He lost his head!
On Wednesday Page Six reported that someone branzenly broke into a display case at the fancy St. Regis hotel in Aspen in broad daylight and swiped two hats, each worth about $2000.
Even more stunning, the perp has now come forward hat-in-hand and tail-between-legs.
It turns out, far from being a pro hat burglar, he was just very, very drunk. And now he’s hoping he can simply give the robbed toppers back and put the whole thing in the past.
After the thief’s face was plastered all over Page Six, we hear he made a call to Jayma Cardoso, whose chic club Snow Lodge is located in the hotel. (The one-of-a-kind Nick Fouquet toppers had been specially made for the spot’s collaboration with Caviar Kaspia.)
We hear the crook — who lives in Australia — is feeling ever so somber-ero after sobering up, and apologized to Cardoso for what we’ve dubbed the “Milliner-dollar Heist.”
A source tells us that the Mad Hatter explained to her team that he had drunk so much in the hotel bar that he had no idea he was committing a crime.
We’re told he has offered up a half-hatted solution. He wanted to return one hat, and pay for one hat, since he gave it to a girl.
One source was dumbfounded at the suggestion. “Why would they want a used hat back,” and noted that one can’t simply send back stolen goods as if you were returning it to a store for a refund.
The perplexing perp is also being asked to pony up for damaging the display, which was created by artists T. Hunter McCann and Benjamin Voutour and featured a mountain scene with a moving gondola lifting caviar tins.
Apparently when this was brought up, the uncultured crook asked: “You mean the paper?”
Still, it seems, he is mostly off the hook.
“I forgive him,” Cardoso told us. “But it’s simple: pay for the hats and the damages and we are good. The police have better things to do.”
“Nobody has time for this bullsh*t, including me,” Cardoso, who also runs Montauk’s popular Surf Lodge, said.
But all is not lost (except for that one hat).
One person coming to the rescue is Linda Fargo, the former director of women’s fashion and store presentation for Bergdorf’s.
A source tells us that Fargo has offered to help Snow Lodge redo the display.
Fargo, who made a number of famed window displays at the legendary store has a book of her best, “Dreams Through the Glass: Windows from Bergdorf Goodman.”
Fouquet’s hats are a favorite amongst celebrities including Bob Dylan, Madonna, Pharrell Williams, Justin Bieber and Jennifer Lopez.
