Sombrerería Mil is a historic Barcelona hat shop specialising in making, selling and restoring handmade hats and headpieces. The shop has a wide range of quality pieces for different seasons and occasions. Its own workshop designs and makes made-to-measure models, as well as repairing and restoring vintage hats. It also keeps the craft alive through practical courses at its own school, sharing techniques, materials and expertise.
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Its reputation even reached the big screen: it dressed iconic actors such as Robert Redford and Paul Newman, a sign of just how far this historic Barcelona shop’s reputation travelled.
Each piece is shaped using 19th-century tools and wooden moulds. Look closely at the finishing: it shows that a handmade hat is not made by guesswork, but with skill and expertise.
