Since 2018

The Atelier

Radu Itu in a wide-brim hat
Radu Itu, hatterFig. I

The hatter

Radu Itu

I make hats the slow way — by hand, one at a time, and never the same one twice.

Each piece is built around the person who will wear it: their material, their colour, their details, their size. Nothing is made for a shelf, and nothing is repeated. Once a hat leaves the workshop, its shape belongs to its owner.

That's why there is no stock at The Wild Hatter. There is a conversation, a fitting, and a few solid hours of work.

Radu Itu holding two finished hats in the workshop
Two finished pieces, before they leave the workshopFig. II

“Each model is unique. The Wild Hatter doesn't make the same hat twice.”

The house rule

How a hat is made

Hours, not minutes.

  1. Wooden hat blocks lined up on shelves
    I.

    The block

    Every shape begins on a wooden block — the crown, the height, the attitude.

  2. Radu steaming and shaping felt in the workshop
    II.

    Steam & shape

    Felt is steamed, stretched and pulled over the block by hand until it holds.

  3. Vintage hat-making machinery on the workbench
    III.

    The bench

    Brims are cut, edges finished and bands stitched — slowly, at the bench.

  4. Hands smoothing the brim of a finished hat
    IV.

    The details

    Pins, chains, flowers, paint, fire. The last hours decide the character.

The entrance to The Wild Hatter parlour
The parlourFig. III

Visit

Come try one on.

We are waiting for you at our parlour to discover a new experience in the hat industry, like you've never seen before. Visits are by appointment — get in touch to arrange one, together with a fitting.

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