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Sacred Reciprocity
We source only sustainable raw materials, engage our artisan partners in a way that is culturally sensitive and economically just, and maintain flexibility in our payment structures to make sure that our hats remain accessible to all people.
Artisan Partners
Showcasing the artistic traditions of different peoples around the world provides a fair economic market to sustain these vanishing crafts and connects our global community through the sharing of beauty.
Stewardship
The fibers for our felt hats are sourced from free-range sheep or reclaimed invasive Coypu. The dyes that color our hat bodies are from natural sources, never synthetic. We use soft llama leather for our sweat bands, which supports ancestral Andean llama herds, as opposed to the environmentally destructive raising of cattle.
Dream Your Own Custom Hat
Design a custom hat that is meaningful, intentional, and unique to you.
CURRENT COLLECTIONS
Our wool-felt hats are formed from dense felt body made of a unique combination of two complementary wool types: the first, free-range super soft Patagonian merino, and second, a heirloom Bolivian sheep's wool that is curly, hearty, and structured. Together they create a felt that’s breathable, comfortable, and keeps its shape over the years. We finish them with a llama leather sweatband and trimmings from our artisan partners all over the globe.
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Our fur-felt hats are made from sustainably reclaimed Coypu, an invasive relative of the beaver that shares it's excellent hat-making qualities. Coypu are trapped for environmental reasons to mitigate their detrimental effects on swamplands and marshes. Rather than let their pelts go to waste, we reclaim their fur to create lasting-quality and sustainable hat felts. Our Coypu hats are multi-generational masterpieces that will stand up to the elements and the test of time.
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Our straw hats are formed of either hearty Mexican Palm straw or featherweight Toquilla straw from Ecuador. The palm straw is braided and then sewn for breathable yet super durable wide-brimmed hats. We work directly with Ecuadorian weavers to create beautiful, lightweight Panama Hats that are finished in our Berkeley studio. Perfect for the hotter days, these straw hats are breathable, lightweight, and offer excellent protection from the sun.
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This collection of hats is born through collaboration and partnership. Dreaming and working with visionary artists and aligned craftspeople, beautiful hats are born. Each is one-of-a-kind and made with love. Through these collaborations, we offer our hats as canvases for artistic expression, to carry forth unique visions and beauty into the world.
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