Stockport UK Museum of Hatting
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labricoleuseOn my way to Scotland, i took a detour to Manchester, England, to visit friends and to check out Hat Works, the Museum of Hatting in Stockport. I've had that museum on my someday-list for years, and it was wonderful to have the opportunity to finally go check it out.
The museum takes up three storeys of an old hatting factory, and displays include a felting manufactory, hat body forming machines, a block-carving workshop, a Victorian era millinery shop, and hundreds of beautiful hats from antiquity to au courant. There is also a research library filled with books, periodicals, notes and letters, images, and videos.
If you ever find yourself in England, hop a short train to Manchester and check it out! I went with a friend who knows nothing of millinery and she loved it, too. Admission is free, and the gift shop has neat things like hats (no surprise there), logo swag useful to milliners like pencils and rulers, postcards, and two books on the history of the regional Hatting industry. I bought both books and will likely review them in a future post but for now, here are a few selections from the photos I took.
Shelf of blocks
Block making workshop area
One of many block storage areas.
Block copier machine.
How much for your conformiteur, eh?
How cool is this Bobby hat block?!
Selection of lining tip fabrics/motifs, and a top hat deconstructed to show brim attachment.
This machine puts in leather interior bands. I covet it.
Uniform caps blocked in one.
The one at rear has its patent leather brim cover stitched in place.
Display case at the recreated millinery shop.
The museum takes up three storeys of an old hatting factory, and displays include a felting manufactory, hat body forming machines, a block-carving workshop, a Victorian era millinery shop, and hundreds of beautiful hats from antiquity to au courant. There is also a research library filled with books, periodicals, notes and letters, images, and videos.
If you ever find yourself in England, hop a short train to Manchester and check it out! I went with a friend who knows nothing of millinery and she loved it, too. Admission is free, and the gift shop has neat things like hats (no surprise there), logo swag useful to milliners like pencils and rulers, postcards, and two books on the history of the regional Hatting industry. I bought both books and will likely review them in a future post but for now, here are a few selections from the photos I took.
Shelf of blocks
Block making workshop area
One of many block storage areas.
Block copier machine.
How much for your conformiteur, eh?
How cool is this Bobby hat block?!
Selection of lining tip fabrics/motifs, and a top hat deconstructed to show brim attachment.
This machine puts in leather interior bands. I covet it.
Uniform caps blocked in one.
The one at rear has its patent leather brim cover stitched in place.
Display case at the recreated millinery shop.
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