Top Hat Imagewear is a family owned uniform business with four generations of Steinger members working there today. It began as a Mom and Pop shop founded in 1923 by Saul and Ann Steinger in Hempstead, New York. It originally specialized in tuxedo rentals and custom suits, manufactured right here in New York where they are still being produced today. Over more than 80 years in business, Top Hat has pioneered it’s way through the manufacturing and fashion industries; growing not only in size, but in our ability to uniform a wider variety of markets within the hospitality and entertainment industries.

Top Hat is headed by Alan Steinger, President and Creative Director of the company. At the age of 19, Alan took over the business and Top Hat began it’s transformation into the corporation that it is today. Alan began his journey with only a few uniform samples of his product on his back, roaming the streets of New York City, day after day, going door to door to iconic hotels such as The Plaza, the St. Regis, the Intercontinental, and the Grand Hyatt. It wasn’t long before word spread among the uniform industry of Top Hat’s quality, style and design.

We at Top Hat are extremely proud to have become a prominent uniform supplier in the hospitality and service industries. Today some of our designs can be seen at legendary U.S. hotels such as: The Pierre New York, The Hotel Del Coronado in California, the Greenbrier in West Virginia, The Ritz-Carlton South Beach, and the Halekulani Hotel in Hawaii, just to name a few. You can also see Top Hat custom uniforms internationally at prestigious resorts and retail establishments like: the One & Only Palmilla in Mexico, the Atlantis Resort & Casino in the Bahamas, the Regent Palms Turks and Caicos, and Cartier stores Worldwide. In addition, we uniform thousands of Hotel/Casino employees nationwide including: Mohegan Sun in Connecticut, the Borgata in Atlantic City, and MGM Grand, Caesar’s Palace, Mandalay Bay and the Hotel, and the Bellagio, all in Las Vegas.

Head designer Alan Steinger has personally collaborated with some of the biggest and most reputable names in the business. We are honored to have collaborated with Oscar winning costume designers such as Ann Roth and Albert Wolksy, celebrated fashion designer Zac Posen, and Restaurateurs such as Bobby Flay and Alain Ducasse. In addition, we have teamed up with restaurant moguls, Danny Meyer, Steven Starr, Jean-Georges, Wolfgang Puck and Gordon Ramsay to custom uniform their prestigious properties.

Other Top Hat achievements we are proud to be a part of: the Metropolitan Opera House and Broadway productions such as the Mambo Kings and the road cast of 42nd Street. Top Hat has also supplied custom uniforms to movie and television casts like the Sopranos, Sex and the City, The Last Holiday, and Maid in Manhattan.

We thank you for your interest in Top Hat Imagewear’s history! If you would like to hear more about our uniform programs or would like assistance with any of our products or services we offer, please call us at (212) 772-0047 or email us at customerservice@tophatimagewear.com. Thank you!