Introducing the Evangeline Edwardian Lace hat. This piece of art is one of a kind and can never be recreated. Hand blocked to the style of a 1940’s percher adorned with a rare piece of Edwardian lace veiling, hand finished with Vintage Petersham ribbon tied into a bow at the back. This design celebrates the history of the lace allowing the antique textile to become an integral part of the silhouette and giving an otherwise contemporary piece the feeling of something inherited.
Its intricate construction, aged character, and softly weathered beauty are qualities that cannot be reproduced in newly made textiles.
The lace is entirely unique to this hat and once this piece is sold there is no replacement for the original textile so this can never be recreated.
The base is made from a beautiful wool felt from MontCapel, the last remaining company in France to produce its own hat felt, preserving this centuries old savoir-faire on beautifully restored machinery dating from 50 to 100 years old. Sourced in the Haute Vallée de l’Aude, this felt carries a distinguished French provenance and the legacy of a craft almost lost to time. I was very lucky to visit the factory last year, and this felt was so special to me that I carried it home in my suitcase and have been saving it for the perfect piece. This piece is it!!!
The hat perches on the head, designed to be worn tilted forward. One size fits all.
Introducing the Evangeline Edwardian Lace hat. This piece of art is one of a kind and can never be recreated. Hand blocked to the style of a 1940’s percher adorned with a rare piece of Edwardian lace veiling, hand finished with Vintage Petersham ribbon tied into a bow at the back. This design celebrates the history of the lace allowing the antique textile to become an integral part of the silhouette and giving an otherwise contemporary piece the feeling of something inherited.
Its intricate construction, aged character, and softly weathered beauty are qualities that cannot be reproduced in newly made textiles.
The lace is entirely unique to this hat and once this piece is sold there is no replacement for the original textile so this can never be recreated.
The base is made from a beautiful wool felt from MontCapel, the last remaining company in France to produce its own hat felt, preserving this centuries old savoir-faire on beautifully restored machinery dating from 50 to 100 years old. Sourced in the Haute Vallée de l’Aude, this felt carries a distinguished French provenance and the legacy of a craft almost lost to time. I was very lucky to visit the factory last year, and this felt was so special to me that I carried it home in my suitcase and have been saving it for the perfect piece. This piece is it!!!
The hat perches on the head, designed to be worn tilted forward. One size fits all.
