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FACOPEL, THE ART OF HAT MAKING

27 May 2022

The historic hat factory of Chiesina Uzzanese in the province of Pistoia, produces high-quality hats that combine the craftsmanship and tradition of four generations of hat makers, combined with innovation and experimentation with new lines and materials to create unique and distinctive products of the Made in Italy.

 

Founded in 1908 to serve the specialized hat shops of the major Italian cities, today it produces for over 40 important Italian and international luxury brands thanks to its 54 employees who mainly deal with the creative and pattern-making part.

 

 

The art of headwear

IDENTIKIT

In 1986 enters the company Luca Galigani, the fourth generation of entrepreneurs, in conjunction with the move to the plant of Chiesina Uzzanese, at a time when hat makers were beginning to lose their specialization in favor of a more hybrid offer to meet the needs of a market in which headgear was in decline.

 

Galigani had the intuition to propose to fashion houses an accessory that was not just a stylistic gesture typical of the then masters of ceremony, but a product that had a following beyond the catwalk as dictated by the first collections pret a porter of the 80 years.

 

From that moment the hat was no longer just a handicraft product but became a must-have, a fashion accessory that people of Gianni Versace’s stature were the first to introduce in their collections.