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It’s easy to see how Baron Hats has achieved legendary status in the Hollywood community and has become the hat brand of choice for a vast domestic and international celebrity clientele, along with anyone interested in only the highest quality hat! 

Having created over 35,000 hats for Motion Pictures, Television, Broadway, Commercials, Music Videos and Concerts, along with supplying extravagant eye-popping head wear to the stars for all the major award shows, Baron’s hats have become as famous as the stars themselves. 

Indiana Jones”, “Secretariat”, “Seabiscuit”, “The Expendables”, “Crocodile Dundee”,  “Rocky”,  “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”,  “3:10 to Yuma”, ”Public Enemies”, “The Lone Ranger”, “The Mask”, “Dick Tracy”,Wild Bill”, “Justified”, “Gunsmoke”, “The Rifleman”,  “Deadwood” and “True Grit” (Both the original John Wayne version and latest Coen Brothers remake) to name just a few, all owe their signature hats to Baron’s incomparable craftsmanship.

With over 60 years of service to the Entertainment Industry, Baron has been the preferred hat maker for screen legends including John Wayne, Marlon Brando, Fred Astaire, Steve McQueen and Frank Sinatra.  Their recent clientele includes such stars as Johnny Depp, Bruce Willis, Val Kilmer, Robert DiNiro, Michael Douglas, George Lopez, Jeff Bridges, Tommy Lee Jones, Danny Devito, Christian Bale, Josh Brolin, Robert Duvall, Sylvester Stallone, George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Russell Crowe, Diane Keaton, and Will Smith.  

Major music acts such as Madonna, Prince, Janet and Michael Jackson, Bob Dylan, Black Eyed Peas, Slash, John Mayer, Al Jarreau, Tom Petty, Van Halen, AC/DC, Kid Rock, Motely Crue, Snoop Dog, Britney Spears, Marilyn Manson and Usher all have worn Baron creations for their concert and award show appearances.

Under the careful guidance of Owner and Master Hatter, Mark Mejia, (who apprenticed with iconic founder, Eddie Baron) Baron works its magic with a personally trained and hand-picked team of meticulous craftspeople, along with a custom designed workshop filled with specialized, one-of-a-kind hat making equipment that Mark has culled from numerous trips around the globe.  This gives Baron Hats the capability of literally creating any hat imaginable.

Their landmark store and production studio in Burbank houses a massive collection of hat blocks and specialized hat making materials, plus one of the largest reference libraries and databases of information and production file images in the entire fashion industry.  

At Baron’s website, BaronHats.com, shop customers, celebrities, and the general public can now access Baron from all over the world to order any of their classic reproductions, cutting edge headwear, or to custom request the hat of their dreams.

For more information, Contact Owner/Master Hatter, Mark Mejia, at the Baron Hats Studio: (818) 563-3025 or email him at Mail@baronhats.com.  

Better yet, stop by their shop for a personal fitting, browse the amazing selection of hats and view their remarkable “Hollywood Hat Museum”.  
 

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