Golightly Cashmere

Playing Footsy

2011-09-28T20:13:00.000-07:00

I pray to play footsies in my very last days.

The Big Sigh for the Butt Skirt

2010-01-20T20:44:00.001-08:00

No new posts in two months? Please know, dear readers, that we are in dialog with you via the rip roar of the knitting machine. Know that during December, we are clad in green and red felt, with bells on our pointy slippers. But, alas! It is now January. This is 2010, the year we will finally make available the ever-so wonderful BUTTSKIRT. Formally titled the COREWARMER. this is a cashmere skirt made to fit over your pants, under your shirt. It is highly sexy because it accentuates your assets. It is also extremely functional because your organs stay warm. I have had mine for 5 years now and I figure it is time to share the goods. In Taos, they are available at Wild-Life. Abroad, out there in the real, non-skiing world, they are available by phone. Surely they will be featured in next year's catalog along with our sweater and a bunch of new surprises..... Ill see what sort of photos I can muster to attach here.

Powder Day

2009-12-09T20:09:00.000-08:00

I am not sure if it is good etiquette to announce that while you New Yorkers are keeping this Motor Running, I am cordially introducing the second of two powder days this ski season.

Further, I was also just on the phone with my mother who said, "Enough about your Noodle Knees, Get on that Blog and Blog, Darnedit!"

In the gale of powder and winter's mist were Skier Green and Skier Red. They were two Golightly Gaiter Geeks crusted in snow. They had warm breath and invigorated smiles. Upon mention of their cashmere phenomena, I said, thank you, "I am glad to be of service this powder day."

Meanwhile, back at Golightly headquarters, our shipper was happily sending stacks and stacks of warm cozies to happy heads the world over.

An all-around Good Day.

Seriously Superior

2009-11-14T06:43:00.000-08:00

This year we are advertising the SUPERIOR SOCKS. I shall wax positively on these morsels. These socks are hand-loomed of our finest 6ply cashmere. You simply wont find another pair of this quality anywhere. They wont get holes in the toes and heels because they are re-inforced with lycra. They are thick and super warm. I am wearing some right this moment and I'll tell you something, they make my coffee taste better. Try 'em, I promise you'll LOVE them.

2009-02-26T21:24:00.000-08:00

It is both pathetic and realistic that a Golightly blog hasn't been posted to this very worthwhile Bloggie Blog since November of '08. May I excuse Me. I am short-handed (Why did God stop at just two hands? Why not four?). It is busy here. For those of you reading this blog, Golightly Cashmere is operated from the Padre Martinez House on Padre Martinez Lane in Taos, New Mexico. We are just about 100 feet west of the Plaza in an historic and sprawling Hacienda. I am Haleigh. I live here and work here with my four-year-old son, Rohnin. The door to Golightly headquarters is frequented by a daily influx of Golightly contributors. In come: Michael, Tara, Ariel, Heidi, Anne, Lindsy, David, Luka, Eli, Canyon, Beth. We are knitters, designers, accountants, and kids. It is an excellent team of people.
It is approaching March. Compartively, We are mildly busy and we really wish the snow would keep falling. We are spoiled here, you must know, by one of the Worlds Greatest Ski Valley's. It is simply a Very Special mountain. I am attaching some pictures of the Hacienda and our Golightly Team for your personal curiousity and enjoyment. I hope to stay current with our Golightly doings (a new catalog was just uploaded , let us know if we can send you one!)

Gay Paris

2008-12-22T19:26:00.000-08:00

It is true, our hats lead far more interesting lives then we do. Vicariously we travel with them. It is December 22nd, the second to last day of shipping hats for the holidays. I pray everyone gets the Golightly they dreamed of. Go UPS, GO, GO!

Giving Thanks

2008-11-27T20:56:00.000-08:00

Announcing an official Thanksgiving snowfall in Northern New Mexico. I am feeling thanks for the quiet energy and happy mood it brings. The properties of snow are simply joyous. Tonight's good grace is light and fluffy with big, dry flakes. And not so cold. There were seven of us at today's Thanksgiving. A rotisserie turkey and lots of laughter. A good time was had by all.

Golightly and New York

2008-11-19T11:48:00.000-08:00

Golightly loves New York. It is the city that calls us the most and provides us daily inspiration for making hats. Indeed, three out of five people who ring into our Taos studio live there. Most of our NYC callers have seen our ad with the little hat illustration in the pages of The New Yorker. On the phone, we mentally note apartment locations in relation to our own favorite address, 215 West 88th Street, home to friends who graciously let us stay when we come to New York on cashmere business.

We visited there in March one year and were pleased at the bitter cold that punctuated our week in the city. On an especially cold day, we met with our advertising rep at The New Yorker. The timing was perfect as we just happened to be there as many workers, faces flushed with cold, returned to their desks after lunch. As we were introduced around, our suitcase of cashmere hats, scarves and arm warmers became the center of attention. After selling a few hats from our rep’s desk, we walked the halls and in less than an hour sold most of the contents of the suitcase. We also had an unexpected visit with the publisher, Louis Cona, whom everyone called Lou. He warmly invited us to conduct a more formal sales event for the people who work at The New Yorker as well as the entire Condè Nast building, which we did on another trip to NYC, and it was wonderful. Lou has a Golightly Cashmere Watch Cap in black.

New York is still calling, despite the deep freeze around its financial heart. And we're grateful. We’re thankful that our business of making and selling the finest cashmere hats in the world is recognized as worthy of New York's ever-discerning dollars. We are thankful we are known for quality above luxury, function above style, although all of those attributes are built into every Golightly product. Our thick warm hat will outlast a closet of the newest, most technologically-forward winter gear. And we're grateful the reason is so simple: there will never be a warmer, better fiber than cashmere. And never a better NYC winter hat than the Golightly Cashmere Watch Cap.

Thank you, New York. Talk to you soon!

Lellow

2008-07-17T16:40:00.000-07:00

The color Lellow, says Rohnin the 4-year-old, is this year's best. He is mine and his preference for Double L's is the star of my eye. How about a gold cape in cashmere for the little genius? Lellow it is in 2008.

Golovelily

2008-07-17T15:23:00.000-07:00

People often ask if the name Golightly is derived from a one Miss Holly Golightly of Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Surely, they say, the timeless Audrey is the inspiration here. Or is it the brilliant Capote? My answer is that “Golightly” is a slant toward the latter and a nod to the former but ultimately, a cheer for the cashmere goods we make and the company we are.
In naming ourselves, I was following the inspiration of the ever-so-odd but somehow perfect name, The Vermont Bird Company. But really, what does cashmere have to do with birds? I thought we should be more specific and descriptive and made numerous logos of the name, “Heavy Cashmere.” Somehow, though, (duh), it seemed too “heavy” a name. So, I thought of the most pleasing consonants and syllabic combinations known to language. I wanted a mantra worth remembering.
Arguably, I thought, Hallelujiah is a superior word. When your lips together with your breath move to pronounce Hal-le-lu-jiah, the exercise is naturally yogic, drawing from the lower diaphram to push the H’s and Ls out। Saying Hal-le-lu-jiah is actually good for your health. It clearly does not have the same reasonance or spiritual effect as, say, the word “doorknob.” I thought of the double l’ed words like Lilac, Lily, Lolly, Lovely, Likely, and, lastly: Lightly. Together with “Go,” the word “Golightly” assumes a sound and meaning worth something. So there we have it. Golightly Cashmere it is.

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