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Hatdesigner Caroline de Roy van Zuydewijn likes to invite you for a visit at her Hatshop in Antwerp

Since 1992 Caroline presents in Antwerp her succesful programme 'High Tea & Trying on Hats'. (Already more than 100.000 visitors!)      (Click here for more info!)

                    Press Information 1992 - 2009

Koop Hoeden / Buy Hats Online

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Exclusive hats Caroline de Roy van Zuydewijn designs and makes hats specially for you! In order, like your wishes, suiting to your character and lifestyl. Photo's click o.a. here!

Confection Hats The Hoedensalon offers you ladies and menshats, bonnets and caps. Summer and wintermodels from o.a. Borsalino and Stetson and accessories like: shawls, bags, bijoux and gifts. Click here!

Hoedensalon CRZ Antwerp exist 10 years! During 2000 – 2010 Caroline designed hats for a lot of well-known people, recently (2010) she made a hat for the Hollywoodstars Goldie Hawn en Kurt Russell, she made hats for Prinsjesdag (nl), she performed in television programmes like: Blauw Bloed (nl), in Royalty (be) and 'Hallo Deutschland' (25 years Beatrix) (zdf), she was 'at table' with Frits Spits (nl), she was mentioned in the historical royal fashion book ‘Ontwerpers van Oranje’ (nl) and a lot more.

On 1 April 1992 the Dutch hatdesigner Caroline de Roy van Zuydewijn (18-05-1961) and her husband the artist Jozef Bloks (11-05-1951) opened in the Netherlands (in Eindhoven) the unique combination of the first and only ‘Hoedensalon and Hoedencafé’ (Hatstore and Hatpub) located in the same building.

The Hatpub downstairs and the Hatstore on the first floor. Unique in the Netherlands and probably in the whole world!

Promotion action! During the first year people who were wearing a hat got their first cup of tea (or an other drink) for free. Those who were interested in hats were invited by Caroline to have a look in her Hatstore upstairs. The whole idea was all about promoting the hat. And it worked! The media appointed in a very short time the Hoedensalon and the Hoedencafé to a well-known phenomenon and Caroline became a known hatdesigner. The Hoedensalon and Hoedencafé were the prove that the hat had the right to exist again. A lot of young hatdesigners became inspired and their number still grows day by day.

Caroline and Jozef presented a lot of Hat-activitives like: exhibitions, workshops, a yearly hat-ball, lectures about ‘the hat’ (hold by well-known art-historians, journalists, cultural advisors) etc. Even a Dutch fashion television programme (RTL 4), presented by the well-known Mrs. Leontine Ruiters (the wife on the famous Dutch singer Marco Borsato) was recorded in the Hoedensalon.

The media payed very much attention to all these activitives around ‘the hat’. For one of the most important activitives, namely a lecture called ‘High Tea & Trying on Hats’, the well-known and largest Dutch womenmagazine ‘Libelle’ published a full advertisement page for free. The result was that thousands of women from all over the Netherlands and even people from Belgium and Germany visited the Hoedensalon. For more than three years this programme was every day completely sold out! (This lecture ‘High Tea & Trying on Hats’ is a educative and relaxing programme for young and old, in which Caroline shows all kinds of hats while she tells the history of the hat. Visiters (mostly women) can also try on hats and after that they become an English High Tea.)

The Hoedensalon moves to Antwerp (Belgium)

Eindhoven became litteral and figurative too small. In the year 2000 the Hoedencafé was sold and the Hoedensalon moved to Antwerp. Caroline and Jozef choosed for Antwerp because as a city of fashion it was enormous in devellopment. The fashionproject ‘Fashion 2001 Landed’ by the worldfamous Belgian designer Walter Van Beirendonck that should start in May 2001, the fashion museum ‘MoMu’ that soon after that should open, were reasons enough to move to Antwerp and to start there under the new name ‘Hoedensalon CRZ’.

Since 2001 Hoedensalon CRZ is part of many city- and fashionwalks.

VIPS... Already a lot of very special people visited Hoedensalon CRZ or do wear a hat made by Caroline de Roy van Zuydewijn.

VIPS like: Prinses Irene, Leontine Borsato-Ruiters, de Pointer Sisters, Simon Vinkenoog, Herman Pieter de Boer, Sandra Naelaerts, Walter van Beirendonck, Martine Preenen, Kees van Kooten. Karin Bloemen, Sylvia Kristel, Della Bosiers, Carmen Seth, Jean-Marie Pfaff, Vader Abraham (Pierre Kartner), Dana Winner, Kim Gevaert, Kelly Pfaff, Céline Du Caju (Miss Belgian Beauty 2006), Pieter Porters, Victoria Koblenko, Mieke Laureys, Serge-Henri Valcke and many others.

Caroline de Roy van Zuydewijn designed the hat of princess Irene for the wedding of prince Willem-Alexander and princess Maxima from the Netherlands in 2002 and in 2003 she designed many hats for the wedding of prince Laurent and princess Claire from Belgium.

Every year she designs hats for Prinsjesdag in Holland and also she gives her comments in the media. (On Prinsjesdag Queen Beatrix does the 'Speeche of the Throne' and all the ladies from parliament do wear a hat / This is a very unique event in the world.) (Pictures click here!)

Because of her large experience and knowlege of 'The World of Hats', hatdesigner Caroline de Roy van Zuydewijn is regular asked for advices, lectures, presentations and interviews.

At Royal Events, like for example the wedding of Prince Laurent and Princess Claire from Belgium, Caroline explained in the Belgian medea (television) the etiquettes of wearing a hat.

Click here for more information and view for example photo's of Princess Mathilde! from Belgium!

Caroline performed in television programmes such as 'Royalty' VTM Belgium, 'Blauw Bloed' EO The Netherlands and 'Hallo Deutschland' (25 years Queen Beatrix on the throne) ZDF Germany.

She becomes a lot of attention in the media. For a summary of television performances, articles in newspapers and glossy magazines look at Summary of Press Articles 1990-2009

For example in Februari 2002  the WALL STR. JOURNAL called 'Hoedensalon CRZ' one of thé interesting places in Antwerp. A place where you can try on hats and drink a nice cup of tea while hatdesigner Caroline de Roy van Zuydewijn shows all kinds of hats and tells you the history of the hat.

Book 'Ontwerpers van Oranje' 2008 by Els Smit.

Caroline de Roy van Zuydewijn was mentioned in this book, in combination with a nice picture of Princess Irene with the Royal Blue hat which she made for this Princess (from the Netherlands). This book contains a lot of never before published information about who designed which clothes, hats or jewelry for the Royal family of the Netherlands. It is a historical reference book from Queen Wilhelmina untill Princess Maxima!

Visit Hoedensalon CRZ at http://www.hoedensalon.com or make a appointment to meet Caroline and Jozef!

To get a impression of the handmade hats made by Caroline take a look at some special hats out of the collection 2009

Adress:

Oude Koornmarkt 62

2000 Antwerp

Belgium

Phone: 0032 (3) 2335928

Email: info@hoedensalon.com                  City Map, click here!

Photo: Caroline and Jozef

Her husband the artist Jozef Bloks has his own museum on the internet. So if you are interested in his art?

Click here www.jozefbloksmuseum.be

                                        Hoedensalon CRZ is the best looked at hatsite!