The Hat Place, LLC has been in operation since 1996. Owned by hat enthusiasts, the partners have combined their business, financial, sales and marketing professional skills into a premier hat boutique for men and women. After several temporary locations in Wethersfield, Connecticut, The Hat Place found a home in Rocky Hill, Connecticut in 2001 and remained there until 2007. November 2008 ushered in a new business concept and location. Located downtown Hartford, The Hat Place is now open at 99 Pratt Street in an elegantly designed studio with separate areas for ladies and gentlemen to augment the now famous Hat Place shopping experience. Since its inception, The Hat Place has appeared on television, local radio stations, featured in an international trade magazine and numerous print media articles. Additionally, The Hat Place exercises social responsibility such as sponsoring events that benefit the American Cancer Society for example, the premier High Tea Affair at the Goodwin Hotel in 2003 and the Wadsworth Atheneum in 2004. Both events featured top hat designers including the milliner to her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Hats are being rediscovered by men and women wanting to make a fashion statement. To this end The Hat Place has served as the main feature at numerous events in the state as well as into New York, Massachusetts, Florida and Colorado. Events include polo classics and many other sorority and group celebrations and fundraisers, as well as collaboration with organizations such as the Hartford Stage for its 2004-2005 Opening Night Celebration of Regina Taylor’s musical-Crowns. Remember without a hat the occasion has not been given its due, the ceremony is not as serious