Posted in new arrivals, tagged alterknitive cashmere, cashmere, christmas shopping, fine arts optical, hand made, local artists, made in san francisco, pop up shop, recycled sweaters on December 5, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Come by Fine Arts Optical for a great selection of Cashmere hats and scarves.
I will be at the shop Friday-Monday to personally help you find cool frames and warm hats!
Fine Arts Optical
888 Valencia St @20th
San Francisco CA 94110
Monday-Thursday 11-6
Friday, Saturday 11-7
Sunday 12-6
Posted in hats, millinery, press, tagged ads hats, alterknitive cashmere, alternative design studio, best hats store 2011, best of sf weekly, blogging, designer hat, designer hats, fashion, hat shop in san francisco, hat trend, hats in san francisco, valencia street on May 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Posted in hat store, millinery, tagged ads hats, alterknitive cashmere, alternative design studio, designer hat, designer hats, hand made hat, hat blog sf, hat shop in san francisco, hat store in san francisco, hat store san francisco, hatcentric, online hat shopping, san francisco style, valencia street, women's hats on March 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I’m very excited to announce that our online shop is open!
I’ll be adding new hats as they arrive. Look forward to seeing new Men’s and women’s straw hats, packable sun hats, Derby and wedding hats, caps, Cloche hats, knit and crochet hats, and scarves.
Posted in hat store, hats, making hats, millinery, new arrivals, tagged ads hats, alterknitive cashmere, alternative design studio, beret, chemo hats, cloche hat, cocktail hat, designer hats, fall 2010, hand made hat, hat shop in san francisco, men's hats, millinery, new hats, san francisco style, slouch beanie, women's hats on November 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We have been really busy at the shop. The week of Halloween, Giants winning the World Series, and Dia de los Muertos inspired many new hats. The shop is full of new styles from House of Nines, Bailey, Toucan Collection, and ADS.
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The wall of hats features styles made exclusively at A.D.S. Lots of rain hats, Cashmere blend Cloche hats, fleece hats, caps, berets, and beanies.
New collection of Cloche hats and caps made from a luxurious Cashmere blend and classic wools. Decorated with hand made fabric flowers or Ultrasuede circles. $54-$68
New felt Cloche hats from Toucan Collection, $38-$45. Ribbon taffeta hats $54-$58, Faux fur Leopard print Cloche $60.
Stunning, one of a kind, hand draped Cloche hats by Behida Dolic $260-$350. Take 15% off for a limited time.
Straw and felt Cloche hats from Toucan Collection $60-$90
New gorgeous special occasion hats from House of Nines. $200-$400
Crush-able, water repellent felt Fedora from Bailey of Hollywood, $50
Our favorite “Shorty cap” in stock in 6 sizes and lots of new fabrics: denim, corduroy, wool, Cashmere blend and Ultrasuede which is water proof! $39-$49
*Ultrasuede is a man made fiber.
Posted in making hats, millinery, tagged ads hats, alterknitive cashmere, alternative design studio, casmere hat, designer hats, hand made hat, hat blog, hat blog sf, hat store san francisco, hats from recycled sweaters, hats in san francisco, millinery, recycled fashion, recycled sweater, street fashion, valencia street on October 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’m not a big baseball fan, but the excitement is contagious!
Orange Cashmere is very rare, so I’m reserving this hat for the World Series…Go Giants!
Posted in hat store, hats, making hats, millinery, new arrivals, tagged alterknitive cashmere, alterknitive hats, cashmere hats, designer hat, designer hats, hand made hat, hat shop in san francisco, hats from recycled sweaters, hats in san francisco, making hats, san francisco style on October 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
New Cashmere hats are now in stock.
Rollup hats, brimmed hats, Cloche hats, and caps…all made from recycled 100% Cashmere.
This photo is of the 22 Rollup hats I made yesterday…it was a long but rewarding day.
Posted in art, hat store, hats, making hats, millinery, new arrivals, special event, tagged ads hats, alterknitive cashmere, alternative design studio, blogging, cloche hat, cocktail hat, designer hat, designer hats, hand made hat, hand made hats, hat blog, hat blog sf, hat shop in san francisco, hat store, hat store in san francisco, hat store san francisco, hat trend, hatcentric, hats in san francisco, joie rey cohen photography, making hats, meet the milliners, millinery, mission, photography, san francisco style, special event, street fashion, trunk show, valencia street, women's hats on November 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Please visit the store for a series of “Meet the Milliners” holiday trunk shows.
This will be an exciting opportunity to meet and greet Bay area Milliners. View and purchase hand made hats and find out about each designers creative process.
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Saturday, November 28th, 2-5pm
Meet Elina Tachkova, owner of ADS hats, and designer of Alterknitive Cashmere hats. See an exclusive collection of 100% Cashmere hats made from recycled sweaters.
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Saturday, December 5th, 2-5pm
Meet Jasmin Zorlu, designer of exquisite fur felt and fish skin hats.
Jasmin was voted best milliner 2009 by SF Weekly.
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Saturday, December 12th, 2-5pm
Meet Behida Dolic, creater of incredible 1920′s Cloche hats.
Behida creates some of the most beautiful 1920′s styles.
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Saturday, December 19th, 2-5pm
Meet Tricia Roush, House of Nines Design.
Tricia creates remarkable 1920′s ribbon work and incorporates historic head wear into contemporary design.
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Photography installation by Joie Rey Cohen.
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Come to ADS hats to Meet the Milliners!
Posted in hat store, hats, making hats, millinery, photography, special event, tagged ads hats, alterknitive cashmere, alternative design studio, blogging, cloche hat, designer hat, designer hats, hand made hat, hand made hats, hat blog, hat blog sf, hat photo, hat shop in san francisco, hat store, hats, jasmin zorlu, making hats, meet the milliners, millinery, san francisco style, special event, trunk show, valencia street, women's hats on November 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Meet Milliner Jasmin Zorlu, Saturday December 5th, 2-5pm
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Heavily inspired by the 1920’s, 30’s and 40’s, Jasmin Zorlu Millinery employs innovative materials such as fishskin (tanned fish leather), upcycled leather, abalone shells, and fruit bags to create futuristic headwear which transcend traditional notions of design and time. Mostly eschewing employment of trims like flowers, ribbons, and feathers, her hats reveal their form simply and sculpturally. Jasmin Zorlu Millinery aims to create exciting headwear which will achieve heirloom status and still look fresh 100 years from now.
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All images Copyright Jasmin Zorlu Millinery
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Posted in hat trend, hats, making hats, millinery, new arrivals, street fashion, tagged ads hats, alterknitive cashmere, alternative design studio, cashmere hat, designer hat, designer hats, elina tachkova davenport, hand made hat, hats in san francisco, making hats, millinery, mission, san francisco style, valencia street on October 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have been working on new Cashmere hats…my two friends in Australia and England inspired these color combinations…
Made from 100% pure Cashmere. Recycled, washed, dried, cut, cut, cut, sewn, one of a kind, coveted….
Check some of them out on Etsy
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For Kim….
Did you say pink and orange?
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For Kate….
did you say green and brown?
The green and brown was the first hat I made for this collection…..and the first to sell!
More hats coming soon.
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I’ll put the $ from these towards Barcelona? Miss you two!!!!!!!!!!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged ads hats, alterknitive cashmere, alterknitve, alternative design studio, alternative hats, blogging, cashmere beanie, cashmere hat, cashmere scarf, chemo hats, designer hat, designer hats, elina tachkova, fashion, hand made hat, hand made hats, hat, hat blog, hat blog sf, hat shop in san francisco, hat store, hat store in san francisco, hat store san francisco, hat trend, hatcentric, hats in san francisco, making hats, men's hats, millinery, mission, recycled cashmere, san francisco style, special event, street fashion, trunk show, valencia street, women's hats on October 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Preview on Etsy
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black and gray brimmed hat
black and gray rollup hat
multi blue brimmed hat
ivory pillbox/kufi hat
multi red rollup hat
