{"id":11240,"date":"2021-02-11T16:14:36","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T00:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/?p=11240"},"modified":"2021-02-11T16:14:36","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T00:14:36","slug":"a-tip-of-the-hat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/?p=11240","title":{"rendered":"A Tip of the Hat"},"content":{"rendered":"
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From 805 Living Magazine’s Pulse section, winter 2021.<\/p><\/div>\n

Launching a retail business during a global pandemic is surely an act of faith, which fits\u00a0right in with Desert Rose Hat Co. (desertrosehats.com<\/a>) owner Marlene Taylor\u2019s mission to
\nmake \u201cquality goods for a higher purpose.\u201d The cozy space in downtown Santa Barbara\u2019s
\nhistoric La Arcada Plaza is tailor-made for\u00a0her handcrafted hats\u2014which are inspired\u00a0by her father\u2019s western wear and her own\u00a0bohemian style and made using century old\u00a0techniques\u2014and her curated collection\u00a0of clothes and accessories.<\/p>\n

As for the higher\u00a0purpose: 5 percent of hat sales benefit two\u00a0Santa Barbara nonprofit organizations,\u00a0Domestic Violence Solutions<\/a> and CALM<\/a>\u00a0(Child Abuse Listening and Mediation).<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was important to me that this brand be\u00a0more than just a brand,\u201d says Taylor. \u201cMy
\nhope for this company is to create ripples\u00a0of change in my own community.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Click here<\/a> to see this story as it originally appeared in the Winter 2021 issue of 805 Living Magazine<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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