{"id":1683,"date":"2013-03-18T12:36:21","date_gmt":"2013-03-18T19:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kqed.org\/makingof\/?p=1683"},"modified":"2013-03-18T12:36:21","modified_gmt":"2013-03-18T19:36:21","slug":"the-making-of-a-hat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/makingof\/2013\/03\/18\/the-making-of-a-hat\/","title":{"rendered":"The Making of a Hat"},"content":{"rendered":"

This story was produced by Lauren Benichou<\/a> for The Making Of…<\/p>\n

“Paul’s Hat Works is a 100-year-old hat shop in San Francisco’s Richmond District. Four ladies run the shop and fabricate custom-made men’s hats. One of the owners, Olivia Griffin, took me on a tour and shared the secrets of her craft. I spent two days with dapper hat-makers in a workshop worthy of Mister Geppetto’s, recording century-old tools and women working with their hands. At Paul’s Hat Works, each hat has a story waiting to be told. This is the making of a hat.”
\n–Lauren Benichou<\/p>\n