Women-owned JW Bennett supports local artists with hat collaborations and accessories

The women behind JW Bennett, Sarah Kjorstad and Lara Azria-Reucassel, work with one-of-a-kind artists to support the arts and enhance its hand-crafted hats. Photo: Shannon Corsi.

PARK CITY, Utah — From private parties and events to walking in from Main Street, JW Bennett offers one-of-a-kind hats. The women behind JW Bennett, Sarah Kjorstad and Lara Azria-Reucassel, work with one-of-a-kind artists to support the arts and enhance its hand-crafted hats. Here’s a deeper look into the artist collaborations with JW Bennett. The Park City storefront and studio is located at 364 Main Street.

Coral & Tusk

The longest collaboration to date, Coral & Tusk designs are rooted in nature. Its 100% linen embroidered designs depict animals, habitats, and botanical themes. The awe and inspiring landscape of Utah and Wyoming brings constant inspiration and access to deep observation of flora and fauna, and creating hat bands for JW Bennett was a natural extension of the designer’s product line.

Lauren Liberg

Lauren creates an aged, lived in, soulful look to each hat as if it’s been around for years. She’s inspired by a cowboy’s wardrobe – the marks, rips, and tears their gloves and hat collect over the years. She translates this inspiration into each hat by building upon layers of water, paint, dye and bleach. She burns each hat to age the paint marks, and adds details with stitching and writing to create a one of a kind piece, like her works of art.

Heather Benjamin

Born of a mutual awe and appreciation of the natural world and its connection to beauty at its purest level, JW Bennet and Heather Benjamin have created an exclusive line of “Hat Jewelry” inspired by fauna of the mountain west.

Jackson Hole Jewelry Company

Jackson Hole Jewelry Co. creates and curates unique designs, featuring natural diamonds, rare gemstones, and exquisite, original designs showcasing the Tetons which are inspired by this incredible area. The JW Bennett signature Mountain Logo that is hand-stitched onto the side its hats gets an upgrade. Choose from 14-karat gold or silver and diamonds Jackson Hole Jewelry Company collabs to adorn your hand-made Western-modern hat.

Mariana Muravito

Mariana Muravito creates handcrafted textiles that intertwine a modern vision with traditional techniques. Her eco-conscious, ethical and sustainable artisan hat bands are designed and hand-woven on a textile loom. Her pieces evoke impressions such as sensuality, austerity, silence, minimalism, joy, loneliness and freedom. Each piece is unique and personal to the wearer. Her hat bands are made of the finest threads and yarns such as 100% Egyptian cotton, silk, hemp and Japanese metallic threads.

Lagniappe with John Bukaty

In collaboration with legendary live performance artist, John Bukaty, we are excited to launch this limited collection of top quality western weight hats, with hand painted bands and signature liner. Distressed, western weight in silver belly. Hand painted band and liner by John Bukaty. Signature JWB branding iron pin.