Time passes by quickly, well no not really, 2009 was a long and slow year. It was a year of extremes, both in the good and bad. It left me very unsatisfied because there was so much more I wanted to do but you can only go as fast as life lets you.
I can't complain because Saint Rock Hats survived its first year and has overcome quite a few hurdles and it still has many more to go but at least we're making progress. Life wouldn’t be fun if it was too easy anyway.
So far the biggest change this year is my move back to Europe from Australia, I learned a lot of things from the Aussies but it was time for me to go back home. It was hard being so far away from the factory especially since everything had to be done through email. Now we've just moved from Switzerland to France taking our home and the hat factory with us to improve our services. Switzerland is awesome and I’ll be going back often!
Now we’re in Montpellier, it’s a nice city in the south of France. The best thing about it is that it’s just 10 minutes from the coast so we have access to the ocean. The people here are very nice and the atmosphere is quite different than in Paris. We’ll have a little boutique in the factory to sell hats in person, so if you’re ever in Montpellier don’t be afraid to visit. We’ll even measure your head for you!
I'm not sure what this year has in store for us, I don't think anybody knows their future but its fun to speculate. We must think positively and hope for a lot of success but it is still a good idea to prepare for the worse.
Since moving to France we’ve had to go through a lot of the stuff in the factory and we found hats that are over 30 years old! It’s pretty crazy thinking about all the history that we have the chance to explore and it is quite an honour to continue the hat factory’s (Fabrique de Casquette) legacy.
Right now we’re in the process of reorganizing a lot of things and there are a lot of things of surprises but it is fun to go through some of the items we are finding.
All of this is inspiring us for the future hats we’ll be making and we’re already designing a few originals right now but things take time especially when you want it to be as good as possible.
Look out for our new line that will be coming out soon, it’s going to be pretty awesome!
