Alice and John started Hatley over twenty years ago in the village of North Hatley, Canada. Alice was a painter and also owned a gift shop. Her husband John took some of her most popular designs and created a line of aprons which then expanded to gifts and clothing. When Alice and John retired, their three sons took over and further expanded the business. Hatley designs are now sold around the world, and the three boys continue to ensure that Hatley stands for the same principles on which it started: family, good design, quality and of course, loads of laughs.