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Leslie Kuhn
OWNER, DESIGNER & CURATOR
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At The Hat Chick in Houston, TX, we are known for creating unforgettable guest experiences through elevated customization, live branding, and bespoke leather goods for weddings, corporate events, private parties, and luxury celebrations. Based in Houston and serving clients beyond Texas, we bring a one-of-a-kind interactive experience that guests remember long after the event.
Our Signature Custom Hat Bar Experience allows guests to design their own premium hats with expert guidance, choosing from curated embellishments, bands, feathers, branding, and personalized details. Each piece becomes a wearable keepsake and a memorable part of your event.
We are also highly sought after for our corporate gifting and branded event services, offering custom logo branding on hats, leather goods such as luggage tags, keychains, journals, sunglass cases, and other premium accessories. Whether it is a company launch, client appreciation event, retreat, conference, or western-themed activation, we create polished branded products that make a lasting impression.
For planners and event coordinators, we are known for professionalism, communication, seamless setup, luxury presentation, and exceptional guest engagement. Our team handles the details so hosts can enjoy the experience while guests create something truly personal.
If you are looking for an elevated, stylish interactive experience that blends fashion, entertainment, and custom keepsakes, The Hat Chick delivers an unforgettable touch to any celebration.
Available for weddings, private events, corporate activations, and destination celebrations.
Hispanic or Latinx-owned and Woman-owned Business
4+ years in business
Speaks English
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Gifts & Favors
Bridesmaid Gifts
Gifts for the Bride
Gifts for the Groom
Groomsman Gifts
Parent Gifts
Personalization
Wedding Favors
Wedding Gifts
Welcome Bags
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Meet the team
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- Leslie KuhnOwner, Designer & CuratorA Native Houstonian, Leslie Kuhn founded THE HAT CHICK™ with a desire to bring a carefully curated collection of hats to the Houston market. Having developed a love of hats from time spent in Colorado and Mexico, she came to appreciate a wide array of hat styles, brands and adornments. As her personal collection grew, Leslie felt that when shopping for hats locally, she struggled to find a store offering a wide variety of designers, custom designing and hat accessories under the same roof. A vision began to develop, and THE HAT CHICK™ was born. Leslie is married to her husband, Mike, who can often be found popping into the storefront to greet customers and with her at events. Together they pride themselves in working private events to offer the classiest of hats to make any event more festive. Serving clients with high levels of customer service while offering timeless, custom designs, Leslie is proud to be THE HAT CHICK™.
- Mike SowersThe Hat DudeMike, The Hat Dude, is Leslie husband and active with events and loves greeting people at the store and events. Mike has a business background in IT and finanace.
- ShellyGuest ServicesShelly comes to us from customer care with high level of professionalism and communication. Shelly assists in our storefront, pop-ups and private events. She is also a wealth of knowledge when it comes to skincare and products- this comes in handy when selling hats, especially summer straws, as sun protection is key during our outdoor months, We LOVE Shelly!
- CourtneySpecial Events & Our Official Hat ModelCourtney is a Professional Makeup artist who is also our official Hat Model. Courtney is a creative and talented artist who assists with special events in addition to modeling our hats. Outside of work Courtney works closely with a local animal rescue and serves as a foster while helping animals find their fur-ever homes.
- LauraAmbassador & Special EventsLaura is a true hat lover and our Hat Chick Ambassador. She represents our brand with her daily hats accompanying her outfits. Rarely will you see Laura without a hat on. Laura is a professional event planner and the hostess with the mostess. When Laura is not designing hats or helping us with events, she enjoys spending time with her husband and 4 boys.
- John JuanSenior Hat Specialist & ManagerJohn is one of our Senior Hat Specialists who works in the storefront and most every special event with us. John can cut, shape, fit and style any hat to best serve each and every guest. With a professional background, he delivers high levels of service with a smile and we are grateful to have him on our team. When John is not working on hats, he enjoys spending time with his partner and his 2 dachshunds, Nigel & Nevil.
- SammSpecial EventsSamm is key member of our special events team and one of our "veterans" who has been with us the longest.
- AbbyHat DesignerAbby is one of our talented hat designers who works in the storefront and special events. She is one our key players and brings her great work ethic to the team. When Abby is not dressing hats, she enjoys leading church worship, spending time with her husband and caring for her 2 dogs.
- TaylorSpecial EventsTaylor works large events with us and makes every hat look beautiful!
- JaclynSpecial EventsJaclyn works special events with us and loves branding. She is an asset to a team and we are lucky to have 2 of her!! Well, almost 2 of her- she is a twin!
- JuliaSpecial EventsJulia works on special events with us and loves branding. She is an asset to the team and we are lucky to have 2 of her-- she is a twin! Both her and her sister are wonderful to work with.
- RhondaLarge Special EventsRhonda joins are team when we have large events. She is easy to work with and we enjoy having her with us.
- CarolHat Designer- Large EventsCarol is an avid hat wearer and horse rider. She currently holds the Grand World Champion title with her horse, Banjo, for her class. Retired from polo, Carol shows horses and has a keen sense of hat fashion.
- EstellaSpecial EventsEstella is part of our special events team and works well with customers. She enjoys assisting guests pick out their hat and puts care into every client she assists. When not with The Hat Chick team, she works corporate, is a killer SPIN instructor and an antique lover. Estella is a cool human being!
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Leslie Kuhn
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