Pillbox, Circle Hat & Hats made of Wool - Vintage Hat Fashion in an Elegant Retro Look

 

FEEL LIKE JACKIE K. WITH THE HANDMADE PILLBOX HAT

With our pillbox hats we usually do without elaborate decorations, they are kept rather simple. The only decoration we use is a floral decoration on the side made of fabric flowers or a small bow. The hat is worn on the side or back of the head. It is fastened with a hair comb, and to hold it in place in wind and weather, we add a hair band that does a trick to help the hat sit even more invisibly. In the 50s and 60s, the pillbox could be seen almost daily on the covers of fashion magazines. Either as part of a fashion show or through its most famous wearer: Jackie Kennedy. The wife of the then US President John F. Kennedy was considered one of the best-dressed women in the world. The First Lady wore a medium-sized version of the hat on the back of her head.

 

Round hat made of fabric - Circle Hat

It is a round little hat, it is worn on the side or back of the head. Its rubber shape is flexible. Depending on the model, we cover the hats with different fabrics such as velvet and cotton and also decorate them with flowers from our own production.

The Circle Hat dates back to the 40s. As the name suggests, the Circle Hat is a round hat. The special name Velveteen describes the velvet-like material which, as an achievement of industrialisation at that time, was not made of cotton but of synthetic fibre.  This hat was particularly popular in England and the USA.

 

SMALL WOOLEN HAT 

Our Small Woolen Hats, which come very close to the shape of a boater hat, get their stable shape from a base made of rubber. They are covered with high-quality whale loden (no felt!) from Italy. Crocodile clips on the underside are used for fastening. This gives the hat a perfect and invisible hold.