A small (and trendy) hat store in NYC...

[Aureliano]

Walking towards Central Park, I stumbled upon this small hat shop on Broadway. Because of the season, they had mostly their own brand of straw hats: most of them shantung while others seemed to be either very coarse toquilla or some sort of tropical straw. They also have a few stetson and, in a glass case, a few Borsalinos and some "designer" hats with the house label. I liked the windows with their blocks and flanges (not for sale ) and the fact that they sell Scout products. I bought a couple of cans of cleaner! Photos are iPhone shots, so not the best quality. They have a website www.arthhat.com

[hatophile]

Did I see a straw derby? Interesting, I like the old hat blocks.

[Kkaderly]

Is that a disco ball?? I too like the old hat blocks!!!

[Aureliano]

Yeah, straw derby and disco ball.

[Saint-Just]

Such a hat store, in such a nice part of NYC could help make hats fashionable again

I miss NYC...

[boone33]

What a cool place.

[Lefty]

I liked this

until I read this
Classic straw styles with a modern twist from Anthony Peto.
All hand crafted and made in France ($250).

Based on their other hats, these are probably cheapies with new ribbons.

[skyvue]

I don't mean to come off as a downer, but many of the hats in those pics look kind of silly, like $10 knockoffs one can purchase from street vendors. With J.J., Bencraft, and Worth and Worth available to us, as a New Yorker, Arth would pretty far down my list of shops to visit/patronize.

Even the fact that they keep their blocks and flanges in the window sets off a little alarm in my head. They're clearly not being used.

[zetwal]

Yeah, straw derby and disco ball.

Disco Derbies ... that is amusing.

[Feraud]

I don't mean to come off as a downer, but many of the hats in those pics look kind of silly, like $10 knockoffs one can purchase from street vendors. With J.J., Bencraft, and Worth and Worth available to us, as a New Yorker, Arth would pretty far down my list of shops to visit/patronize.

Even the fact that they keep their blocks and flanges in the window sets off a little alarm in my head. They're clearly not being used.

You do not come off as a downer at all. The price of doing business in Manhattan is obscene but I see little reason to offer high priced garbage.
If I want a low quality disposable hat I'll buy one at Target for ten bucks.
On the upside, it's good to know where to get Scouts hat cleaner.