How $2,500 Fedora Hats Are Made | Big Business

How $2,500 Fedora Hats Are Made | Big Business | Insider Business

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The Italian hat brand Borsalino has been making their iconic fedoras the same way for over 100 years. Today, other hat brands are gaining popularity by selling hats to communities that still buy them, like Hasidic Jews.
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0:57 Borsalino's ancient hat-making techniques
5:46 How Hasidic Jews are helping fedoras stay popular
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How Italian Craftsmen Make Hats That Sell For Up To $2,500 | Big Business | Insider Business

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@asherm3004 Жыл бұрын

I've been wearing a Borsalino hat for 25 years. Never before seen this footage. Fascinating!

@nicolas4377 Жыл бұрын

How many catanas do you own?

@ph0t0sh0pmast3r Жыл бұрын

I first started my custom hat shop in downtown Lexington, KY about a year and a half ago. I started making hats 3 years ago and in that time I’ve seen practically a renaissance happening in the custom hat market. It’s wonderful.

@stephanieyee9784 Жыл бұрын

Good on you.

@lisathomas1622 Жыл бұрын

Do you sell online? What’s your shop name?

@spritemon98 Жыл бұрын

What kinda hats you make?

@cynthiahawkins2389 Жыл бұрын

I make tiny hats, as a novelty. And now I am doing my first 'Borsalino'...I have a length of grey felt on the table. The finished hat will be 3 1/2" across, brim to brim....This is my inspiration. Thank you!!!

@AnotherWittyUsername. Жыл бұрын

The Italians are true magicians. They can pull a hat out of a rabbit.

@ElysetheEevee Жыл бұрын

Best comment so far.

@mr.midnight1078 11 ай бұрын

@@ElysetheEevee without a doubt

@inspectorgadget346 7 ай бұрын

7 months old but way underrated comment.

@SKF358 3 ай бұрын

That's very good 😊

@nerd26373 Жыл бұрын

This is a mesmerizing process overall. Seems like factory workers should be given more credit.

@pieceofshitzu2 Жыл бұрын

I bet all the redditors are gonna love this video

@nicolas4377 Жыл бұрын

*reddit mods

@adyaaa Жыл бұрын

What's the lore between hats and redditors?

@justanicecreamsammich3071 Жыл бұрын

@@adyaaa one of them has a purpose

@clandeszipp4564 Жыл бұрын

@kingofclubs5232 Жыл бұрын

The worst part is that they wear trilbies and call them fedoras.

@stephanieyee9784 Жыл бұрын

It's great to see that two hat makers are doing great business with top quality products. The level of after care of the hats is admirable too.

@gennaterra Жыл бұрын

There's nothing like a Borsalino... I've even inherited my dad's... it even has a great re-sale market. The older they are, the better they become. That's quality and luxury !!

@Liusila 11 ай бұрын

I imagine only the original design will stay valuable though - looking at the “modern” women’s hats they don’t seem too sturdy.

@1911FanBoi 7 ай бұрын

There is no resale market. I will offer you $100. That’s what they are worth. Now is $100 worth it for you to get rid of your dad’s hat.

@rhondahuggins9542 Жыл бұрын

First time I've heard logical reason for hats falling out of men's fashion. Makes sense...I do love structured hats and wish that they could come back into fashion for everyday use. Great video!!

@HobbyOrganist Жыл бұрын

It sounds ridiculous, since the hats worn in the army/military were NOTHING like a fedora etc., I dont believe that was the reason, no, my father wore a fedora when I was a kid in the 60s, but see, back then everyone dressed up- he wore polished shoes, trousers, white shirt, suit and tie, so a hat completed that wardrobe. Women all wore dresses or skirts, high heels, blouse, and a hat, often even white gloves if they were going more formal, and purse. After that era women stopped dressing like that and started wearing men's jeans, the purse, hat and gloves you see in old 1950s movies went away, same was true of men, they mostly stopped wearing polished black shoes (dad had a shoe shine machine and used to wax/polish his shoes before going to work) and suits/ties/hats also went away other than suits that "executive" types wore in the office, at the bank and in business- the business suit, but even that's been fading off too, they call that thing a BLAZER for a reason- in 90 degree temps with 90% humidity you BLAZE!!! the blazer helps you BLAZE lol!!!

@theotherohlourdespadua1131 Жыл бұрын

Just wear a hat. I wore these sorts of hats despite being born in 1995 and NONE of my family and firends wore anything else other than that baseball cap style caps. It helps I got mine from second hand stores so I got into hats on the cheap...

@Saml01 Жыл бұрын

The real reason hats went out of style was because during ww2 all manner of production was redirected to the war effort. That included hats. Since there were no hats, hair products were developed. After hair products came fancy hair styles and after that, no one, especially women, wanted to wear a hat. However, hats are definitely experienceing a resurgence in popularity.

@drwisdom1 Жыл бұрын

Actually, hats mainly fell out of favor due to changing transportation methods. Before WWII only wealthy people owned vehicles. Everybody else took public transportation, like trolleys, or they walked. That required them to spend time outside so they used hats to protect from the Sun and rain. After WWII we repurposed making military equipment into making vehicles, which everybody bought. That reduced the need and usage of hats. Then JFK shunned hats and a lot of men stopped wearing them.

@captainhomie6156 Жыл бұрын

"M'lady, would you be interested in undergoing romantic endeavours with me in my most utmost fashionable factory?"

@TippyHippy Жыл бұрын

l put my hamster in a sock and slammed it against the furniture.

@kittykooky Жыл бұрын

Beautiful craftsmanship, the saying " As mad as a hatter" comes from the chemicals that were used many years ago to make hats, they caused tremors and nervous symptoms to the hat makers, where I live in Manchester England, there is a hat museum which is very informative and interesting. 💐

@ph0t0sh0pmast3r Жыл бұрын

As a hat maker I’d love to go see that museum. Here in the states we had the Danbury shakes from the hatting industry in Danbury, CT. Eventually we passed legislation banning the use of mercury in the felt manufacturing.

@kittykooky Жыл бұрын

Type in "Hat works museum, Stockport UK" there are a few KZfaq pages on it.. Enjoy !!

@maxrebo8455 Жыл бұрын

I read that Luton was also a centre of British hat making once too. I’m trying my best to wear Irish and British made wool flat caps, genuine toquilla Panamas from Ecuador and Australia’s own rabbit felt hats from Akubra.

@guylewis7418 9 ай бұрын

@@maxrebo8455I think Akubra makes a fantastic hat! You can’t beat for the value.

@eddyp483 Жыл бұрын

Thought of a good tagline: "From rabbit to rabbi" I'll take 12% in future sales. Thank you

@AnotherWittyUsername. Жыл бұрын

The Italians are true magicians. They can pull a hat out of a rabbit.

@johnofmalta Жыл бұрын

Ole boy from JJ Hat Center brought me here. Hats and guitars! JoM

@Vishakha_B897 Жыл бұрын

"M'Lady!" 🤠

@Desire123ification Жыл бұрын

Outstanding!✨💯

@elluisito000 Жыл бұрын

I take my hat off to all these very hard-working people 😊

@arihantkanan9072 Жыл бұрын

Dont ..they'll go out of business

@ericcarabetta1161 Жыл бұрын

So, felt is basically like "hair paper", that they can form into any shape.

@3coins. Жыл бұрын

This hat compliments the outfit and women also love the hat 🎩

@donahunt832 Жыл бұрын

Great back story! love it and i LOVE hats 🥰

@talpark8796 Жыл бұрын

I'd no more leave my house w/o a hat, than I'd wear trousers w/o a belt or braces. My western felt hats are 'Smithbilt' (Calgary🇨🇦).

@reshi4597 Жыл бұрын

Oooh Borsalino from my city ❤️ how many memories!

@Balu-420 Жыл бұрын

Great❤

@dickriggles942 Жыл бұрын

Reddit loving this.

@rekire___ Жыл бұрын

_M' L A D Y_

@ISLAMHAZEM-ev2is Жыл бұрын

This is amazing

@mottyk8491 Жыл бұрын

Fedoras are cool and classy, I have been a borselino customer for about twenty-five years now

@TomsGotPowers Жыл бұрын

M'lady.

@Gg-ij7li Жыл бұрын

Jesus loves you and wants to set you free from any bondages in your life! Call upon His name and He will save you! Believe in His death and resurrection and accept Him as your Lord and Saviour and be saved and abandon your sins and turn to Him! Have an amazing day❤️❤️😊

@DCUOxDestro Жыл бұрын

Beat me to it 😂😂😂

@makemoney7606 Жыл бұрын

That's amazing

@SKF358 3 ай бұрын

Both amazing and charming.

@HobbyOrganist Жыл бұрын

I had a "Boss of the plains" hat by Stetson with a flat brim, but it was lost in a workplace fire almost 2 years ago, and that model isnt available any more, plus the prices on Stetson hats has gone WAY up. I found a similar one elsewhere, not as good but ok for everyday use

@FarrellSr 10 ай бұрын

Where did you find a suitable one to use? I been looking for good one as I am wanting to get a Boss of the plains as well

@deliciousfoodranger Жыл бұрын

Good journey and good processing

@jrobbin24 Жыл бұрын

Baseball hats and cars with roofs on top of style changes killed the fedora industry

@stephanieyee9784 Жыл бұрын

Baseball caps and truckers hats are a blight on fashion.

@Life_42 Жыл бұрын

Coincidence! Started looking for a hat yesterday!

@PaolaBarrientos Жыл бұрын

I love wearing hats. Many of the hats I saw in this video I will buy it in an instant no doubt.

@stephanieyee9784 Жыл бұрын

I don't have a hat wearing head. I wear them in the sun but not as an everyday accessory. My sister wears hats a lot though.

@lilcrazymiami8306 Жыл бұрын

Respect for all 🙏🏾

@Gg-ij7li Жыл бұрын

@didado8443 Жыл бұрын

Kizaru produces Fedoras?

@curiouslyt2123 10 ай бұрын

No one mentioned Michael Jackson as a famous hat wearer. I mean, like the bejeweled glove, hat was apart of his most iconic music videos and choreography!!!

@jrobbin24 Жыл бұрын

We need more things like this in America

@saqibhussain9795 4 ай бұрын

I thought Rabbit used to come out of a Hat, never knew its the other way around.

@generation3349 Жыл бұрын

Nice

@yossisaks5831 Жыл бұрын

Love my Bellissimo hats. The quality is excellent and their customer service is top notch!

@stoundingresults Жыл бұрын

5:43 why are they mad at me?

@thaisrmenezes1813 Жыл бұрын

I want one of each brand!

@lifevest1 Жыл бұрын

“Ma Lady” Manufacturing Group.

@MrPhilWong Жыл бұрын

The part where Bellissimo got a line of Jewish rabbis out the door by offering $100 discounts on their hats...way to perpetuate the stereotype, guys...😂

@RenegadeRanga Жыл бұрын

Akubra make rabbit fur hats but at 10% of the price.

@guylewis7418 9 ай бұрын

And fantastic hats they are!

@Danthehorse 6 ай бұрын

I read recently that they had stopped making their own felt, is that true?

@OneMotivation398 Жыл бұрын

Good

@MLove-777 Жыл бұрын

These are "Beautiful" hats made of great quality & tradition...✨💛✨

@shamrock4500 Жыл бұрын

My Grandfather always wore a Fedora, but wore a Trilby around the farm.

@hesmycat Жыл бұрын

M'laaaady

@probablypossible8130 3 ай бұрын

Ive been working on my own hat concept for ages, but here in New Zealand, nobody want to work together to make them relevant

@sasa-dv7zz Жыл бұрын

luxury means quality. Many luxury brands sliding away from this and instead clinging on popularity.

@MGX5683 Жыл бұрын

Even I want to wear it but can’t afford it 😂

@justayoutuber1906 4 ай бұрын

GEORGE CARLIN: "You ever notice that any time you see two groups of people who really hate each other, chances are good they're wearing different kind of hats. Keep an eye on that, it might be important."

@hydroaegis6658 Жыл бұрын

There are only so many hat styles and even less that look good for your head size and face shape. That didn't pair well with the increase in individualism.

@jimmyaber5920 2 ай бұрын

$2500 hats would be beaver with mink or chinchilla fur mixed. Rabbit fur is priced far less and the sweatband, inside liner, and crown trim band are lesser grade materials.

@lisathomas1622 Жыл бұрын

I wear a fedora. I have a collection. Wear them folks, I get tons of compliments. I also wear South American wool ponchos and big sheepskin boots. Long skirts… yeah ok, I’m a hippy. 😂

@CharliMorganMusic Жыл бұрын

More people would wear their hats if they didn't cost more than a month's pay for a lot of people. Like, yeah, no shit: machines make things cheaper. If I can get a hat that's 80% as good for 20% the price, I'll do that, thanks.

@drwisdom1 Жыл бұрын

Forget the price, compared to vintage hats most modern hats use inferior materials and aren't styled as nice. You can't expect the price of hats made from animal fur to get cheaper because you have more efficient machine to process it. To lower the raw material cost you would need to find a synthetic substitute for animal hair.

@Mocktailmetal Жыл бұрын

Question: How rabbit hairs are collected by Borsolino fedora maker? By killing them or just the way humans collct hair from sheeps?

@guylewis7418 9 ай бұрын

In Europe they eat a lot of rabbits, so the fur is a byproduct of that industry.

@mottopanukeiku7406 2 ай бұрын

That would be a bunch of very chilly and ugly bunnies running around. 😊 Meat production is correct. Probably using the whole animal for leather, meat, fur, etc.

@OWK000 Жыл бұрын

I always thought it was sun glasses and sun screen that ended hats.

@Nobody7011-i6h 2 ай бұрын

I really really love hat making, i want to start one here in Africa, particularly in Nigeria but i seriously don't know how to Even though most people here don't necessarily wear fedora hats, there is limitlless opportunities for inclusions

@Moelester692 Жыл бұрын

Lol 100 dollars off , everyone must of lost it at that convention hahahaha

@geraldmcneal7110 11 ай бұрын

Borsalino fedora hat issue is most of hats are all black its impossible to get day a gray or Charcoal gray, tan and to add they seem to focus on small brim hats I did just purchased a 3 inches brim hat from them and it amazing but it's black. But almost did not see it due to pages and pages of 2 to 2.5 inches brim

@Bullish_Fever_Official Жыл бұрын

this hats is word famous and i use too

@misterhat5823 Жыл бұрын

Abby ❤

@lutomson3496 Жыл бұрын

to bad there is no Beaver hats like Stetson does with their higher grade hats which repel water, and are more resistent to staines and abuse

@jpavlvs 6 ай бұрын

Are all the hats bashed at the factory? I want open crowned hats.

@Minecraft-ue7ux 9 ай бұрын

I have a Borsalino Limited Edition Blue hat, it's limited to 1000 pieces and I got number 3/1000

@justdashie1132 Жыл бұрын

Discord mod hats

@jaket2k927 Жыл бұрын

ACKSCHULLY!

@farinshore8900 Жыл бұрын

Hats are still commonly worn. Just because you don't like the style of hat people wear, doesn't mean they are not wearing a hat.

@matero4life2019 Жыл бұрын

I was raised chabad ❤ I saw them every day. You should do one on la rubia Yerba matè it’s a luxury Yerba matè I’d love to see a video on it 🎉

@KSCasareo Жыл бұрын

M’lady

@Fenderak Жыл бұрын

I wish I lived in a time when wearing a hat was socially acceptable

@R32R38 Жыл бұрын

A common but incorrect belief is that sales of men's hats in the US dropped off after JFK went bareheaded in his January 1961 inauguration. Leaving aside that he actually wore a hat for much of the ceremony, hat sales had been declining since 1937.

@bellissimohats2786 Жыл бұрын

That’s so interesting. Thanks for sharing.

@shortnotice352 9 ай бұрын

I'd pay that if they were entirely made by hand. Instead, without machines, they wouldn't exist. It's not made by 1 or 2 people. It changes hands on an assembly line.

@ahotdj07 Жыл бұрын

@1:30 oh he’s a cutie. ❤

@spritemon98 Жыл бұрын

I like wearing my hat

@trader2137 Жыл бұрын

handmade doesnt mean luxury

@tallulahbeaverhausen4382 3 ай бұрын

Johnny Depp, Hasidic Jews and... RAYMOND REDDINGTON !

@NavajoNinja Жыл бұрын

Just thought of the dead rabbits gang from, gangs of new york.

@matthewfink1420 Жыл бұрын

A worker carefully peals the fragile hat off the cone 10 sec later that thing is going through a wood chipper

@fireaza Жыл бұрын

**NECKBEARDS WANT TO KNOW YOUR LOCATION**

@HorizonWoolhat 7 ай бұрын

Merino wool hats are ten dollars each. Will anyone need them?

@user-hx6hv4sg6p 4 ай бұрын

The lubvitchers are crazy They think the rabbi is still alive😂

@Tom_Samad Жыл бұрын

I wonder if this company has some kind of secret deal with the Men in Black? 🤔

@alejandroalartiz9451 10 ай бұрын

But is not better the beaver fur than rabbit fur for a fedora?

@mottopanukeiku7406 2 ай бұрын

Yes, but it is much more expensive to use beaver.

@clayton3518 Жыл бұрын

ah, so it where the fedora os came from

@duffman2201 Жыл бұрын

If something can be craft we italians bring that craftmanship to the peak

@LambentOrt Жыл бұрын

The Jewish dudes with the fedoras look like grown up hipsters. 😅

@mottopanukeiku7406 2 ай бұрын

They kinda look like the Blues Brothers. It is a pretty cool look.

@sfacets Жыл бұрын

The company could afford to pay engineers to create new machinery. It's difficult to feel bad about a company selling hats for $2,500.

@guylewis7418 9 ай бұрын

Most of them are a lot less than $2500.

@zintosion Жыл бұрын

Mi'lady

@GoldBankker Жыл бұрын

I wear the American version.

@scottpitner4298 Жыл бұрын

it’s like Cotton(tail) Candy

@ZERO_42069 Жыл бұрын

M’Lady

@WanderingMiqo Жыл бұрын

I really wish dress hats came back into style. Neckbeards gotta ruin everything.

@julianaalcantara3595 10 ай бұрын

Alforria

@doriandari Жыл бұрын

Why is'nt.. nobady tal talking about rabbits hair? ... how is taken from the rabbit?

@classifiedtopsecret4664 Жыл бұрын

Even if i could afford to pay £2500 for it, i would not. .