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Backstage at John Varvatos Runway in Milan for the Fall/Winter 2013. Handcrafted hats by Orlando Palacios, a crossbreed between a bowler and a homburg. We hand dyed 3 special colors : the dusty deep olive weathered with charcoal browns, the next color was port a deep purplish red with blue weathered undertones, the third one was a deep blue, we called it “ink ” with violet and black weathered undertones. All hats were binded and banded tone on tone to create a monochromatic ensemble.