A hat seller is called a milliner. A hat collector is called a haberdasher.
Today, haberdashers in the United States are men’s specialty stores selling accessories like hats.
Celebrated Milliners
Vanilla Powell Beane, known as Washington, D.C.’s “hat lady,” turns 100 this year and still custom-makes hats.
Hatmaking Today
Milliners make women’s hats.
Lock & Co, Christys’, Brixton, and Borsalino are leading hatmakers today.
Though he started making leather goods, Gigi’s hats soon became the most popular product.
Focused less on form, dad hats are fuss-free caps with a low crown.
Her real name is unknown. She writes her name in Korean-like symbols.