Lavonna “Shorty” Koger is an Oklahoma native with over 40 years of experience in restoration, fitting, sewing, and design of cowboy hats. A former rodeo contestant, she is now one of today’s leading industry hatters. She started Shorty’s Caboy Hattery in 1990 in the historic Stockyards City, OK; one of the few entirely woman-owned and operated custom hatteries in the United States. Shorty’s hats remain world-famous and are sought-after for their attention to detail, intricate sewing process, and signature beaver fur and beaver fur blends. Shorty also helped found Rein in Cancer, a nonprofit that raises money to fund cancer treatments and care for patients, and contributes to the Shirley Bowman wing at the OU Cancer Institute in Oklahoma City.
