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  • Dina "Cha Cha" Pisani wearing a decorated straw top hat, and surrounded by her creations, in her shop.
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  • Dina "Cha Cha" Pisani wearing a decorated straw top hat, and surrounded by her creations, in her shop.
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  • Hand sewing a bow onto the hatband of a straw hat.
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  • A cord called a rope is cinched around the joint of the crown and brim, and is forced into place with a wooden runner, a tool with a groove cut in its end to fit over the rope and to force it in place.
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  • Illustrations of headgear from arond the world serve as insiration, along with a Mexican-inspired skull mask.
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  • A pheasant wing with its plumage intact hanging on the shop wall.
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  • A straw hat rests on a stack of wooden hat blocks.
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  • Shaping the crease on the crown of a straw fedora. Once the shape has been established, a wooden block called a tipper will be tied in place to hold the crease.
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  • Pressing a cord into place with a runner to form the joint between the crown and brim of a straw hat.
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  • Brushing a felt hat after being shaped and roped, to remove any marks left by shaping.
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  • A partially-shaped felt hat over the steam generator, being re-steamed for further shaping.
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  • Pressing a cord into place with a runner to form the joint between the crown and brim of a straw hat.
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  • Fancy hats and fascinators on display.
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  • Feathers in jars on a shelf of trimmings.
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  • Trimming the excess from the edge of a straw hat after the edge has been sewn.
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  • A felt hat cooling from being dried in the oven.
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  • Shaping a steamed straw hat body over a block.
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  • A wooden runner, used to force cords into place to form the joint between the crown and brim, along with a cord and a brush.
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  • A wooden block made up of brim and crown sections ready for a hat to be shaped over it into a fedora. In the background, a straw hat body is being steamed.
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  • Sections of blocks are stacked to form brims and crowns.
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  • Sections of blocks are stacked to form brims and crowns.
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  • Stretching a just-steamed felt hat body over a wooden block to shape the crown and brim. Many of the block are old, and difficult to replace.
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  • The sewing machines are mostly old Singers, with cast iron frames and mechanisms of machined metal—still durable, useful and repairable. Stacked on the table are a selection of specialty feet for the machine.
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  • A balsa head used for trimming hats sits in a window.
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  • Sewing the edge of the brim of a straw hat. The edge is rolled over a thick monofilament line to help it keep its shape.
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  • Removing a trimmed hat from a block.
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  • Hand sewing the finishing touches on the sweatband of a straw hat. Behind Cha Cha is an old chain-stitch sewing machine with a high arch and a short, narrow free arm, ideal for reaching into the crowns of hats.
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  • Tying a block called a tipper in place to hold the crease in the crown of a straw fedora.
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  • Ribbons and trim, some on rolls, some leftovers, await use.
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  • A straw hat on a block after steaming, with a tipper block pressing the center crease in place. On the left is a rack over a steam generator; hanging from the hat block are cords used to form the fold between the crown and the brim, as well as to shape the edge of the brim.
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  • Trimming the excess from the brim of a felt hat. The hat bodies are oversized, to allow for varying crown heights and brim widths.
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  • A collection of hat molds, including blocks for brims and crowns, and risers to make the crowns deeper.
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  • After shaping, the damp hat is placed in an oven to dry.
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  • A hat body, shaped with only a suggestion of a crown and brim, on a rack over a steam generator, being steamed prior to shaping.
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  • Sewing a headband into a straw hat on an old chain-stitch sewing machine with a high open arch and a short, narrow free arm.
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  • Cords called ropes, with slipknots pre-tied and ready to be used for shaping hang in front of a steam rack with a straw hat body on it.
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  • A felt hat on a mold with cords called ropes holding the shapes of the crown and brim.
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  • New York, NY, USA-27 March 2016. Milliner Kathy Anderson wears one of her hats, in black and white leather, with a red leather poppy, on Fifth Avenue in the annual Easter Bonnet Parade and Festival. Ms. Anderson was there with a group from the Milliners Guild.
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  • New York, NY, USA-27 March 2016. Milliner Lisa McFadden wears one of her hats, decorated in colorful , oversized, pipe cleaners, on Fifth Avenue in the annual Easter Bonnet Parade and Festival. Ms. McFadden was there with a group from the Milliners Guild.
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  • New York, NY, USA-27 March 2016. Milliner Wanda J. Chambers wears one of her hats, which looks like a wide-brimmed western hat made of bits of stained glass, on Fifth Avenue in the annual Easter Bonnet Parade and Festival. Ms. Chambers, who owns the Once Upon a Hat shop, was there with a group from the Milliners Guild.
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  • New York, NY, USA-27 March 2016. Milliner Evetta Petty wears one of her hats, decorated in swooping pheasant feathers, and with turquoise accents, on Fifth Avenue in the annual Easter Bonnet Parade and Festival. Ms. Petty, who owns the oldest hat shop in Harlem, was there with a group from the Milliners Guild.
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  • New York, NY - April 16, 2017. Two women from The Milliners Guild wearing stunning hats at New York's annual Easter Bonnet Parade and Festival on Fifth Avenue.
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  • New York, NY - April 16, 2017. A woman from The Milliners Guild wears a hat decorated in brightly colored pipe cleaners at New York's annual Easter Bonnet Parade and Festival on Fifth Avenue.
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  • New York, NY - April 16, 2017. Wanda J. Chambers (left) and Patricia Ann Parenti of The Milliners Guild at New York's annual Easter Bonnet Parade and Festival on Fifth Avenue. Parenti is a glover.
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  • New York, NY - April 16, 2017. Three woman from The Milliners Guid wear hats of their own creation  at New York's annual Easter Bonnet Parade and Festival on Fifth Avenue. From left to right: Linda Ashton, Juliette Chauvin, and Ellen Christine.
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  • New York, NY - April 16, 2017. A woman from The Milliners Guild wearing a red and black hat at New York's annual Easter Bonnet Parade and Festival on Fifth Avenue.
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  • New York, NY, USA-27 March 2016. Three members of the Milliners Guild pose on Fifth Avenue  in the annual Easter Bonnet Parade and Festival. From left to right: Ellen Christine, Lisa Schaub, and Linda Ashton.
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