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My wife is Japanese. She trained as a Milliner, and has been desinging and making hats for decades. She's a damn great milliner. She won 1st prize in The Wors
by scarygliders 6y ago
My wife is Japanese.
She trained as a Milliner, and has been desinging and making hats for decades.
She's a damn great milliner. She won 1st prize in The Worshipful Company of Feltmakers of London competition, in the 90's.
She worked for Philip Treacy.
She's been in numerous magazine and newspaper articles.
There is only one problem: no one buys hats these days :/
- schoen 6y agoAny chance you could link to some of her work? Not that it would make that much difference in the overall scheme of things, but I bet a lot of people reading this comment are curious now!
- asguy 6y agoYah, I’m always looking for a good hat.
- scarygliders 6y agoApologies for the late response. I've been a tad busy :) https://tocofashion.com/ https://tocofashion.com/ is her site. You'll find it's mostly high fashion designs for women, but she has (and can) design and make hats for men.
- schoen 6y agoThanks, those are very, very nice! It's true I have no need for such a hat, but I appreciate your sharing them and hope some other HN reader does. If I think of an occasion that calls for a specific hat, I'll try to keep her business in mind. :-)
- scarygliders 6y agoApologies for the late response. I've been a tad busy :) https://tocofashion.com/ https://tocofashion.com/ is her site. You'll find it's mostly high fashion designs for women, but she has (and can) design and make hats for men.
- tristor 6y agoI have about 30 hats, I don't wear a hat every day because I am usually not leaving the house, but when I leave the house I typically wear a hat. That's just how I grew up in the rural Midwest. I know it's dying out and I've had people make comments that I am old man in a young man's body, but nonetheless it's a habit I have. I'm always on the lookout for good hats so if you'd like to share a link to her work I may be interested to buy. Right now I mostly buy hats from Goorin Brothers.
- leetrout 6y agoGB quality and selection of nice baseball caps is shot. I never bought the other styles but the last two times I’ve dropped in it has felt like being in Lids / ToW.
- masklinn 6y agoBaseball caps offer limited protection for the head as a whole, especially the ears, though. To say nothing of trucker caps and their mesh crown, which fail to even protect most of the head.
- scarygliders 6y agoApologies for the late response. I've been a tad busy :) https://tocofashion.com/ https://tocofashion.com/ is her site. You'll find it's mostly high fashion designs for women, but she has (and can) design and make hats for men.
- paulcole 6y agoWhat’s the significance of her being Japanese in relation to her career as a milliner?
- Bootwizard 6y agoThey're both facts about his wife
- tomhoward 6y ago> She's a damn great milliner. She won 1st prize in The Worshipful Company of Feltmakers of London competition, in the 90's. > She worked for Philip Treacy. > She's been in numerous magazine and newspaper articles. It's noteworthy when someone wins awards or achieves elite status in their profession in a country/culture that is different from the one into which they were born.
- uedue828e 6y agoIs there something about hats and Japan?
- owenversteeg 6y agoWould you be willing to share some pictures of your wife's hats? I'm very curious! (also curious about the prices, maybe it's time for me to wear a fancy hat?)
- scarygliders 6y agoApologies for the late response. I've been a tad busy :) https://tocofashion.com/ https://tocofashion.com/ is her site. You'll find it's mostly high fashion designs for women, but she has (and can) design and make hats for men.