Monday, February 04, 2013

Dr. Seuss and His Hats

The news that Dr. Seuss was in real life a big lover of hats will probably surprise no one at all. You only have to have read a very few of his books to have gotten a sense of that: all through his work, hats play a vivid and important role. According to The New York Times they played an important role in his life, too:
He collected hundreds of them, plumed, beribboned and spiked, and kept them in a closet hidden behind a bookcase in his home in the La Jolla section of San Diego. He incorporated them into his personal paintings, his advertising work and his books. He even insisted that guests to his home don the most elaborate ones he could find. 
“Believe me, when you get a dozen people seated at a fairly formal dinner party,” his widow, Audrey, said in an interview for an 1999 educational video, “and they’ve all got on perfectly ridiculous chapeaus, the evening takes care of itself.” 
Now, as part of their efforts to keep the Seuss brand fresh in the eyes of young readers, Random House Children’s Books, his longtime publisher, and Dr. Seuss Enterprises have collaborated on an exhibit that for the first time will display some of his hats to the public.
You can see the full piece here.

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