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obsessed: the art/craft of Courtney Skott

noreply@blogger.com (Toni) — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:01:00 +0000

i was seriously in need of deep inspiration as my mind is so not into work today.

at.

all.

so, i cruised around design*sponge and found these amazing tree stools by artist courtney skott.

my jaw dropped and a smile finally came.

i checked out courtney's website and found that i love everything about her.

i'm so amazed. i'd love to do a collaboration with this artist and sleep in the cloudbed for one night.

XOXO Gossip Girl

noreply@blogger.com (Ben) — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:44:00 +0000

Here it is, in all its rich, deep-brown, giant glory: Serena from Gossip Girl sporting our Corcovado Large Turnlock Tote in Cordovan rather stylishly in a recent Gossip Girl episode. Rumor has it there are a few more Hayden-Harnett handbags floating around the Gossip Girl coterie; let us know if you spot any!

Elaine Irwin-Mellencamp and the Green is Good Tote

noreply@blogger.com (Ben) — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:27:00 +0000

We were recently sent this great photo of Elaine Irwin-Mellencamp and the Hayden-Harnett Green is Good Tote she picked up at the recent Farm-Aid concert. Hayden-Harnett's organic cotton eco-tote is the perfect shopping tote, it has a great message, and 100% of Hayden-Harnett's profits from the tote go to benefit Farm-Aid in its efforts to promote sustainable and local farming.

Get Yourself Together...our fall'08 playlist!

noreply@blogger.com (Toni) — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:53:00 +0000

hmmm...woah! whatthewhat?

I swear I found this image when doing a google cover art image search for "the rapture; onto the tracks" and, uhm, wow...this very interesting depiction of our current president popped up. Gotta love the pearls that fall into your hands.

Anyhow...I just finished the fall08 playlist for the design:shop and thought I'd share the lovely love that is a dense/nutty/dancey complex mix of The Rapture, Dukes of the Stratosphear, The Mamas and the Papas, Rogue Wave, The Servants, Fleet Foxes, The Rolling Stones, Wings, and Stereo Total.

"All over the Place" would be a very apt title for this playlist, but I felt The Rapture captured my intended sentiment 100% with "Get Yourself Together"...a great anthem for these days. If we truly want change, we are 100% responsible to make it happen. We is me, you, us, citizens and countrymen, global neighbors, friends and foes, Republicans, Independents, Democrats, and Liberals...why can't we all be friends? Time to shake...shake...shake...shake it all up? Yes.

There are those who say that fashion should never be a platform for personal views. I disagree.

What is fashion BUT personal expression and a culmination of art, culture, personality, and a societal snapshot of our lives and times (+ a burning human desire to not be nude)?

1) Get Yourself Together/The Rapture
2) A Sun, A Small Star/The Servants
3) It's My Turn/The Servants
4) Plaid Lined Jacket/Tom Brosseau
5) Play with Fire/The Rolling Stones
6) Kicking the Heart Out/Rogue Wave
7) Army of Me/Bjork
8) 12:30 (young girls are coming to the canyon)/The Mamas & The Papas
9) Angie/The Rolling Stones
10) Sitting By the Riverside/The Kinks
11) Launderette/Vivian Goldman
12) Mind Your Own Business/Delta 5
13) Falcon Settles Me/Rogue Wave
14) Down For So Long/The Rapture
15) Canadian Girl/The Walkmen
16) Love Will/Suburban Kids with Biblical Names
17) Parakit/Suburban Kids with Biblical Names
18) This is Not a Test/She & Him
19) What Can I Do?/The Rosebuds
20) Shake Our Tree/The Rosebuds
21) Every Moment/Rogue Wave
22) Man-Revolutionary/Rogue Wave
23) Heart of the Country/Paul & Linda McCartney
24) Guns of Brixton/Nouvelle Vague
25) 1982/Miss Kittin and the Hacker
26) Glad to Be Unhappy/The Mamas and The Papas
27) Don Gon Do It/The Rapture
28) Mykonos/Fleet Foxes
29) LES Artistes/Santogold
30) Lights Out/Santogold
31) What in the World/Dukes of the Stratosphear
32) Shiny Cage/Dukes of the Stratosphear
33) You/Delta 5
34) Eyes On the Prize/M.Ward
35) Upon this Tidal Wave of Young Blood/Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
36) This Land is Your Land/Bob Dylan live version (orginal by Woody Guthrie)

Bon Voyage to Ben's brother Sam who is moving to San Francisco (and is becoming quite the investigative public radio journalist). Hope to see you soon on the west side.

-Toni

Word is... Hayden-Harnett on Gossip Girl Tonight

noreply@blogger.com (Ben) — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:13:00 +0000

Here at the HH warehouse it isn't rare to find oneself in the midst of a conversation over the previous nights cable lineup. Sadly, with only 4 channels in my apartment I rarely get to join in on the fun. So this weekend when the weather looked gloomy, my roommate Ashley (a fellow HH-er) and I decided to binge on some DVDs.

As Ashley looked for deep, intriguing movies, I stood in the aisle known as 'sitcom heaven' pondering what season to add to my collection first. I decided on Gossip Girl -- I had never seen it, but had heard all the rage, seen the Times Square billboards, & even have a male friend who Tivos it religiously.

As Ashley and I settled down this Saturday afternoon we had no idea what we were in for. Needless to say, I didn't leave my house all weekend... hardly even left my couch. I hit the ignore button on my phone, neglected to study for a microeconomics test: it was "XOXO Gossip Girl" until 2am Monday morning rolled around. As we finished the last episode we sunk into a funk: what were we going to do without GG?

But there's good news: a new season has started and an episode is on tonight. And then the word came through: Hayden-Harnett will be on Gossip Girl tonight!! Serena van der Woodsen will be sporting the Corcovado Tote in Cordovan! So, at 8pm tonight, Ashley and I will be on the edge of our couch looking to spot the Wyeth on our new favorite show. Hope to see you there! -- Melissa

Serena also loves our Clara Flap Bag in Black Zeus Patent.

Sneak Peek! Our Spring'09 "MUSE" collection

noreply@blogger.com (Toni) — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 23:10:00 +0000

Hurrah, NYC fashion week! We're just starting to seriously plan our Fall wardrobe and it's already time to consider spring dresses, sandals, and bags for 2009. Yep, the fashion carrot is ever-dangling and looks quite juicy for spring.

Our big news? We're launching shoes and swimwear fit for the muses of Xanadu. My ultimate dream is that Olivia Newton-John would arrive in full Kira/Xanadu regalia and shop in our Greenpoint store and serenade us all...we could rollerskate and hold hands. Olivia is probably the first true muse that I ever latched onto and I'm positive that I've watched the movie Xanadu at least 84 times. Oh, to be that blonde, Australian, and sing-songy. She even has perfect armpits...sigh.

-view the accessory preview video below

more spring'09 apparel images to come. time to start working on fall'09!

Past Presence - Fall 2008 Video - Enjoy!

noreply@blogger.com (Ben) — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 03:59:00 +0000

View our Fall 2008 Lookbook

noreply@blogger.com (Ben) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:27:00 +0000

HH <3's Mizz Greenpoint

noreply@blogger.com (Toni) — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:31:00 +0000

The first annual Mizz Greenpoint pageant was a total success! Our darling Mimi placed as first-runner up...not bad for a pageant novice.

Check out the Style.com article for the down and dirty details of the event.

Check out the video about the blood, sweat, and talent it takes to become a champion.

More to come...but for now, we'd like to thank Eric Majorelles and Kat Hennerty of East Coast Aliens and Brooklyn Glamour for a smashing success of an event.

BEHIND THE SCENES -- FALL 2008

noreply@blogger.com (mimi) — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:00:00 +0000

This is my first blog post ever, so I'm sorry if it doesn't sound bloggy enough. I wanted to give everyone a little sneak peak of what the Fall08 Catalog will be like. Today I will post some backstage shots. Tune back for some of the real deal shots next week

The shoot was great and lots of fun (and lots of bagels). The models, Monica and Masha were wonderful and the whole team worked really hard.

Kat, a very good friend and amazing photographer & cinematographer let us use her family's house in Great Neck which worked out perfect for the shoot.

hope you enjoyed the post. if you didn't then just pretend you did, because its my first one and i'm sensitive and self conscious. au revoir -mimi

First Annual Mizz Greenpoint pageant!

noreply@blogger.com (Toni) — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:22:00 +0000

everyone at hayden-harnett is SO excited about the first-annual Mizz Greenpoint pageant!!!!!

why? because our lovely and uber-talented art director, Madeleine Eayrs is one of 10 contestants who made it through the grueling finals and will be strutting her hot argentinian/greenpoint stuff in hopes of winning the crown.

although we don't want to give away too much info about our champ, let's just say that she's being styled in hh gear by our amazing apparel designer, Laurel Wells for the catwalk portion...the secret weapon involves a rubik's cube and a hula-hoop. this is a must see event.

the Mizz Greenpoint pageant starts at 8:30 at the East Coast Aliens event space on Franklin Street in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Cover is $20, and includes two drinks! Click here to make a ticket reservation.

Come out and cheer for our Mimi, check out 10 local greenpoint designers and their muses, and chill out with a brew.

it's all about the shoes...

noreply@blogger.com (Toni) — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:42:00 +0000

ladies love shoes. men love nice shoes on ladies. good shoes make life worth living, especially in nyc. hayden-harnett <3's shoes. 211 franklin street is shoeville, with no exiles.

ohmydog...everyone at hh is 100% freakily obsessed with shoes, me included. every time the ups guy drops by, 8 out of 10 times, there's a fresh pair of shoes being delivered to some lucky lady who's hoping that "this is the pair"...the magic pair that are super-stylish, comfortable, well-made, and not a total rent buster. the elusive footwear "one".

so, what to do about this all-encompassing problem? bags we have. check. awesome bags for both fashion and travel. apparel we have. check. great dresses and outerwear that we all love and help us refrain from nudity.

shoes were the only thing missing from the mix. time to design some shoes, obviously. so i did. i sat down on saturday, 4/27 and started sketching exactly what i was looking for. style. comfort. personality. crafty leather love. wearability with an edge. kicks with style and soul. interesting to look at. easy to love.

what came of the saturday sketch session? a collection of shoes for hayden-harnett that will launch for spring 2009. nine styles that range from a slide to a zippered cuff boot that can be worn over the knee. all in our signature soft, natural leathers we use on the handbags. seven weeks later, we have a fully sampled line and we're sending out linesheets.

we will be introducing our shoes to buyers during the collections at WSA in the venetian hotel at the end of july. super. hurrah! all the hh ladies love the shoes and i'm now testing out the first pair of personals that i ordered for myself, the iskia link wedge. they float around my foot. they are easy to wear with everything. they are badass and woven with a covered leather wedge heel. they rock and they roll. even ben likes them.

further sneak peeks of hayden-harnett shoes to come.
--toni

Shakira, Shakira! These Wrists Don't Lie

noreply@blogger.com (Ben) — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 04:33:00 +0000

We can't lie, these wrists are perfection. Since we first heard Shakira, she's been something of an H-H obsession. We were floored when we discovered she rocked our Ramone and Joey cuff on her latest tour.

green is good? green is great!

noreply@blogger.com (Joanne) — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:49:00 +0000

Press has been all over this handy tote like butter on toast, but I thought I might contribute my 2 cents (actually, all proceeds to FarmAid, to be quite accurate) on this bag as a real live actual user.

I use this super sturdy tote for anything and everything, from carrying my yoga clothes and lunch to and from the office to saving a plastic bag and toting my groceries to packing a picnic and a book to the park. And in a pinch, it works really well as a barrier between my pants and the wet grass or a nice little pillow for naps in the great outdoors.

To top it all off, I feel good knowing that I'm spreading a positive message all over NYC and that I have contributed to a great cause.

So there you have it. My tote/my self. Don't tell my mother.

Fall 2008 Collection - Preview

noreply@blogger.com (Ben) — Mon, 05 May 2008 04:21:00 +0000

Recently we launched our Fall 2008 collection with a little get-together at our new showroom. We thought it was time to offer everyone a peek at some of the styles we've been super excited about. We have a bunch of new and updated bag styles, fabulous new leathers and colors, and our best collection of dresses and outerwear yet. And it will all be available this coming July.

I think Toni describes the collection best: "I was inspired by the contradiction of the natural and unnatural: the man-made vs. nature. Vivid color welling up from and inky, dark background; metallics and slick patents are used for emphasis and pops of texture and unexpected color.

"Prints are inspired by nature and folk weaving, but then reworked digitally to read as modern, almost ghostly. The overall mood for silhouette in both apparel and accessories is about versatility and low-key luxury ... all the items are intended to transition easily from day to night. Design is inspired by both art-deco and primitive design as it would exist in hybrid for a modern world."

"Green is Good" on Fox TV

noreply@blogger.com (Ben) — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:00:00 +0000

Fox 23 was Ben's Fox station growing up in upstate New York, so he was particularly tickled, uh, green that they chose to feature our "Green is Good" Tote as part of their focus on environmentally friendly fashion.

Rihanna in Hayden-Harnett

noreply@blogger.com (Ben) — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 06:55:00 +0000

We couldn't fail to notice singer Rihanna in San Francisco tonight, looking quite classy in our Edie Bib Sheath Dress.

Green is Good at Nylonmag.com

noreply@blogger.com (Ben) — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:50:00 +0000

Nylon Magazine is ga-ga over our Green is Good tote. Find out why.

Hayden-Harnett: On the Street

noreply@blogger.com (Ben) — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 14:16:00 +0000

Check out our Gwenievere Cape, seen "On the Street" from Sunday's New York Times Style Section.

Hayden-Harnett Collects: John Comito

noreply@blogger.com (Ben) — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:00:00 +0000

John Comito is a Brooklyn born artist. He graduated from the School of Visual Arts in 1982, and became a figurative realist painter. His technically astute paintings which rely heavily on craft and tradition have been shown at Forum Gallery in NYC, and The Center of the Earth Gallery in Charlotte, North Carolina. He enjoys long walks on the beach and dry martinis, and he likes spending time with his wife, four cats, and African Grey Parrot. Gallery.

John also works at Hayden-Harnett, in our warehouse.

Spotted in Hayden-Harnett: Kim Stolz

noreply@blogger.com (Ben) — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 19:50:00 +0000

Kim Stolz of America's Next Top Model, Veronica Mars & more was spotted on MTV's TRL wearing our Cara Pullover Coverup.

Viva Tropicalia! Spring/Summer 2008 Lookbook Movie

noreply@blogger.com (Ben) — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 02:15:00 +0000

rhumba, samba, frevo. hayden-harnett's s/s08 collection is deeply inspired by a love for the passionate arts and culture of 60's brazil. vivid color, bold shapes, and hand-crafted detailing reflect the cultural flashpoint of tropicalismo. so, put on some caetano veloso or os mutatnes on the hi-fi, kick back and watch the surf roll in. remember, it is forbidden to forbid. from corcovado to sao paulo, we hope there's something perfeito for the artisan in you. view the catalog

--Toni

24 Hours in New York City with Hayden-Harnett

noreply@blogger.com (Ben) — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 23:49:00 +0000

Below, see our Biba Mini Dress and Joan of Arc Shift on a whirlwind tour of NYC with Condé Nast Traveler Editor Kate Maxwell:

Or click here to open the video in a new window.

Two New Things to Give Thanks For

noreply@blogger.com (Ben) — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 23:07:00 +0000

This might be a little shallow, but we indulge from time to time. Of course we all have things to be thankful for this season, whether it is our family and loved-ones, good health or a recent recovery, the beauty and bounty of nature and the goodwill of most of us. But we're also pretty excited by two new items we've launched on our website today!

First is the exquisitely subtle metallic Rizzo motorcycle jacket in Bronze, which has arrived just in time to replace the black Rizzo, which sold out almost instantly:

Second is the to-die-for Hudson Triple-Strap Satchel in mouth-watering Bruciato, a classic and eminently useful shape in a rich holiday color, perfect for hot cocoa weather, turkey, and later, mistletoe:

P.S. Still looking for the perfect holiday gift? We're now offering gift-certificates in any denomination that are good on-line and at our Brooklyn design:shop.

Gift Guide Preview: Gifts for the Geek

noreply@blogger.com (Ben) — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 19:54:00 +0000

Not sure what to get for yourself, your mom, your friend, your significant other? Well, we're about to launch our gift-guide for the holiday season, with loads of ideas that are categorized by price, staff picks, and by personality -- looking for the perfect gift for your favorite fashionable geek girl? Well here they are.

P.S. Look for the icon on every product page to start making and sharing your own wishlist for the season.