Headwear Group Honors Three

by MR Magazine Staff Mar 31, 2007

NEW YORK – The Headwear Association marked the start of its 100th year at its annual dinner at Tavern on the Green here on March 15.

Honorary speaker John Milano, founder of Milano Hats, received the Ben Rosenthal Award, outgoing THA president Wilson King, of Outback Trading Co., was honored with the David Lieberman Award, and Bob Goodman of Just Hats received kudos as the Annual Hat Retail of the Year.

Hat Retailer of the Year Bob Goodman of Just Hats (right) with Krober Hats’ Rick Silverstein

John Milano of Milano Hat Co., winner of the Ben Rosenthal Award (left), with Hatco’s Gary Rosenthal

Outgoing THA president Wilson King, of Outback Trading (left), and Dorfman Pacific’s Scott Starnes

The Headwear Association is one of the oldest association of its kind in the U.S., dating back to its first meeting in New York at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel on Jan. 30, 1908.

At this year’s event, headwear was again on the minds of just about everyone in attendance.

For more pictures from THA’s near-centennial celebration, click here to go to Schmoozing.