Haberdashery, 2026. Graphite and ink on paper,
approximately 6½ × 5 inches. Bill Hendricks.
I am going to BE A HAT CHECK GIRL!
Me too! I’m gonna go right to the top
I’m gonna be a hat check girl
At one of those East Side, high-class restaurants
Take your hat, sir! Take your coat, sir!
Take your vest, sir! Take your pants!
Take your socks, sir! Take your shoes, sir!
I can hold them while you dance
Take your eyes, sir! Take your ears, sir!
Check and see if you are free
How about it after hours, I’ll take you and you’ll take me!
From “There’s Gotta Be Something Better Than This”
Sweet Charity (1966)
Lyrics by Dorothy Fields
Music by Cy Coleman
Love the song. Love the musical.
A haberdashery needs a hat-check girl, no?
My drawing Haberdashery somehow brought out
the hat-check girl from Sweet Charity.
And come to think of it, my friends Eugene and Silvano
met at a coat check in New York.
Funny how these things connect.