Every drop starts somewhere real.

It started with a simple idea: the right place on a hat, somewhere that means something, speaks for itself. People understood immediately. Today, most Places | Moments designs begin as a real photograph, caught in the moment, never staged. Those photos become paintings. Those paintings become the patch on every hat we make. Côte. Dirty Martini. Nixon. Ovals. Paso Fino. Each one somewhere real.

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The photo taken in Mykonos on a disposable camera that the Côte painting started from

The photograph

Taken on a disposable camera in Mykonos.

The painting

An artist painted it by hand from that photo.

The patch

Made into a patch and stitched onto the hat.

Painting the Côte

THE CRAFT

Every patch starts as an original painting, not a stock graphic. Rich colors, double-stitched construction. The kind of detail you only notice up close. We don't create concepts. We capture moments. The moment you pick one up, you know the difference.

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