Some time ago I found a funny vintage hat block on the web…1960s I think……It was a “must have” for me, so I bought it!
I really love the shape of it and call it “the turtle”.And I also like the nice straw-barett I made last year!
There are hundreds of funny, beautiful hat blocks – vintage and new- for sale on the web…But beware! Some of them are works of art and look fantastic in a shelf. But it´s impossible to make fair hats with them. Most of the hats look unflattering or- worst case- absolutly ridicolous.
I had such “flops” many times, but learned a lot from it. Before I buy a new hat block this days, I take a long hard look and try to imagine, how the future hat would be….Most of the time I decide not to buy and save the money for a better occasion.
I leave such hat blocks to more courageous, groundbreaking milliners or hat block collectors.
I bet, some of you made the same experience!