Fine hat making in Apulia since 1881

Today as in the nineteenth century. Hands and shears to cut, hands and steam to shape, hands and thread to sew. Hat making is manual skill and workshop tools. Of wood or metal, always the same and always different. It is pulling the felt, marking the straw, pressing the lining, choosing the ribbon. Repeated gestures, attentive eyes, hats that pile up. Every day in Apulia, from father to son, since 1881.