Raymond Hudd

Mason County native Raymond Hudd made his mark as high-fashion hat designer | MLive.com: "“In everything,” he likes to say, “I saw a hat.”

Through the years, Hudd created more than his share of traditional bonnets and hats, sophisticated in style and glorious with feathers, silk, chiffon and felt. Seven times, he won the Easter bonnet contest at the Drake Hotel in Chicago, so many times, in fact, he was forbidden to enter an eighth time."

Read this article if you have an interest in hats. Raymond is an inspiration for any future milliner. A joy for any customer. A legend of his time.