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Travels with my Hat Six days in China: Finals of ‘The Hatters’ Hub Cup’ China’s first International Hat Competition; Hat lectures at Beijing and Shanghai Universities; A visit to The Foremost Hat Company in Nantong and Retail Therapy: Hat shopping in China
A Conversation with… Jeffrey Sun, M.D. of The Foremost Hat Company, Nantong, China
The HAT Designer of the Year Second part of our look back at past winners and see ‘where are they now?’ and Stephen Jones selects the designer through to round two of the 2013 The HAT Designer of the Year competition
It’s a family Affair Working with your family, we talk to three successful hat companies, showing at Who’s Next, who have taken the ‘en famille’ path
Designer Sketchbook Take inspiration from Rachel Richardson’s millinery sketchbook themed ‘Everything is Black & White (well almost)’
Workroom Technique Creating decorative designs in fur with Beijing furrier Li Jing Shan
On The Catwalks of London A snapshot of the headwear at this season’s London catwalk shows
Trade Fair Reports The hats and the looks for AW13/14 with our round up of this season’s trade shows, from Paris, Düsseldorf, Birmingham and London
Street Style What the sharp kids wore to London Fashion week
Looking Ahead The colours, fabrics and trims for SS14. We report from Première Vision and Mod Amont
The HAT Directory Source those suppliers here
News, Views and Events The latest hat trade news including coverage of: The opening of ‘La Chapellerie, Europe’s largest new museum dedicated to the felt hat; The Feltmakers Design Awards of 2013