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Lola Hats Studio Visit

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While in New York for Fashion Week, I had the pleasure of meeting milliner Lola Ehrlich of Lola Hats at her Brooklyn atelier. Nestled in the heart of Bushwick’s growing street art scene, Lola’s spacious workshop is bustling with a small group of artisans aiming to preserve the art of the handmade hat. I was in awe after witnessing the age-old process of molding a classic felt fedora around one of her many vintage wooden hat molds, the felting techniques used on her chic leopard caps, and the application of vibrant stitching to her uniquely shaped straw hats. Not only does the attention to detail make Lola’s hats so special, they also exude her wonderful sense of humor and incredible zest for life. Inspired and smitten, I took home two amazing hats: an adorable pom pom cap and an irresistible wide-brimmed, cherry red fedora. Thank you, Lola, for sharing your world with us!

(Lola Hats available here; all images by HonestlyWTF)

42 Comments

  10. Loulou    February 15, 2013

    How wonderful! I love hats and wear one pretty much every day, year ’round. It’s so neat to see these great pictures of the goings on inside a hat making studio.

  12. Magdalena    February 15, 2013

    I have always been obsessed with hats and wear them all the time. They transform you. I think the main reason women don’t wear hats is because they haven’t found the right hat to match their persona. And just think, they cover your roots and transform your mood. Hats off to hats.

  14. Anita    February 15, 2013

    I love these behind the scenes studio visits! Great photos and hats! Thanks for sharing this!

  17. Fajr    February 15, 2013

    These hats are incredible and look like they are beautifully made

  18. Therese    February 15, 2013

    Your pictures are fabulous! What a wonderful to be around years of creativity! Thanks for sharing =)

  20. Erica    February 15, 2013

    @K, there is a great amount of street art right off the Jefferson stop in Bushwick – you can’t miss it! You can read more about it here or google “street art Bushwick”

  27. Britte    February 15, 2013

    Merci pour la qualité de ce reportage. Félicitations à Lola , extraordinaire, talentueuse, originale grande Modiste . Vite in Europe ! Belgique …! Vi

  37. Elizabeth    February 17, 2013

    Beautiful! I wouldn’t mind one in the last picture for my upcoming spring break trip.

    Elizabeth of The Corner Apartment

  39. sue    February 22, 2013

    Love the hats, hoping that some of these are not the typical one size fits all (aka too small)

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