Custom Made
Your Hat — Your Style — Your Choice
A fine dress hat, crafted to your specifications and made exclusively for you. Whether you are seeking a one-of-a-kind creation or wish to tailor a design from our collections to your personal taste, commissioning a custom hat brings you one step closer to realizing the hat you envision.
All of our custom hats are made to order and to measure, using the finest materials available. Most elements of the hat may be customized within a carefully defined range, guided by our design sensibilities and available tooling, in order to achieve the highest standard of craftsmanship and style.
We invite you to explore our portfolio below, along with the materials currently available for customization. We recommend a first look at our Materials & Artisanship page for construction details. For detailed instructions on placing a custom order, please refer to our How to Order guide. Pricing information for custom hats is listed below, and detailed specifications and prices for each model may be accessed by selecting the corresponding hat. Should you have any additional questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Portfolio
Our portfolio is intended to represent the current Bolatti Hat Co. design guidelines and stylistic sensibility, and is continuously growing. It showcases the hats we have designed so far, and serves as a starting point for selecting the specifications of your custom hat.
Each model in this portfolio has been carefully crafted to maintain a sense of harmony between all elements — overall design, crown and brim proportions, and details such as the hat band ribbon and bow style. Models can be made in different felt and ribbon colour combinations, and some can accommodate different ribbon widths. Furthermore, the various style elements can be combined in multiple ways to create designs not presented here.
Other variations such as brim binding, minor adjustments to brim width or crown height, bow design, sweatband colour, and liner style can also be accommodated. For very small or very large sizes, subtle proportional adjustments may also be made to preserve the integrity of the design, unless instructed otherwise.
For more information and technical details, please refer to each model’s dedicated page, where pricing specific to that design is also listed. Should you have a particular style in mind that is not represented here, please feel free to contact us so we can discuss your ideas further.
Hat Bodies
All our hat bodies are 100% pure beaver, in weights ranging between 90 to 120 grams, with the appropriate size and stiffening for dress hats. We strive to offer a balanced and nuanced palette for our felts, nevertheless you will find some more daring colours from time to time.
Our current hat bodies inventory for custom orders is shown below, and is updated frequently.
Beige
Grey
Camel
Chocolate
Cobalt
Noir
Sweatband
All our sweatbands are crafted in-house to your exact measurements and head shape, using the finest chrome-free, vegetable-tanned leathers sourced from first-line European tanneries. Each sweatband is made to order for the custom hat it accompanies — individually cut, stamped, treated, and sewn by us.
You may choose from the following sweatband finish options for your custom hat:
Treated — The most commonly used option, in which the leather is lightly finished with a clear acrylic protective layer. This adds a subtle sheen and improves water resistance while preserving suppleness.
Untreated — Natural vegetable-tanned leather in its pure state, exceptionally soft and supple, designed to absorb moisture and natural skin oils while developing a rich patina over time.
Stitch colour can also be customized to complement the exterior ribbon, felt colour, or simply to add a refined detail to the interior of the hat. Please consult us regarding thread colour availability.
Our current sweatband leather selection includes the following types:
Calfskin — Dense and compact grain with low elasticity and moderate suppleness, offering a smooth, refined surface that wears cleanly and maintains structure over time.
Sheepskin — Less compact, more open grain with high suppleness and moderate elasticity, resulting in a soft hand and a relaxed, lived-in feel.
Lambskin — Very fine, open grain with exceptional suppleness and low structural elasticity, delivering an ultra-soft, luxurious touch.
Current leather colour availability is shown below and is updated regularly.
Rosy Brown (Calfskin)
Chestnut (Lambskin)
Bordeaux (Sheepskin)
Hat Band Ribbon
We exclusively use French vintage grosgrain ribbon from the historic Vialaton & Martin house, and currently stock over 10 kilometres across 60 different colours and a range of widths. This extensive palette is carefully selected to complement the subtle felt tones in our inventory, offering an elegant yet understated finish to your custom hat.
Ribbon colour and width are discussed during the initial consultation. A complete colour catalogue is currently in development and will be made available on this site shortly.
By request, we can also work with 100% silk grosgrain ribbon for an additional charge. Please consult us regarding colour and width availability.
Other Features
Additional features available for customizing your hat include:
Liner options — 40 momme pure silk duchesse, sewn with 100% silk thread, or a lightweight open-weave Italian linen.
Brim binding — Bound in grosgrain ribbon.
Curled brim — finished raw or bound in grosgrain ribbon.
Bow style and placement — Full, half-open, open, or no bow (in which case a discreet seam is used); and left or right location.
Pricing
Prices start at €465 ex. VAT (€565.65 VAT inclusive for EU customers) for a pure beaver custom Fedora style hat with standard trimmings and finish (i.e. raw-edged brim, pure silk or linen liner, and vintage French grosgrain hat band).
Other features will incur in supplemental charges as follows:
Brim binding - €30 ex. VAT (€36.3 VAT inclusive)
Curled brim (raw) - €25 ex. VAT (€30.25 VAT inclusive)
Curled brim (bounded) - €80 ex. VAT (€96.8 VAT inclusive)
For other special features or requests not included in the above list, please contact us.
Current Custom Hats Lead Times
Our current lead times for custom order requests are:
4 to 8 weeks for portfolio models
6 to 10 weeks for non-portfolio models
Depending on our workload, some models may be completed earlier. You will be informed of your commission timeline after the order is placed and confirmed.