The Team

Wendy - Designer/Owner - Wendy does all of the design work, most of the finishing work and all of the sales, but like most entrepreneurial makers, she does a little bit of everything.  She also occasionally makes music which you can find here.

Sarryn - Production Manager/Studio Assistant - Sarryn does most of the laying out of the wool, but as production manager also does a little bit of everything.  They also do energy work and Somatic Therapy which can be found here.

Rachelle - Studio Assistant/Model/Web & Social Manager - Rachelle does a lot of the felting and blocking of hats as well as modeling for photo shoots and keeping up with the websites.  She also does art, fashion and product modeling which you can find here.

The Studio

I built a new home studio during the pandemic!

You can visit me in my studio in Durham, North Carolina by appointment only.  My hours are erratic and I’m on the road a lot so check plenty ahead of time if you wanna come by.  

The Process

You can find out more about that here.

The History

My background is in costume and fashion design as well as performing arts. I studied theater at UNC-Charlotte and performing arts at The Naropa Institute. While I did study some fiber design and hat making in college, I am primarily self-taught for both felt and millinery. I started Miss Fitt & Co. in 1999 as a general design and performance production company and began specializing in hand-felted hats in 2003. From 2003 to 2006 I produced my designs almost exclusively wholesale and sold to stores such as the SF-MOMA, Henri Bendel and Le Bon Marche. In 2009, after a move back to North Carolina, I restructured Miss Fitt & Co. and began selling primarily through fine craft shows throughout the US. A desire to revisit my costume design roots led me to launch my second line Moss Fete which is sold at comic and pop culture events such as DragonCon, GenCon and New York ComicCon.

The Values

I strive to make a quality product at a reasonable price while providing my team with a living wage.  Not the easiest task when making a handmade product, but that has always been one of my core values.  We work really hard, but I try to make it as fun a workplace as possible.

At Miss Fitt/Moss Fete we value diversity, inclusiveness and equity.  I am constantly examining my own beliefs and actions to remove barriers to these values.  I will have participated in DEI training as of 06/2022 to further my personal education on this front and plan to put what I learn to more actionable use within the company.

I am committed to good environmental stewardship whenever I can.  I strive for energy efficiency and re-purposing of materials at all times.  I was raised in a waste-not-want-not environment and have brought those values to my business.

I strongly support the application of the scientific method and deductive reasoning in the pursuit of knowledge and truth.