Business
BY DUSTIN BUTLER
Along with slogans, Inappropriate Trucker Hats can also create hats with images of pets.
Inappropriate Trucker Hats owner Bekah Hardick said she and her sta can create custom hats with images of pets or personalized slogans in a manner of minutes.
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Inappropriate Trucker Hats brings humor to Prosper
Inappropriate Trucker Hats sells a number of hats with pre-printed or personalized slogans.
about six months in the plant shop, Hardick moved the business to its current location, where it was expanded twice. She got the idea for business while working as a bartender in Key West, Florida. She would often wear funny hats she found that belonged to her grandfather and people would often o er to buy the hat o her head. “That’s what kind of put the bug in my ear,” Hardick said. “Years later, I saw some band making hats with a heat press.” She decided to buy a heat press and started making trucker hats and eventually moved to Prosper, where she set up shop. What they o er Along with pre-printed hats, Hardick and her sta will create personalized hats with pet pictures or slogans, which takes about three minutes to make. “We have rules though,” Hardick said. “We don’t do celebrity likeness or copyrighted [material].” The business also sells T-shirts, novelty gifts and other items. Lastly, every April, the business holds an anniversary party. “We have lots of vendors, good music and food trucks,” Hardick said. “It’s a lot of fun.”
A passion for music and sense of humor led Bekah Hardick to open Prosper-based Inappropri- ate Truck Hats. Originally, Hardick sold under the name Uncle Bekah’s Hats. She later changed the name after creating a sign for an event reading “inappro- priate” trucker hats sold here and decided that Inappropriate Trucker Hats would draw more attention to her business. The details The business, which rst opened in 2017, sells “Inappropriate trucker hats” as the name implies, Hardick said. The business has over 600 sayings and slogans printed on their hats. “We also travel around to di erent music festivals and stu and sell hats there,” Hardick said. “We take our press with us so we can make hats on the spot.” Hardick called music festivals the business’ “bread and butter.” They sell at other events as well including private events. “I did a funeral once,” Hardick said. What else? Hardick said when she rst opened Inappropri- ate Trucker Hats, it was located inside Famous in Oregon, but it quickly outgrew the space. After
The trucker hats come in a variety of colors and can be customized for each patron.
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