or knit directly from fabric. For knitters, one can used felted knitting to sew a hat as well.

If you scour the thrift stores, you can find mens' tweeds for newsboy hats, or sweaters to wash in hot water to felt.

I can't say enough good things about this book--there is SO much, the writing is amusing, and the patterns are useful and varied. This book is bursting with ideas.

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars perfect, December 18, 2006

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O. Weissmann "jack of all trades" (ny, ny) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Saturday Night Hat: Quick, Easy Hatmaking for the Downtown Girl (Paperback)

As a generally crafty person this appealed to me, but the simplicity of terms as well as useful tips sparking many ideas, made this book just perfect. this is great springboard for all sorts of crafts, and i can't wait to sport my new creations. this is actually a great gift for so many people. i love it!!

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Misleading!!, February 5, 2007

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Marilyn Graulau "catlady2u" (Bronx, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Saturday Night Hat: Quick, Easy Hatmaking for the Downtown Girl (Paperback)

The cover is misleading. On it is the wildly popular "Muffy" style which is not in the book!! Other than that, however, it has many pretty and feminine styles that can be made easily and quickly. You don't have to go out and spend a fortune of millinery equipment.

I love the little pillbox hat; it looks like a tiny wedding cake. I know I will make the classic beret and the engineer's cap. There are a lot of other styles and ideas to get your own creativity on!! But,I don't like it if you can't see at least some of the styles in the book before you buy. Not fair!