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I Made a Hat For Pet Parents Because Nothing Else Said Who I Actually Am

Dezaray has spent her career making things by hand as a tattoo artist specializing in pet portraits, and before that, a special effects makeup artist. She studies what makes someone's dog or cat unmistakably theirs and putting that likeness permanently on their skin. So when she looked at her own hat drawer, she saw race hats, work hats, and beer-brand hats, realizing nothing in it said anything true about her life. The creative in her didn't go looking for the right hat. She designed one.

The thing she actually built her days around, talked about more than her job, and loved more than almost anything? Her pets. Nowhere on her head.

The first version was rough — stiff fabric, a costume-y fit, gimmicky fonts. She wore it twice, then scrapped it, holding every redesign to the same eye she'd trained doing tattoos and SFX work: does this look intentional, or does it look like a costume? Would she actually wear it to the dog park in front of people she wants to think she has taste?

What came out the other side was Bark Lids: structured corduroy snapbacks for Dog Moms, Dog Dads, Cat Moms, and Cat Dads — built to survive morning walks and coffee runs, not just look good in a photo.

Design has always been how Dezaray connects with people — first through ink, now through hats. Bark Lids is what happens when that same instinct gets pointed at the thing she and everyone she knows won't shut up about: their pets.

Still run by a small crew of self-described "obsessed pet parents," Bark Lids ships four styles — Cat Daddy, Cat Mommy, Dog Daddy, Dog Mommy — to people done wearing hats that say nothing about them.

Wear your title loud. All bark, all bite.