A question for the brits

[frualeydis]

Do you know where I can find an 18th style century wide-brimmed straw hat with low crown? The only place which sells them in Sweden charges around 50 pounds, and I was thinking that I could maybe find something cheaper. It doesn't have to be hand made, you know, it just has to look reasonably right.

Comments

[clothsprogs.livejournal.com]

I commissioned one from Kitty Hats a few years back, I don't think it was that expensive, but I've seen similar ones made by getting a wide brimmed summer hat, cutting a section out of the sides of the crown and sewing the top back on... the join being hidden by the band around the crown.

Teddy

[myladyswardrobe.livejournal.com]

There is also this young lady.

I've seen her hats and they are gorgeous! (as are her brass pins! Nice new addition to my period sewing kit).

[frualeydis.livejournal.com]

Thanks Bess, just what I was looking for.

/Eva

[ciorstan.livejournal.com]

You probably don't want something shipped from the United States, but Jas. Townsend & Sons sells a nice flat-crowned straw hat for a very reasonable price.

http://jas-townsend.com/product_info.php?cPath=9&products_id=263&osCsid=2dfa6a6547bcbeb53b81f0057a269ad5

[steelweaver.livejournal.com]

I actually own one I'm not using, it's the Jas Townsend one. I'm in the Netherlands so I'm not sure it would be good for you.

[sneprinsesse.livejournal.com]

Not british, but have you tried Scaramouche in Stockholm? I bought such a hat there in october for 120 kr: http://www.scaramouche.se/page0/page105/files/page105-1005-full.html

[frualeydis.livejournal.com]

I love you!

/Eva

[pinkrouge.livejournal.com]

Smiling Fox Forge? US though, and I'm not sure if they ship to Europe.

http://www.smilingfoxforgellc.com/caps2.asp