How $2,500 Fedora Hats Are Made | Big Business | Insider Business

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The Italian hat brand Borsalino has been making their iconic fedoras the same way for over 100 years. Today, other hat brands are gaining popularity by selling hats to communities that still buy them, like Hasidic Jews.
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0:00 Intro
0:57 Borsalino's ancient hat-making techniques
5:46 How Hasidic Jews are helping fedoras stay popular
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How Italian Craftsmen Make Hats That Sell For Up To $2,500 | Big Business | Insider Business

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  • @pieceofshitzu2
    @pieceofshitzu2 Жыл бұрын

    I bet all the redditors are gonna love this video

  • @nicolas4377

    @nicolas4377

    Жыл бұрын

    *reddit mods

  • @adyaaa

    @adyaaa

    Жыл бұрын

    What's the lore between hats and redditors?

  • @justanicecreamsammich3071

    @justanicecreamsammich3071

    Жыл бұрын

    @@adyaaa one of them has a purpose

  • @clandeszipp4564

    @clandeszipp4564

    Жыл бұрын

  • @kingofclubs5232

    @kingofclubs5232

    Жыл бұрын

    The worst part is that they wear trilbies and call them fedoras.

  • @asherm3004
    @asherm3004 Жыл бұрын

    I've been wearing a Borsalino hat for 25 years. Never before seen this footage. Fascinating!

  • @nicolas4377

    @nicolas4377

    Жыл бұрын

    How many catanas do you own?

  • @AnotherWittyUsername.
    @AnotherWittyUsername. Жыл бұрын

    The Italians are true magicians. They can pull a hat out of a rabbit.

  • @ElysetheEevee

    @ElysetheEevee

    Жыл бұрын

    Best comment so far.

  • @mr.midnight1078

    @mr.midnight1078

    9 ай бұрын

    @@ElysetheEevee without a doubt

  • @inspectorgadget346

    @inspectorgadget346

    6 ай бұрын

    7 months old but way underrated comment.

  • @SKF358

    @SKF358

    2 ай бұрын

    That's very good 😊

  • @ph0t0sh0pmast3r
    @ph0t0sh0pmast3r Жыл бұрын

    I first started my custom hat shop in downtown Lexington, KY about a year and a half ago. I started making hats 3 years ago and in that time I’ve seen practically a renaissance happening in the custom hat market. It’s wonderful.

  • @stephanieyee9784

    @stephanieyee9784

    Жыл бұрын

    Good on you.

  • @lisathomas1622

    @lisathomas1622

    Жыл бұрын

    Do you sell online? What’s your shop name?

  • @spritemon98

    @spritemon98

    Жыл бұрын

    What kinda hats you make?

  • @cynthiahawkins2389
    @cynthiahawkins2389 Жыл бұрын

    I make tiny hats, as a novelty. And now I am doing my first 'Borsalino'...I have a length of grey felt on the table. The finished hat will be 3 1/2" across, brim to brim....This is my inspiration. Thank you!!!

  • @nerd26373
    @nerd26373 Жыл бұрын

    This is a mesmerizing process overall. Seems like factory workers should be given more credit.

  • @gennaterra
    @gennaterra Жыл бұрын

    There's nothing like a Borsalino... I've even inherited my dad's... it even has a great re-sale market. The older they are, the better they become. That's quality and luxury !!

  • @Liusila

    @Liusila

    10 ай бұрын

    I imagine only the original design will stay valuable though - looking at the “modern” women’s hats they don’t seem too sturdy.

  • @1911FanBoi

    @1911FanBoi

    6 ай бұрын

    There is no resale market. I will offer you $100. That’s what they are worth. Now is $100 worth it for you to get rid of your dad’s hat.

  • @captainhomie6156
    @captainhomie6156 Жыл бұрын

    "M'lady, would you be interested in undergoing romantic endeavours with me in my most utmost fashionable factory?"

  • @TippyHippy

    @TippyHippy

    Жыл бұрын

    l put my hamster in a sock and slammed it against the furniture.

  • @stephanieyee9784
    @stephanieyee9784 Жыл бұрын

    It's great to see that two hat makers are doing great business with top quality products. The level of after care of the hats is admirable too.

  • @eddyp483
    @eddyp483 Жыл бұрын

    Thought of a good tagline: "From rabbit to rabbi" I'll take 12% in future sales. Thank you

  • @AnotherWittyUsername.

    @AnotherWittyUsername.

    Жыл бұрын

    The Italians are true magicians. They can pull a hat out of a rabbit.

  • @rhondahuggins9542
    @rhondahuggins9542 Жыл бұрын

    First time I've heard logical reason for hats falling out of men's fashion. Makes sense...I do love structured hats and wish that they could come back into fashion for everyday use. Great video!!

  • @HobbyOrganist

    @HobbyOrganist

    Жыл бұрын

    It sounds ridiculous, since the hats worn in the army/military were NOTHING like a fedora etc., I dont believe that was the reason, no, my father wore a fedora when I was a kid in the 60s, but see, back then everyone dressed up- he wore polished shoes, trousers, white shirt, suit and tie, so a hat completed that wardrobe. Women all wore dresses or skirts, high heels, blouse, and a hat, often even white gloves if they were going more formal, and purse. After that era women stopped dressing like that and started wearing men's jeans, the purse, hat and gloves you see in old 1950s movies went away, same was true of men, they mostly stopped wearing polished black shoes (dad had a shoe shine machine and used to wax/polish his shoes before going to work) and suits/ties/hats also went away other than suits that "executive" types wore in the office, at the bank and in business- the business suit, but even that's been fading off too, they call that thing a BLAZER for a reason- in 90 degree temps with 90% humidity you BLAZE!!! the blazer helps you BLAZE lol!!!

  • @theotherohlourdespadua1131

    @theotherohlourdespadua1131

    Жыл бұрын

    Just wear a hat. I wore these sorts of hats despite being born in 1995 and NONE of my family and firends wore anything else other than that baseball cap style caps. It helps I got mine from second hand stores so I got into hats on the cheap...

  • @Saml01

    @Saml01

    Жыл бұрын

    The real reason hats went out of style was because during ww2 all manner of production was redirected to the war effort. That included hats. Since there were no hats, hair products were developed. After hair products came fancy hair styles and after that, no one, especially women, wanted to wear a hat. However, hats are definitely experienceing a resurgence in popularity.

  • @drwisdom1

    @drwisdom1

    Жыл бұрын

    Actually, hats mainly fell out of favor due to changing transportation methods. Before WWII only wealthy people owned vehicles. Everybody else took public transportation, like trolleys, or they walked. That required them to spend time outside so they used hats to protect from the Sun and rain. After WWII we repurposed making military equipment into making vehicles, which everybody bought. That reduced the need and usage of hats. Then JFK shunned hats and a lot of men stopped wearing them.

  • @kittykooky
    @kittykooky Жыл бұрын

    Beautiful craftsmanship, the saying " As mad as a hatter" comes from the chemicals that were used many years ago to make hats, they caused tremors and nervous symptoms to the hat makers, where I live in Manchester England, there is a hat museum which is very informative and interesting. 💐

  • @ph0t0sh0pmast3r

    @ph0t0sh0pmast3r

    Жыл бұрын

    As a hat maker I’d love to go see that museum. Here in the states we had the Danbury shakes from the hatting industry in Danbury, CT. Eventually we passed legislation banning the use of mercury in the felt manufacturing.

  • @kittykooky

    @kittykooky

    Жыл бұрын

    Type in "Hat works museum, Stockport UK" there are a few KZread pages on it.. Enjoy !!

  • @maxrebo8455

    @maxrebo8455

    Жыл бұрын

    I read that Luton was also a centre of British hat making once too. I’m trying my best to wear Irish and British made wool flat caps, genuine toquilla Panamas from Ecuador and Australia’s own rabbit felt hats from Akubra.

  • @guylewis7418

    @guylewis7418

    8 ай бұрын

    @@maxrebo8455I think Akubra makes a fantastic hat! You can’t beat for the value.

  • @elluisito000
    @elluisito000 Жыл бұрын

    I take my hat off to all these very hard-working people 😊

  • @arihantkanan9072

    @arihantkanan9072

    Жыл бұрын

    Dont ..they'll go out of business

  • @TomsGotPowers
    @TomsGotPowers Жыл бұрын

    M'lady.

  • @Gg-ij7li

    @Gg-ij7li

    Жыл бұрын

    Jesus loves you and wants to set you free from any bondages in your life! Call upon His name and He will save you! Believe in His death and resurrection and accept Him as your Lord and Saviour and be saved and abandon your sins and turn to Him! Have an amazing day❤️❤️😊

  • @DCUOxDestro

    @DCUOxDestro

    Жыл бұрын

    Beat me to it 😂😂😂

  • @johnofmalta
    @johnofmalta Жыл бұрын

    Ole boy from JJ Hat Center brought me here. Hats and guitars! JoM

  • @rekire___
    @rekire___ Жыл бұрын

    _M' L A D Y_

  • @didado8443
    @didado8443 Жыл бұрын

    Kizaru produces Fedoras?

  • @ericcarabetta1161
    @ericcarabetta1161 Жыл бұрын

    So, felt is basically like "hair paper", that they can form into any shape.

  • @talpark8796
    @talpark8796 Жыл бұрын

    I'd no more leave my house w/o a hat, than I'd wear trousers w/o a belt or braces. My western felt hats are 'Smithbilt' (Calgary🇨🇦).

  • @HobbyOrganist
    @HobbyOrganist Жыл бұрын

    I had a "Boss of the plains" hat by Stetson with a flat brim, but it was lost in a workplace fire almost 2 years ago, and that model isnt available any more, plus the prices on Stetson hats has gone WAY up. I found a similar one elsewhere, not as good but ok for everyday use

  • @FarrellSr

    @FarrellSr

    9 ай бұрын

    Where did you find a suitable one to use? I been looking for good one as I am wanting to get a Boss of the plains as well

  • @reshi4597
    @reshi4597 Жыл бұрын

    Oooh Borsalino from my city ❤️ how many memories!

  • @jrobbin24
    @jrobbin24 Жыл бұрын

    Baseball hats and cars with roofs on top of style changes killed the fedora industry

  • @stephanieyee9784

    @stephanieyee9784

    Жыл бұрын

    Baseball caps and truckers hats are a blight on fashion.

  • @mottyk8491
    @mottyk8491 Жыл бұрын

    Fedoras are cool and classy, I have been a borselino customer for about twenty-five years now

  • @3coins.
    @3coins. Жыл бұрын

    This hat compliments the outfit and women also love the hat 🎩

  • @Desire123ification
    @Desire123ification Жыл бұрын

    Outstanding!✨💯

  • @vishakhabh.6341
    @vishakhabh.6341 Жыл бұрын

    "M'Lady!" 🤠

  • @donahunt832
    @donahunt832 Жыл бұрын

    Great back story! love it and i LOVE hats 🥰

  • @curiouslyt2123
    @curiouslyt21239 ай бұрын

    No one mentioned Michael Jackson as a famous hat wearer. I mean, like the bejeweled glove, hat was apart of his most iconic music videos and choreography!!!

  • @PaolaBarrientos
    @PaolaBarrientos Жыл бұрын

    I love wearing hats. Many of the hats I saw in this video I will buy it in an instant no doubt.

  • @stephanieyee9784

    @stephanieyee9784

    Жыл бұрын

    I don't have a hat wearing head. I wear them in the sun but not as an everyday accessory. My sister wears hats a lot though.

  • @dickriggles942
    @dickriggles942 Жыл бұрын

    Reddit loving this.

  • @lilcrazymiami8306
    @lilcrazymiami8306 Жыл бұрын

    Respect for all 🙏🏾

  • @Gg-ij7li

    @Gg-ij7li

    Жыл бұрын

    Jesus loves you and wants to set you free from any bondages in your life! Call upon His name and He will save you! Believe in His death and resurrection and accept Him as your Lord and Saviour and be saved and abandon your sins and turn to Him! Have an amazing day❤️❤️😊

  • @Life_42
    @Life_42 Жыл бұрын

    Coincidence! Started looking for a hat yesterday!

  • @ISLAMHAZEM-ev2is
    @ISLAMHAZEM-ev2is Жыл бұрын

    This is amazing

  • @stoundingresults
    @stoundingresults Жыл бұрын

    5:43 why are they mad at me?

  • @RenegadeRanga
    @RenegadeRanga Жыл бұрын

    Akubra make rabbit fur hats but at 10% of the price.

  • @guylewis7418

    @guylewis7418

    8 ай бұрын

    And fantastic hats they are!

  • @jrobbin24
    @jrobbin24 Жыл бұрын

    We need more things like this in America

  • @saqibhussain9795
    @saqibhussain97953 ай бұрын

    I thought Rabbit used to come out of a Hat, never knew its the other way around.

  • @deliciousfoodranger
    @deliciousfoodranger Жыл бұрын

    Good journey and good processing

  • @SKF358
    @SKF3582 ай бұрын

    Both amazing and charming.

  • @Balu-420
    @Balu-420 Жыл бұрын

    Great❤

  • @makemoney7606
    @makemoney7606 Жыл бұрын

    That's amazing

  • @lifevest1
    @lifevest1 Жыл бұрын

    “Ma Lady” Manufacturing Group.

  • @thaisrmenezes1813
    @thaisrmenezes1813 Жыл бұрын

    I want one of each brand!

  • @MrPhilWong
    @MrPhilWong Жыл бұрын

    The part where Bellissimo got a line of Jewish rabbis out the door by offering $100 discounts on their hats...way to perpetuate the stereotype, guys...😂

  • @MGX5683
    @MGX5683 Жыл бұрын

    Even I want to wear it but can’t afford it 😂

  • @probablypossible8130
    @probablypossible81302 ай бұрын

    Ive been working on my own hat concept for ages, but here in New Zealand, nobody want to work together to make them relevant

  • @generation3349
    @generation3349 Жыл бұрын

    Nice

  • @Mocktailmetal
    @Mocktailmetal Жыл бұрын

    Question: How rabbit hairs are collected by Borsolino fedora maker? By killing them or just the way humans collct hair from sheeps?

  • @guylewis7418

    @guylewis7418

    8 ай бұрын

    In Europe they eat a lot of rabbits, so the fur is a byproduct of that industry.

  • @mottopanukeiku7406

    @mottopanukeiku7406

    Ай бұрын

    That would be a bunch of very chilly and ugly bunnies running around. 😊 Meat production is correct. Probably using the whole animal for leather, meat, fur, etc.

  • @MLove-777
    @MLove-777 Жыл бұрын

    These are "Beautiful" hats made of great quality & tradition...✨💛✨

  • @Danthehorse
    @Danthehorse5 ай бұрын

    I read recently that they had stopped making their own felt, is that true?

  • @yossisaks5831
    @yossisaks5831 Жыл бұрын

    Love my Bellissimo hats. The quality is excellent and their customer service is top notch!

  • @jimmyaber5920
    @jimmyaber5920Ай бұрын

    $2500 hats would be beaver with mink or chinchilla fur mixed. Rabbit fur is priced far less and the sweatband, inside liner, and crown trim band are lesser grade materials.

  • @shamrock4500
    @shamrock4500 Жыл бұрын

    My Grandfather always wore a Fedora, but wore a Trilby around the farm.

  • @sasa-dv7zz
    @sasa-dv7zz Жыл бұрын

    luxury means quality. Many luxury brands sliding away from this and instead clinging on popularity.

  • @OneMotivation398
    @OneMotivation398 Жыл бұрын

    Good

  • @lisathomas1622
    @lisathomas1622 Жыл бұрын

    I wear a fedora. I have a collection. Wear them folks, I get tons of compliments. I also wear South American wool ponchos and big sheepskin boots. Long skirts… yeah ok, I’m a hippy. 😂

  • @felicitasezinne7011
    @felicitasezinne701126 күн бұрын

    I really really love hat making, i want to start one here in Africa, particularly in Nigeria but i seriously don't know how to Even though most people here don't necessarily wear fedora hats, there is limitlless opportunities for inclusions

  • @Moelester692
    @Moelester692 Жыл бұрын

    Lol 100 dollars off , everyone must of lost it at that convention hahahaha

  • @hesmycat
    @hesmycat Жыл бұрын

    M'laaaady

  • @CharChar2121
    @CharChar2121 Жыл бұрын

    More people would wear their hats if they didn't cost more than a month's pay for a lot of people. Like, yeah, no shit: machines make things cheaper. If I can get a hat that's 80% as good for 20% the price, I'll do that, thanks.

  • @drwisdom1

    @drwisdom1

    Жыл бұрын

    Forget the price, compared to vintage hats most modern hats use inferior materials and aren't styled as nice. You can't expect the price of hats made from animal fur to get cheaper because you have more efficient machine to process it. To lower the raw material cost you would need to find a synthetic substitute for animal hair.

  • @justdashie1132
    @justdashie1132 Жыл бұрын

    Discord mod hats

  • @lutomson3496
    @lutomson3496 Жыл бұрын

    to bad there is no Beaver hats like Stetson does with their higher grade hats which repel water, and are more resistent to staines and abuse

  • @geraldmcneal7110
    @geraldmcneal711010 ай бұрын

    Borsalino fedora hat issue is most of hats are all black its impossible to get day a gray or Charcoal gray, tan and to add they seem to focus on small brim hats I did just purchased a 3 inches brim hat from them and it amazing but it's black. But almost did not see it due to pages and pages of 2 to 2.5 inches brim

  • @jpavlvs
    @jpavlvs4 ай бұрын

    Are all the hats bashed at the factory? I want open crowned hats.

  • @OWK000
    @OWK000 Жыл бұрын

    I always thought it was sun glasses and sun screen that ended hats.

  • @Minecraft-ue7ux
    @Minecraft-ue7ux8 ай бұрын

    I have a Borsalino Limited Edition Blue hat, it's limited to 1000 pieces and I got number 3/1000

  • @duffman2201
    @duffman2201 Жыл бұрын

    If something can be craft we italians bring that craftmanship to the peak

  • @Fenderak
    @Fenderak Жыл бұрын

    I wish I lived in a time when wearing a hat was socially acceptable

  • @Bullish_Fever_Official
    @Bullish_Fever_Official Жыл бұрын

    this hats is word famous and i use too

  • @misterhat5823
    @misterhat5823 Жыл бұрын

    Abby ❤

  • @justayoutuber1906
    @justayoutuber19063 ай бұрын

    GEORGE CARLIN: "You ever notice that any time you see two groups of people who really hate each other, chances are good they're wearing different kind of hats. Keep an eye on that, it might be important."

  • @hydroaegis6658
    @hydroaegis6658 Жыл бұрын

    There are only so many hat styles and even less that look good for your head size and face shape. That didn't pair well with the increase in individualism.

  • @farinshore8900
    @farinshore8900 Жыл бұрын

    Hats are still commonly worn. Just because you don't like the style of hat people wear, doesn't mean they are not wearing a hat.

  • @jaket2k927
    @jaket2k927 Жыл бұрын

    ACKSCHULLY!

  • @ahotdj07
    @ahotdj07 Жыл бұрын

    @1:30 oh he’s a cutie. ❤

  • @LambentOrt
    @LambentOrt Жыл бұрын

    The Jewish dudes with the fedoras look like grown up hipsters. 😅

  • @mottopanukeiku7406

    @mottopanukeiku7406

    Ай бұрын

    They kinda look like the Blues Brothers. It is a pretty cool look.

  • @NavajoNinja
    @NavajoNinja Жыл бұрын

    Just thought of the dead rabbits gang from, gangs of new york.

  • @nicolas4377
    @nicolas4377 Жыл бұрын

    M'lady *tips fedora*

  • @Tom_Samad
    @Tom_Samad Жыл бұрын

    I wonder if this company has some kind of secret deal with the Men in Black? 🤔

  • @matthewfink1420
    @matthewfink1420 Жыл бұрын

    A worker carefully peals the fragile hat off the cone 10 sec later that thing is going through a wood chipper

  • @KSCasareo
    @KSCasareo Жыл бұрын

    M’lady

  • @HorizonWoolhat
    @HorizonWoolhat6 ай бұрын

    Merino wool hats are ten dollars each. Will anyone need them?

  • @R32R38
    @R32R38 Жыл бұрын

    A common but incorrect belief is that sales of men's hats in the US dropped off after JFK went bareheaded in his January 1961 inauguration. Leaving aside that he actually wore a hat for much of the ceremony, hat sales had been declining since 1937.

  • @bellissimohats2786

    @bellissimohats2786

    Жыл бұрын

    That’s so interesting. Thanks for sharing.

  • @alejandroalartiz9451
    @alejandroalartiz94519 ай бұрын

    But is not better the beaver fur than rabbit fur for a fedora?

  • @mottopanukeiku7406

    @mottopanukeiku7406

    Ай бұрын

    Yes, but it is much more expensive to use beaver.

  • @zintosion
    @zintosion Жыл бұрын

    Mi'lady

  • @trader2137
    @trader2137 Жыл бұрын

    handmade doesnt mean luxury

  • @scottpitner4298
    @scottpitner4298 Жыл бұрын

    it’s like Cotton(tail) Candy

  • @tallulahbeaverhausen4382
    @tallulahbeaverhausen43822 ай бұрын

    Johnny Depp, Hasidic Jews and... RAYMOND REDDINGTON !

  • @spritemon98
    @spritemon98 Жыл бұрын

    I like wearing my hat

  • @clayton3518
    @clayton351811 ай бұрын

    ah, so it where the fedora os came from

  • @sfacets
    @sfacets Жыл бұрын

    The company could afford to pay engineers to create new machinery. It's difficult to feel bad about a company selling hats for $2,500.

  • @guylewis7418

    @guylewis7418

    8 ай бұрын

    Most of them are a lot less than $2500.

  • @shortnotice352
    @shortnotice3528 ай бұрын

    I'd pay that if they were entirely made by hand. Instead, without machines, they wouldn't exist. It's not made by 1 or 2 people. It changes hands on an assembly line.

  • @user-hx6hv4sg6p
    @user-hx6hv4sg6p3 ай бұрын

    The lubvitchers are crazy They think the rabbi is still alive😂

  • @matero4life2019
    @matero4life2019 Жыл бұрын

    I was raised chabad ❤ I saw them every day. You should do one on la rubia Yerba matè it’s a luxury Yerba matè I’d love to see a video on it 🎉

  • @classifiedtopsecret4664
    @classifiedtopsecret4664 Жыл бұрын

    Even if i could afford to pay £2500 for it, i would not. .

  • @GoldBankker
    @GoldBankker Жыл бұрын

    I wear the American version.

  • @WanderingMiqo
    @WanderingMiqo Жыл бұрын

    I really wish dress hats came back into style. Neckbeards gotta ruin everything.

  • @ZERO_42069
    @ZERO_42069 Жыл бұрын

    M’Lady

  • @doriandari
    @doriandari Жыл бұрын

    Why is'nt.. nobady tal talking about rabbits hair? ... how is taken from the rabbit?

  • @joarkripa
    @joarkripa Жыл бұрын

    Ahh, I see Kizaru has a change in occupation now.

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