About Us
The Staff
Oscar B. Hult: Owner/Haberdasher
A native Oregonian, Oscar has lived and worked in Downtown Albany since 1986, moving here to take a position at the Downtown Sears store. Oscar has been involved in numerous community and historic preservation organizations and has sometimes been called an Albany Historian. A self-described men’s clothing aficionado, he enjoys reading about the history of menswear, and looking at historic clothing. Oscar can be found wearing hats, suits or tuxedos any time he can. In Albany, he is known to many simply as the guy in the hat.
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Tamalynne Hult: Owner/Proprietress
Tamalynne (also a native Oregonian) has a background in art and is the go-to color expert at The Natty Dresser. Her customer service ethic was honed in her years as a sales clerk at Emma Downtown, the fashionable women’s boutique that is just across the street from The Natty Dresser’s original location. She is quite adept at helping customers with their men’s clothing choices from casual to tuxedos.
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Ronnie Gribble: Manager/Haberdasherette
Ronnie joined team Natty as a very part time greeter at our various open house events that has worked into a full-time position as the person who makes sure that The Natty Dresser runs well. As manager, her role is to make sure that there are the right people doing the right thing to make it possible to give our customers top notch customer service. Her background in cosmetics, helps her choose the right colors for your skin tone. Originally from Montana, when she isn’t at The Natty Dresser, she keeps busy with family. She and her husband Steve live in Lebanon and enjoy being with their grandchildren.
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Michelle Belikoff: Haberdasherette
Michelle was born in Portland, Oregon and grew up in Los Angeles. She married her husband Mark in 1985, and spent 32 years homeschooling their 6 children. Prior to working at the Natty dresser she was a barista, for 7 years. Michelle is always willing and able to help customers who are looking for personal attention.
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Kelly Sheilds: Haberdasherette
Kelly and her husband Gabriel have a son and live in North Albany. Kelly majored in Chemistry and Apparel Design. She and her husband own their own business coaching company: Benu Creative, with a focus on branding and marketing. They work with clients to help them find their brand identity and put it together visually.
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James Pallatin: Assistant Haberdasher
James was born and raised in Folsom California. He moved to the Oregon Coast in 2017, to be closer to his parents, and soon found himself in the Willamette Valley. Even before coming to work at The Natty Dresser James had an avid interest in classic menswear. He enjoys combing thrift and antique stores for vintage pieces that he can use in his wardrobe. Learning some basic tailoring along the way.
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Teresa Hosack: Haberdasherette
Teresa grew up in the Scio, Oregon area, and lives on a small homestead in Lebanon.
She and her husband Keith were married in 1996, and have two grown sons and five grandchildren. Away from The Natty Dresser she loves to spend time with family, and working with horses and puttering in the flower garden. She has worked for many years in retail and customer service. She loves being able to help people find the items that they want and need.
Laura Pennington: Haberdasherette
Laura was raised in Oregon where she has always enjoyed a tight-knit connection with her family. Her grandmother taught her to sew from an early age, and nowadays she fills up her spare time by designing dresses and helping her father with small alterations. She started working “behind-the-scenes” at the Natty Dresser, cleaning up and making sure everything was organized. As a sales associate, that desire for organization fuels her resolve to give every customer the perfection they are looking for.
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RETURNING MENSWEAR TO MAIN STREET BUILDING AN AUTHENTIC OLD-SCHOOL HABERDASHERY
Located at 124 Broadalbin St. SW, The Natty Dresser is the largest independent menswear shop in Oregon. Established in 2014, our old-school haberdashery has an ever-changing assortment of men’s clothing from casual to business attire; from hats to shoes, and everything in between. Services include a Shoe Shine Stand, Tuxedo and Suit Rentals, Custom Suits and Custom Shirts as well as, Alterations for men or women whether you purchased here or not.
The Natty Dresser is located in the heart of Albany’s Downtown Historic District. Our brands include; Hart Shaffner Marx, Pendleton, Filson, Stetson, Mizzen + Main, Kahala and Jack Victor to name a few. We serve the greater Albany Area including Corvallis, Lebanon, Salem and Eugene! Dress Well, Be Confident, Find Success!
In January of 2014, the Hult’s were looking at starting their own business in their hometown of Albany, Oregon. Oscar had been working as the Executive Director of the Albany Downtown Association, the entity that oversees the local MainStreet program. They had a short list of business ideas that they were convinced Albany needed; a toy store, an ice-cream/candy shop, and a haberdashery. Some thought went into each of those ideas, and decided that toy stores were being driven the way of the dodo by the internet, and that they would have to sell a LOT of candy to make the rent.
The census told the amount of money people spent on menswear in Albany, did not match the reported sales of menswear in Albany. Showing that people were going out of town to buy men’s clothing.
After deciding the course, they then started envisioning what their haberdashery should look, smell and sound like. Starting with a storefront that had been vacant for over 5 years and through a lot of blood sweat and tears they peeled back layers of previous remuddling’s and transformed the space into a shop that felt like stepping into the classic era of menswear. The Natty Dresser was born!
The business was blessed to have the support of The Albany Downtown Association, the Oregon MainStreet Program, and the Visitor’s Association. Working with the landlord and the city’s Landmarks Commission they added awnings and restored the tile entryway, these efforts won State and local awards for the renovations. Fast forward six years and The Natty Dresser had outgrown that first location. The pandemic of 2020 was the perfect time to purchase the nearby S.E. Young & Son Department Store Building. Signing papers in May 2020, and after extensive renovations the façade of the building was returned to its 1912 look. The interior was also renovated, and missing stained glass was replaced by new windows that were made with glass from the same factory as the originals. Under the restored 1936 ceiling fans and giant pendant lights, custom built counters and paneled columns make the shop feel like a department store of the 1930s or 40s (once again winning both state and local awards for the renovations). Customers helped move the shop from the old location into the new by parading racks of clothing through downtown. With God’s help the shop was able to open just in time for the 2020 Christmas season. Customers love the new old-fashioned haberdashery.
The Natty Dresser is now a regional draw that brings customers to Albany from all over Oregon, to step back in time, and experience shopping for quality menswear in a space that feels like it has been a part of the community for over a century. From here we help people in their personal journey to dress well, be confident, and find success!
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