Meet the Team
Mark Harris
Founder • Head Guy
Mark Harris is "The Hatterist". Mark began the Hatterist as an Instagram account in 2015. Created as a passion project to share his love of headwear with friends and colleagues, it has evolved into a meeting place for the hat minded, a place to make a hat lover out of everyone.
British born Mark has spent his life immersed in fashion, working with international brands such as; Levis, Carhartt and streetwear pioneers Dope. This love of fashion took Mark to the fashion capital of the world, New York, where he lived for the last 12 years working with headwear giants Kangol and Bailey of Hollywood. Mark has specialised in headwear for over two decades, honing his deep understanding of sales and brand management. He recently utilised sales and distribution strategies to increase the brand's e-commerce sales by over 300%.
Hats are the ultimate fashion chameleons; they transform any outfit, protect us from the elements, increase self-confidence, open doors or allow us to hide from the paparazzi. This realisation dawned on Mark whilst on vacation in Ibiza during the "summer of love", Mark discovered wearing a hat got him noticed and into the best clubs for free.
Headwear changed Mark's life by taking him around the world, introducing him to his wife and many other mad hatters. The Hatterist website's launch is the result of a life-long ambition to make hats an essential part of everyone's wardrobe.