"A well-made hat is the most personal and human of all articles of clothing."
— Stephen Jones
Jones is right, and here is why. A hat sits on the most expressive part of your body: your head, your face, the place where all your communication happens. It frames your eyes, your smile, your expressions. No other garment has that kind of intimacy with your identity.
And a bespoke hat takes that intimacy further. It is shaped to fit your head exactly. Designed for your colouring. Scaled for your proportions. It is, in the truest sense, made for you and no one else.
"Every hat I make carries the imprint of my hands. Literally. I shape every piece by hand on the block, and that physical connection between maker and material is something machines cannot replicate."
— Kathryn Lee
In a world of fast fashion and digital everything, the handmade hat remains stubbornly, beautifully human.
Fun Fact
Jones's London studio houses over 10,000 hat blocks, some dating back centuries. Each block has its own personality and history. Some were carved for specific clients, others for particular fashion houses. Together, they represent one of the largest and most significant collections of hat blocks in the world.
