Nothing is more satisfying than an artist satisfied and fulfilled with his art. Beautiful.

They had to age the hat and jacket of Harrison Ford for the Indiana Jones movies. Ford found and helped to create his hat, but forgot to age it. Once on set, he was told it needed to look used, so he crushed it into the white sands under his feet, and then rolled it up a few times, dusted off, reshaped it and was ready to go. The sweat stains came quickly due to the actual weather being warm and standing out in the sun. Though they used three different hats for the movie series, the first movie used the same hat, all stuntmen had hats made into the style Ford helped to create, people who ordered replica hats were very upset that their hats were so much darker than the one in the movie scenes. The actual fix is to literally crush the hat into fine white sand, not cornstarch, sugar or flour, which can rot your hat and destroy it, but instead to take it to a nice white, dry beach, and roll it in the sand, then rub it out and gently put it on, and wear it. Indy's original hat was a darkish brown, turned tan by having fun with it.

@albusdumbledore2279

6 жыл бұрын

Gristle Von Raben I

@Shottyshotgun1

6 жыл бұрын

Jake Alamo what the fuck is wrong with you mate

@Shottyshotgun1

6 жыл бұрын

Jake Alamo with the current state of the world, its always best to be naive. im not sure who the director was but im also not sure what the director has to do with ford

@leonardusdesignleonardusde3479

5 жыл бұрын

Gristle Von Raben m

@Panda74gofaster

4 жыл бұрын

Gristle Von Raben it would be kooler if HF told this story... rather from a third party snitch...

“Hats are the pinnacle of elegance” - guy wearing a wifebeater

@HoustonWadeCompton

5 жыл бұрын

Is he about to wear a three piece suit in a workshop or??? 😂

@blahblah60

5 жыл бұрын

Theyre comfy no denying that

@LamVanDam

5 жыл бұрын

@@HoustonWadeCompton Hannibal Lector wears a three piece suit under his murder suit.

@elcatrinc1996

5 жыл бұрын

what the fuck is a wifebeater ¿?

@gustavogonzalez5815

4 жыл бұрын

I’ll excuse myself thank you very much though “wife beater?” It’s called professionally as an athletic, sleeveless, A-shirt, tee, or tank underwear. How non-knowledgeable.

I was going to buy one of these, but Fouquet.

@brianda5793

5 жыл бұрын

Michael C. Gilbert 😂

@Solo-yi3bm

5 жыл бұрын

😂😂

@bobdylanreimagined6150

4 жыл бұрын

Took me a minute 😄

@carloscarias6276

4 жыл бұрын

😂

@phillykiki7320

3 жыл бұрын

Try Thunder Voice Eagle. He has better quality hats

"Yeah can I get my hat uhhhhh medium rare please"

To all the people calling this overrated and overpriced: there are many people, like myself, who choose to own a few handcrafted, high quality pieces over many mass-produced cheap products that deteriorate fast and don’t quite fit perfectly. So if you’re a craftsperson who has a passion for making anything, please do, because I, and many others, will find value in your work.

@johncenarockz

5 жыл бұрын

Abdullah I completely agree

@matthoward5886

5 жыл бұрын

Being someone who makes hats I can agree with you..but when you are doing a show piece on a video you should make sure the ribbon covers the sweatband stitching. You also make the sweatband fit the customers head..not just wrap it around inside a blocked hat. This was laughable at best

@adamnagy1832

5 жыл бұрын

Paying the extra bucks for better quality, custom fit and handcrafted is justifiable. In this case you're paying extra because it's art.

@beccareul

5 жыл бұрын

It just makes you sound pretentious because frankly there’s no reason on gods green earth why a hat should cost $1000 ever, well unless perhaps you’re having one made for a royal wedding or going to the Kentucky derby.

@Murtagh653

4 жыл бұрын

akubra and other large scale manufacturers such as stetson have the same or better quality and theres the added bonus that they cost a fraction of the price, you could just buy one from a company and customise it yourself for 5 bucks or less. this guy is lucky that people are dumb and lazy enough to think setting an average hat on fire and sticking a match on it somehow makes it worth more.

His hats are thousands of dollars. I just realize that i had no clue what hats cost

@Luftbubblan

6 жыл бұрын

Very uncommon with hats where i live atm. An old friends grandpa made a fortune selling hats back in the days :D

@ChapuleTaylor

6 жыл бұрын

You see, hats in TF2 actually aren't that expensive

@keshlalish5586

6 жыл бұрын

like anything custom handmade. from tuxedo to the hat but you do get a lot more for the price imho

@barberman1087

6 жыл бұрын

If you buy a hat for that price, ether you are insane or you got to much money.

@gytisdramblewolfskis8521

6 жыл бұрын

if you search in like a supermarket or smth you can probably get really cheap. The ones I find in hat specific, quality shops are minimum like 80.(EU)

This is so hipster, I grew a twirly mustache watching this.

@natedill9180

5 жыл бұрын

Why is this hipster? Why can’t a white person live and work like he is doing?

@elcatrinc1996

5 жыл бұрын

i know, i low how hipster it is

@sophiew1967

4 жыл бұрын

Me too and I'm a woman ;)

Now with so many Hatmakers out there you can get a Custom Fur Felt Hat for $400-$500 not $1200.-$2000 for this Guy's Hats. However in Southern California there are a lot of wealthy People who will gladly pay $1500. for his Hats and of course his association with Neiman-Marcus Stores helps too probably Macy's too. His Family financially helped Nick get started and they are a Fashion Family so it wasn't that hard for him to become a Custom Hatmaker. The Rich get richer!

@blastermaster5039

10 ай бұрын

Thats the nature of human ever since the dawn of time. Flexing wealth and acquiring wealth to flex more is a proven strategy not only to qcuire power but also to reproduce. I am just glad we as a species evolve to have sympathy with each other and learn to help the poor of our kind - but yeah, we still need to evolve more. 😅

Killed that hat. One could argue that nothing beats time.

@OMGWTFLOLSMH

5 жыл бұрын

Huh? Celebrities don't have time. They gotta look cool NOW, for 15 minutes, then on to the next thing.

4:25 Imagine walking around like that

What an inspiring Craftsman! It takes a lot of courage to strike out on your own and start a business like this. I personally love the look of his hats and I like knowing the products he uses are sustainable.

The beauty of patina is that it's earned through time. Intentionally distressed art annoys me because it's a statement of impatience. It feels so fake.

@dobypilgrim6160

6 жыл бұрын

I hate fake "distressed" anything. You are right. Patina cannot be faked. Truth can't be faked either. These seem like very nice hats. Distressing them - well...

@strongyang

6 жыл бұрын

That's hippie for ya!

@brandonkey181

6 жыл бұрын

Its no, its a style. The compromise of materials, time, and or effort is simply a benefit, and not the purpose.

@TheRoadOfLoading

6 жыл бұрын

actually, distressing with fire to achieve a patina is quite common in shoes, called burnishing. I think a little bit of burnishing on the edge of that hat looks awesome, but a bit too much on the crown

@shadowblack1987

6 жыл бұрын

Absolutely clueless comment. lol

That was a beautiful video about a guy that make hats and with his own style!!! Great work to Zack and Brian, I wish BloomBerg would show more videos like this!!!!!!

Out of the hundreds and hundreds of videos I’ve watched on KZread this is in my top 2-3 all time favorites..... and I don’t even wear hats.

@phillykiki7320

3 жыл бұрын

Check out Thunder Voice Eagle

yep, looks like a burnt hat

@treatb09

5 жыл бұрын

my thoughts too. it was a nice hat, but then you lit it on fire...

@GraphicArtist115

4 жыл бұрын

@@treatb09 lol

My 8 year old grandson loves. Real. Hats. He saves his money and buys at the hat shop in Disney springs. He bought a black felt top hat that he wears all the time. He wears an Irish style cap with his family emblem on it. He definitely owns hat wearing. I can’t wait for him to grow into my dads Stetson . Beautiful.

I have a collection of hats from ladies leather to wool, casual and dress. Each one is a part of me and I can't think of anything else that is more personal in my wardrobe. This video is so cool I loved watching you work.

@roycehellion

4 жыл бұрын

You need a life

The hat looked perfectly fine before he went ahead an burnt the shit

@Ketutar

5 жыл бұрын

Not really. Had he not burned it, people would see that it's not perfectly fine. Now "it's supposed to be".

@DredPirateRoberts

5 жыл бұрын

Theatrics, hollywood isn't that far from Venice

@khestal

5 жыл бұрын

I've no idea what you said, Ketutar.

@mikewolf3686

2 жыл бұрын

Way better before the fire.

Wow Nick , you do awesome work! Thanks for this video !

Great video. Great hats too. Love the artwork of both Nick and filmmaker.

Nice ! Good work, very good Congratulations!

I happen to appreciate the craftmanship Nick Fouquet puts into each of his hats. It's quite remarkable actually. Good on you.

😱 This is craftsmanship at its best!!! Amazing 😍 It’s soooo beautiful what he’s doing and I love, that art like this will survive because of people like him 🙏🏻

I'm glad the hat community is so small and not being ruined by society for money and quantity.

, I have worn hats my whole life my grandfather was also a hat man I guess I got it from him .Your right you have to own the look

@ricdonato4328

4 жыл бұрын

All too common spelling or word choice error: It should read you are or you're, not your. That which follows your belongs to the person you are conversing with.

Awesome crafter, awesome filmmaking. I loved everything about this.

lot of Haters out there, his hats are cool if you cant afford one and I cant, please admire the work,effort,craftsmanship and quality without the negative comments. I don't know of another hat maker in LA that can make you a bespoke custom hat. My mother taught me if you don't have anything nice to say about something perhaps you should not say anything never has this been more true in the age of the internet. Im thankful craftsman like this guy are still making things that you can treasure for a life time it costs more but it is worth it. Way to go Nick ignore the haters and hopefully when I can afford one of your hats you will still be making them.

More people need to see this video. This video is awesome.

Beautiful work

Most amazing thing ive ever seen its always important for a hat to match you

Very nice... Love to see the process.

The hat on fire, so beautiful!

Amazing! Terrific.

He keeps saying “we” but there’s no one else there 😳

Customer: well, it doesn't fit and it has a huge hole in it not to mention it's fucking burnt! Hipster: **sweats nerviously** the beauty is in the mistakes.

That was awesome!!!

Fabulous work and video.

Fire resistant hats, for the classy fireman

How to abuse the slo-mo button.....dam ....the whole video was slowed down ....thought I was having a stroke

Rare field trip for Bloomberg to see how the middle class makes a living.

@nadiar.7788

3 жыл бұрын

The guy makes minimum $1K US a hat. He's not middle class.

Awesome, I have to come and meet you sometime! I love hatmaking.

Gotta own it! Totally rad dude👍.

Loved the video!!

I am fascinated by this hat-making process!

@princesunil26k

3 жыл бұрын

Ohhh

@shineliofficial9099

3 жыл бұрын

👍

My respect to your art. My hats off to you.

Amazing hats. Cool dude.

You have to rock hats with confidence no matter the cost. Its like a piece of unique jewelry added to your outfit.

buy an Akubra for 1/10 of the Nick´s hat price

@nintendolover114

4 жыл бұрын

Akubras are bonza

@heinzguderianbutmoreyounge9659

3 жыл бұрын

Nah,i love stetson more,don't have enough money buy vintage

Just amazing!

Stunning!

//QUESTION FOR HAT MAKERS// Does anyone know if you can do the sanding process like Nick does with any sort of felt, or just top-notch? Thank you in advance for the answer!

lovely video, really did enjoy it, was pleasantly surprised this came from Bloomberg though hahah

@marcecobaya

6 жыл бұрын

Eytan Merkier the way that their videos are edited.....on point

Legend has it after 2 years hat still sits there ..

@GraphicArtist115

4 жыл бұрын

Lol

Very interesting video. I had no idea there were so few hat makers. Though I suspect a large part is many people are against furs and leather in general.

Really cool hat he’s wearing with the curvy brim

This was beautiful! Love the process and the crafters vision. Thanks for sharing!

Love the synthesizer work around 5:00

That dude was really cheesy but major props to the cinematographer. Those were some gorgeous shots!!

@shineliofficial9099

3 жыл бұрын

👍

Nice job . Congratulations nick. Saludos desde mexico de un aprendiz de sombrerero. Mi linea de trabajo son los sombreros de charro.

This guy just gave a bunch of more talented desperate artists the fundamentals of hat making. I think there’s gonna be a few for hat makers in America.

@OMGWTFLOLSMH

5 жыл бұрын

There's a reason there are so few hat makers.

Wow... very artistic...

Of course he drives a old pickup 😂❤️

Are they $950 before or after the burning...?

Why it always in slow motion?

@antonhelsgaun

5 жыл бұрын

It makes it seem like he's doing a lot, while he isn't actually doing $1000's work

How long does it take you to make a piece a art? How many steps does it take to make a hat without machines?

As someone who works in a hat shop everything he says is stuff I say to my customers everyday haha

Super outstanding Bro…!

Nothing will ever beat Stetson

@noway234

2 жыл бұрын

Except a Resistol Hat!!

@Brownpenguin115

2 жыл бұрын

@@noway234 True true

Love it!

Love me some Beaver felt

@jambajoby32

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@the.magnus

3 жыл бұрын

@@jambajoby32 yay, finally someone got the joke 😹

This video should be titled .. why this hat maker glues in his liners instead of sewing it in?? 7:57

Great job! I would really live to design and make my own hats one day. Lol Keshia

hats off

I respect the craft..

Cool craft

What a nice guy

this guy is a boss i need a hat from him

Well I'm down to learn. I collect tons of hats ^^

Awesome

I’d love to have one of his hats , but I could get a custom for that much

Check out Hornskov Hats from Denmark. They have some pretty awesome videos here on KZread aswell

How do you burn the fuzz off of things without burning them up like this? Is he spraying it with something?

Does anyone know what does he use to set the hat on fire? 🔥 (I suppose rubbing alcool?)

Nice. VERY nice.

You people do not understand what goes into a handcrafted product. Handmade anything is top quality and would probably end up being an heirloom. Mass produced hats fall apart. I make everything and just started making felted hats by knitting them first then hand felting them. Itsa lot of work and the public just doesn't realize it.

@antonhelsgaun

5 жыл бұрын

Not really true though. The fact that something is mass produced doesn't make it worse quality, quite the contrary. I have only bought one handmade thing, and it broke

Headwear is very personal a crowning accoutrement to what ever you are wearing, Hudhuds are the pinnacle of elegance and style individually created to cater for your desired dress sense to wear fashionable clothing .

He should do a car interior for the truck

Where do you get the base felt dome?

I bought a cowboy hat I liked for about $60.00 when I was younger. Wore it everyday while I worked on our farm. Hauling hay, mucking horse stalls, slopping the hogs, mending fences and taking care of the place. My “patina” was from many year of sweat from hard work and getting your hands dirty. It looked nothing like this fake fire look that he has going on here. But I guess nowadays it’s for the hip crowd that wants to look like they busted their ass working hard but, not really doing anything. I guess some people have more money than they’ve got sense!!!!

@guylewis7418

5 жыл бұрын

Straight Shooter, it’s pretty fake. Most people I know try not to get their dress hats, like a fedora, dirty. Why would I want to buy an abused fedora? Hell, I don’t get the idea of denim pants that look like they’ve been shredded by some starving lion.

@OMGWTFLOLSMH

5 жыл бұрын

@@guylewis7418 - There's an ass for every seat. One man's trash is another's treasure. Build it and they will come. Etc. With 7 billion people on earth, you can sell anything to someone.

why is there no credit to this guy and his stuff? where do i find him?

I love what you do

I would really love ❤️ to learn how 🤔 because I love wearing hats!

“Mad Matter: "Have I gone mad?" Alice: "I'm afraid so. You're entirely bonkers. But I'll tell you a secret. All the best people are.”

Britain is great .I love Britain

I love people like this, totally invested in their passion. But i’ll take my Stetson Whippet over any other hat.

spent the last 5 hours making my first hat. and right as I finish this video popped up :) mine was just a simple wet felted hat about doll size. absolutely nothing like he makes

Where do you source your hat bodies?

mm, but what does he use for sanding? does anybody know?

Wow everyone is sleeping on how gorgeous he is

@nemphis95

5 жыл бұрын

That nigga is ugly af

@carmenmcallister5222

5 жыл бұрын

I thought he looked a little like Brad Pitt.

@GraphicArtist115

4 жыл бұрын

@@nemphis95 lol