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chinese characters Liza Yu Chen's Picture   about the artist

Talented New York City-based artist Liza Yu Chen is internationally-renowned for her uniquely stylish hats.Inspired by the ancient secrets of Feng Shui, each design draws upon the elements of nature.

And since these are Limited Edition hats, each design is one of
a kind and are not duplicated for mass distribution. She also owns and operates an Asian specialty shop named Spring Gallery in beautiful and historic Greenwich Village within the heart of downtown Manhattan.


liza yu chen in the spotlight

Funky Ski Hats in New York City. By: Karen Little. Dated: 31 July 2003.

"...Liza Yu Chen is very well known for her fashion design and her one-of-a-kind hand-made ski-hats and knit-wear. Each hat forms soft, Chinese calligraphy. Wear them in happiness and prsoperity and good health! Best, if you are lucky enough to meet Ms. Chen in her shop, she might spontaneously tell you your future based on a component in your name, plus some other symbol such as why you selected a specific hat."

Bob Dylan's New York. By: Francis Lewis. Dated: December 2006.

"The Gaslight was next door at 116 MacDougal: 'It was a club I wanted to play," he [Bob Dylan] writes. Today, the Gaslight is Spring Gallery home to Liza Yu Chen, better known as New York's Hat Lady. Chen's exotic one-of-a-kind and hand-knit chapeaux are shaped like teakettles, lobsters, dogs, temples...whatever strikes her fancy.

Meet New York's Famous Hat Lady. By: Rene DeFranco. Dated: 8 September 2007.

"Although Chen is not actually "famous" by popular culture's standards, she could very well be one of the most creative and interesting hat designers in the city. Inside Spring Gallery, more than 100 unique, hand-knit, Feng Shui-inspired ski hats are displayed on shelves on the wall. Some of these hats are decidedly weird. Among Chen's collection is a hat with two birds that sit perched on pip cleaners..."

New Yorker of the Week: Liza Yu Chen. By: Rene DeFranco. Dated: 26 August 2006.

"Only those who discover Spring Gallery, a small [shop] across from Off The Wagn with a sign on its door saying 'The Hat Lady, N.Y.C.', get to meet her. [She is a 5] foot tall Chinese woman in her early 70s....She's usually smiling, passing out business cards [which say] 'Liza Yu Chen, Famous Hat Designer'."

Lisa et ses chapeaux Magiques By: Michal Neeman. Dated: 16 September 2007.

Abstract: Michal Neeman is commenting on Liza Yu Chen's unique, quirky, Feng Shui-inspired ski-hats. He states that Liza Yu Chen's hats vary from resembling birds, dinosaurs, and more with exotic plants, animals, and colors.