Vintage Fashion for Today’s Style: Gail’s Custom Hats

Posted by Pedro on August 23, 2012
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CustomMade artisan Gail Bartlett can make you the bee’s knees with vintage-style custom hats that are simply the cat’s pajamas.  (That’s OOAK, millennials).  Gail’s Custom Hats specializes in making connections between the fashions of the past and today.  Gail’s custom hat styles range from the Victorian and Edwardian eras to the Roaring Twenties to World War II.  However, her creations don’t just reflect the look.  Each hat is expertly hand made, truly one-of-a-kind, with special attention to fabrics, colors, and other decorative elements as well as with an eye for complementing your favorite vintage-style outfits.

Take a look at these completed custom hats with 1920s flapper flair from Gail’s Custom Hats CustomMade portfolio.

Whether you need custom hats for reenactments, vintage theme weddings or other events, or simply for your own eclectic, OOAK wardrobe, get in touch with Gail and have her create a custom reproduction or a new custom hat design for you.

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This 1920s style cloche hat can be worn with the brim turned up or down, “depending on your mood.” Either way, Oh! You Kid! This flapper hat was hand made with heavy textured tweed, a pleated taupe satin band, and black velvet roundel. Gail’s Custom Hats at CustomMade.com
1920s Style Beige Tweed Cloche Hat by Gail’s Custom Hats at CustomMade.com
This smoky grey suede and velvet cloche hat was custom made to match the vintage looks of a customer’s black coat and hand sewn from a vintage reproduction millinery pattern. This hat has It. Gail’s Custom Hats at CustomMade.com
Smoky Grey Suede and Velvet Vintage Style Cloche Hat by Gail’s Custom Hats at CustomMade.com
“A cocktail hat is a great way to start a conversation at a party. Get noticed and be remembered in this cocktail hat.” And how. Made from hand-formed sinamay and covered with velvet, this sexy little hat features rooster feathers, copper veiling, and a vintage Schiaparelli earring as a centerpiece. Gail’s Custom Hats at CustomMade.com
Feathered Cocktail Hat in Copper Velvet by Gail’s Custom Hats at CustomMade.com
This cloche hat was custom made for puttin’ on the Ritz. Gail’s customer needed something dressy for her vintage wardrobe. The beautiful mustard printed fabric features a dainty daisy pattern in rust and silver. The turned up brim is made in a pale butter cream taffeta. Gail’s Custom Hats at CustomMade.com
Vintage Style 1920s Cloche Dress Hat in a Mustard and Silver Printed Fabric by Gail’s Custom Hats at CustomMade.com
This couture 1920s vintage reproduction “looks ready to step into a speakeasy nightclub.” Gail hand sewed dupioni red silk onto a heavy fabric base to create this one-of-a-kind hat, which also features a satin lining, a large velvet open rose, and a ribbon appliqué accent. Gail’s Custom Hats at CustomMade.com
Speakeasy Roaring Twenties Red Silk Cloche Hat by Gail’s Custom Hats at CustomMade.com
It had to be you in this vintage-inspired summer wedding hat. This custom hat was hand made by pressing taupe sinamay over a vintage wooden hat block and features sequins, glass beads, floral lace appliqués, and hand-made roses. Gail’s Custom Hats at CustomMade.com
Summer Wedding Hat in Taupe with Sequins and Beads by Gail’s Custom Hats at CustomMade.com
Helmet-style hats were “all the rage in the 1920s,” Gail writes. Made to fit tight and come down over the ears, these distinctive accessories usually sported an Art Deco or Art Nouveau design. These custom hats are perfect for a Roaring Twenties reenactment or your favorite contemporary bearcat. Gail’s Custom Hats at CustomMade.com
Vintage Style Helmet Hat from the 20s by Gail’s Custom Hats at CustomMade.com