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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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  • Trimming the excess from the brim of a felt hat. The hat bodies are oversized, to allow for varying crown heights and brim widths.
    EJL-170518-1424.jpg
  • 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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  • New York, NY - April 16, 2017. A woman coyly holds a daffodil while wearing a hat with a cape-like brim at New York's annual Easter Bonnet Parade and Festival on Fifth Avenue.
    EJL-170416-1104.jpg
  • Pressing a cord into place with a runner to form the joint between the crown and brim of a straw hat.
    Shaping a hat.jpg
  • Pressing a cord into place with a runner to form the joint between the crown and brim of a straw hat.
    EJL-170518-1239.jpg
  • 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.
    EJL-170518-1214.jpg
  • 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.
    EJL-170518-1207.jpg
  • 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.
    EJL-170518-1112.jpg
  • 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.
    EJL-170518-1146.jpg
  • 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.
    EJL-170518-1108.jpg
  • New York, NY - April 16, 2017. A woman in a bright yellow dress wears a black straw hat decorated with yellow flowers under the brim at New York's annual Easter Bonnet Parade and Festival on Fifth Avenue.
    EJL-170416-1163.jpg
  • A felt hat on a mold with cords called ropes holding the shapes of the crown and brim.
    EJL-170518-1161.jpg
  • New York, NY, USA-27 March 2016. A woman wears a very large brimmed hat, bordered by yellow feathers, and a man with a multi-tierd hat with Easter baskets, on the steps of St. Patrick's Cathedral at the annual Easter Bonnet Parade and Festival.
    NY-Easter-Parade-2016-1013.jpg
  • A collection of hat molds, including blocks for brims and crowns, and risers to make the crowns deeper.
    EJL-170518-1331.jpg
  • Sections of blocks are stacked to form brims and crowns.
    EJL-170518-1199.jpg
  • Sections of blocks are stacked to form brims and crowns.
    EJL-170518-1194.jpg
  • New York, NY, USA-27 March 2016. A woman wears a very large brimmed hat, bordered by yellow feathers, and topped with an Easter Bunny, on the steps of St. Patrick's Cathedral at the annual Easter Bonnet Parade and Festival.
    NY-Easter-Parade-2016-1012.jpg