client list reads like a Who's Who of
the rich and famous, with the Duch-
ess of York, Madonna and Diana
Ross topping the roster. She also
tapped into the celebrity market by
designing hats for the soon-to-be-
released film, Slaves of New York. "I
loved doing that and hope to get
more involved with it," Moore says
of designing for films. Moore de-
signed the hats for actress Bernadette
Peters, who plays an up-and-coming
hat designer.
A film with a hat designer as the
heroine may just be the tip of the
iceberg. Moore says she has noticed
an increasing "hat awareness" in the
country. "I see it in the movies, on
TV commercials, in print advertising.
It's all over. I always said that women
"The first time I ever saw
a woman wearing one of
my hats," says Patricia
Underwood, "she was
wearing it backwards."
started to see that they could turn
heads with the bow and now the hat
is another extension of decorating
the hair, especially when women are
reaching for that new accessory
instead of that new clothes
purchase," she says.
Soft-spoken, 32-year-old Eric
Javits parlayed his sculpture back-
ground, developed at the Rhode
Island School of Design, into a
partnership with classmate Elliot
Whittal (now of the hat design team
Whittal and Shon). Together, they
produced offbeat sculptural
headwear made of concoctions like
liquid plastic and house paint. In
1985, Javits embarked on his own
business; classically-shaped hats with
a updated twist are his signature.
"My hats sold right away when
I brought them around to the stores,"
says Javits, a member of the famous
family of public servants that
included the late Jacob Javits, long-
time senator from New York. "I
found that I wanted to make things
that were more wearable for day and
other occasions."
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