Hat workshop

Our production concentrates on hand-finishing, machines are only used for support.

Felt cone

Starting point for felt hat production is a fur felt cone, a compactly felted cone-shaped fabric.

Stiffening:

In order to make the hat stable and weather resistant, the felt cone is soaked in a stiffening solution (a starch based liquid) and then wrung out.

Stiffening:

In order to make the hat stable and weather resistant, the felt cone is soaked in a stiffening solution (a starch based liquid) and then wrung out.

Hat mould

Hat-maker Mr Petrovic prepares the hat mould.

Steaming and turning:

The damp felt cone is steamed under a bell in order to become stretchable and mouldable. It is removed from the seaming bell and stretched while still hot. This is necessary in order to shape the hood afterwards.

Steaming and turning:

The damp felt cone is steamed under a bell in order to become stretchable and mouldable. It is removed from the seaming bell and stretched while still hot. This is necessary in order to shape the hood afterwards.

Steaming and turning:

The damp felt cone is steamed under a bell in order to become stretchable and mouldable. It is removed from the seaming bell and stretched while still hot. This is necessary in order to shape the hood afterwards.

Steaming and turning:

The damp felt cone is steamed under a bell in order to become stretchable and mouldable. It is removed from the seaming bell and stretched while still hot. This is necessary in order to shape the hood afterwards.

Blocking (moulding):

The still hot and stretched felt hood is pulled onto a hat block and fixed tightly.

Blocking (moulding):

The still hot and stretched felt hood is pulled onto a hat block and fixed tightly.

Blocking (moulding):

The still hot and stretched felt hood is pulled onto a hat block and fixed tightly.

Blocking (moulding):

The still hot and stretched felt hood is pulled onto a hat block and fixed tightly.

Drying:

The felt hood fixed onto the wooden block is now dried in a special oven at 70°C for approx. 2-3 hours. The hat is now completed in its raw state.

Drying:

The felt hood fixed onto the wooden block is now dried in a special oven at 70°C for approx. 2-3 hours. The hat is now completed in its raw state.

Drying:

The felt hood fixed onto the wooden block is now dried in a special oven at 70°C for approx. 2-3 hours. The hat is now completed in its raw state.

Drying:

The felt hood fixed onto the wooden block is now dried in a special oven at 70°C for approx. 2-3 hours. The hat is now completed in its raw state.

Finishing:

Finishing refers to the surface treatment of the shaped hat. This is particularly important, as the texture of the material and the optical impression of the hat depend on the care taken during this stage. In detail the hats are brushed, ironed, steamed and dried.

Finishing:

Finishing refers to the surface treatment of the shaped hat. This is particularly important, as the texture of the material and the optical impression of the hat depend on the care taken during this stage. In detail the hats are brushed, ironed, steamed and dried.

Finishing:

Finishing refers to the surface treatment of the shaped hat. This is particularly important, as the texture of the material and the optical impression of the hat depend on the care taken during this stage. In detail the hats are brushed, ironed, steamed and dried.

Finishing:

Finishing refers to the surface treatment of the shaped hat. This is particularly important, as the texture of the material and the optical impression of the hat depend on the care taken during this stage. In detail the hats are brushed, ironed, steamed and dried.

Millinery:

The blocked and sanded hat now moves on to the millinery department. Here it receives its final polish.

Millinery:

The blocked and sanded hat now moves on to the millinery department. Here it receives its final polish.