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Handcrafted Danish Leathergoods

For Holding Up The Trousers is a one-man operation in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Morten V. Kristensen handcrafts belts and suspenders from high quality materials. He carefully selects the suppliers for his products, so he can guarantee absolute supreme quality and durability.

Portræt af Silas Skram og Tomas Chovan

“Nordens sidste kasketmagere” er hvad der står på den sorte kridttavle ude foran Tomas Chovan og Silas Skrams butik på Jægersborggade. I den lille butik er kasketter i alskens farver og materialer sat frem på lige rækker. Det lille værksted bagerst i butikken kan ved første øjekast ligne en tidslomme med de gammeldags symaskiner, et [...]

Wilgart til Cirkus i Soldalen

Wilgart har værksted på Soldalen på Bornholm, hvor der én gang årligt afholdes et fantastisk event kaldet Cirkus i Soldalen. I år deltager vi, og butikken i Jægersborggade er derfor lukket mellem d. 20. og 25. september. Nedenfor kan du læse en artikel om eventet, ovenfor er en video fra sidste års Cirkus i Soldalen. [...]

Kasketmageren i Jægersborggade

Siden 2013 har danske mænd kunne få syet deres helt egen unikke kasket hos Silas Gärtner, som er den eneste danske kasketmager. De første par år kun efter aftale, men siden 2017 har Wilgart, som virksomheden hedder, haft butik og værksted i den hippe Jægersborggade på Nørrebro. ”Butikken tiltrækker en del gadekunder. Der er også [...]

Ny butik og udstilling på Bornholm

Salg af caps i Soldalen (Fra Maj til slut August) Wilgart har i vintermånederne bygget værksted og syet caps på klippeøen Bornholm. Nu åbner vi for salg af kasketter fra Soldalen. Der findes et bredt udvalg af de aktuelle sixpence og flatcaps som er syet af min mester, samt de nyeste sailorcaps og baseball kasketter [...]

Hattemagere og Modister i København anno 2019

Gentrificering af Nørrebro tvinger hattemagerfabrik til at flytte Hattemager Stig Andersen fra Nørrebro har set sig nødsaget til at flytte ud af de lokaler, som siden 1983 har været domicil for hattevirksomheden Andersen & Berner. Hans venlige fortællen om materialer og hatte metoder, har gjort det unikke hatteværksted til naturligt samlingspunkt for store og små [...]

Basil Rathbone var Sherlock Holmes i filmene fra 1939 til 1946.

7 populære kasketter for den moderne mand

1. The Baseball Cap Kigger vi på hattens og hovedbeklædningens historie, er Baseball kasketten den du især ser til Amerikanske sportsbegivenheder, eller som marketings souvenir. Baseball kasketten, har en vidunderlig historie, som begynder i New York I 1845. Det er en ansat på The Knickerbocker Engine Company No. 12, som grundlægger ”The Knickerbocker Baseball Club”. [...]

Nye muskler og maskiner

Wilgart har siden 2013 været drevet som enkeltmandsvirksomhed. Vores start-up har haft til huse på én adresse og alt kommunikation og drift er gået igennem én person. Men dette er ved årets afslutning blot fortid, for her fordobles vores menneskelige og materielle ressourcer. Mennesket først Først og fremmest er vi meget glade for at introducere [...]

Sewingmachine going over a 100% wool cloth to make a summer flatcap. Made in Denmark

Want to become the second capmaker in Scandinavia?

I don’t know if the buzz about Wilgart looking for a working partner has hit the internet yet? But now we want to make it official: We are looking for applicants that eventually could become partner in the company. Why capmaking is important right now? The fact is that hatshops businesses are very old school, [...]

New old style – The one piece crown

Recently Wilgart has been looking into very old time classics of caps. One of the styles that came to mind was the very broad cloth caps, worn by men in the 1910s through the 1930s. Amongst the styles popular at the time was the newsboy cap, baker cap and golf caps. One shape in particular [...]

Special designed headwear for artist

For quite some time, Wilgart headwear have been collaborating with Japanese dancing and performing artist Mori Kiochiro. Many have admired his inspiring moves and futuristic shows. Recently the biggest national television broadcaster of Japan filmed him for months, to create a documentary about his special dance style and extraordinary work. Others are The Royal Theather [...]

Opening new hatshop at Jægersborggade

Wilgart is opening our first independent Danish headwear shop, on one of the most exciting streets of Copenhagen. Jægersborggade, is a small street with old stunning buildings and a cosy vibe. Unlike any traditional shopping street, the store repertoire consist of entrepreneurs with strong concepts and of shop owners that embrace aesthetics and artisanship. Many [...]

Speciale om Wilgart cap customization

Wilgart skriver i disse måneder speciale omkring customization af kasketter. Vi har testet en prototype i to butikker, og med ny viden fra vores brugere, samt interviews med butiksindehavere, bevæger projektet sig nu i en helt anden retning en forventet.   Læs om vores indsigter: 1. Det er en væsentlig indsigt fra min rolle som [...]

Wilgart receives project funding

For some time now, Wilgart has been dreaming about turning our intermittent equipped basement business into a full functional cap-production facility, with all the professional tools, optimized for quality like the nature of Master Herr Bullmann’s workshop, where the capmaking craft was learned. With Wilgart receiving 105.000,- DKK funding from EU to create a headquarters [...]

Wilgart’s nye værksted på Bornholm

Med en lokal produktion fremstiller Wilgart kasketter efter individuelle mål, og leverer samtidig en unika- samt en basiskollektion til udvalgte butikker i Danmark. Produktet er hovedbeklædning som ikke er masseproduceret men har historie, personlighed og ’sjæl’. Eksilbornholmeren Silas er Danmarks eneste kasketmager og har været i mesterlære i Tyskland. Med den nye produktionsenhed vil Wilgart [...]

Wilgart headwear, Silas the founder CEO is sewing a flatcap on the industrial sewing machine in Wilgarts workshop

Capmaker vs. Hatmaker

Very often hats are confused with caps and vice versa. I often get to call a hat for a hat, a cap for a cap, but also allow a hat for a cap, and say cap to a hat! Thus reinforcing the cluttered relationship between a living language contrary the professional terms of the industry. [...]

Giftcard envelope with silk band, from wilgart

Wilgart now offer giftcards

It just got easier to give a hat to someone you love. With the new Wilgart Giftcards, can the reciever choose whatever hat or cap amongst Wilgart's offerings. Order it to your mailbox now in our webshop: Giftcard Contact us if you need a special gift Facebook Instagram Youtube Vimeo Back to NEWS

Besøg hos mester

Endnu en gang har Silas besøgt sin mester i Bamberg, og er denne gang vendt hjem med en lille del-kollektion af mesters egen kollektion for vinteren 2017. Fremtidsplanerne for Wilgart er i sammarbejde med Bullani i Bamberg, at tilbyde en spitzen-blanding af vores håndlavede kasketvarer til butikker og handlende. Europæiske storbyer og norden generelt står [...]

Silas standing in front of his market stand in Christiania. Lots of caps in the background.

Wilgart på Christianias Julemarked

Julemarkedet på Christiania i Den Grå Hal startede tilbage i 1970’erne. Markedet rummer en mangfoldig blanding af varer og mennesker, der alle har en interessant historie at fortælle. Mellem unik julepynt, røgelse, læder, metal, smykker, keramik og andet kunsthåndværk er det en fornøjelse at tilføje håndlavede kasketter som en del af udbuddet. Fra tider hvor [...]

Young man holding a Wilgart cap in oilskin and salmonskin.

Wilgart intro videos

When surfing across the internet one would notice that introduction videos are getting major exposure and attention. We believe these videos are helpful to give a quick overview of the business and it’s activities. This blog post explains our own attempts so far, from the very personal introduction video that is self recorded with a [...]

Man leaning towards a large sewingmachine wearing a sixpence/flatcap. This is master Bullmann of Bullani Mützen.

Wilgart dreht ein Deutsches Video

Da Wilgart Große und wichtige Erfahrungen und Erlebnisse in Deutschland gemacht hat, und da wir fortlaufend öfter zusammenarbeiten mit Deutsche Firmen, finden wir es wichtig das die deutschen auch verstehen um was es sich dreht hier in unsere Kleine fortfahren. Daher gibt es ab und zu auch Schreiben und sogar Videos über Wilgart auf Deutsch. [...]

Wilgart special design signature

Wilgart has a very unique detail that sometimes is applied to our exclussive headwear. With a triangle shape placed on the side of the brim, is the signature unique to Wilgart headwear, and the design pattern is patent protected. So you can be sure that if the detail is applied to headwear, it can only [...]

Wilgart investerer i nye symaskiner

Når man syer en kasket kræver det en dobbeltnålet symaskine til at lave stikkesting der ligger sømrummet ned. Til netop disse sting har Wilgart ind til for nyligt benyttet en maskine der stod på KEA – Københavns Erhvervs Akademi. Special industri symaskiner et sjældent syn Til skræk og rædsel opdagede vi pludselig at KEA af [...]

Hatblocks and play video button, to see how caps are handmade

Capmaking video – How to make a flatcap

See a cap go through the production line at Bullani Mützen. We made this video when Silas Gärtner was visiting the his master in capmaking and tailoring. See a classic sixpence flatcap from fabric to finished product. This is how you make a sixpence cap. Shown step by step. All you need is the right [...]

Craftsmanship exhibition at LOS

Wilgart makes a stand-alone exhibition

With help from photographers Nicolai Egense, Martin Sørensen and Malte Pedersson has we made an exhibition of large canvas prints and craftsmanship tools for capmaking. Physical parts include material samples of wolffish and salmon, halfway finished Wilgart caps and some special tools. The exhibition contains 12 large canvas prints and 19 medium sized print on [...]

3d model of cap, half finished

Wilgart’s fantastic 3D drawings

The initial drafts of 3D caps is here. There is a lot more work to put into them, but eventually the goal is to create a sketch that enables you to mix fabrics and leather to fully customize the hat to your personal prefference. Wilgart want's you to get inside the engineroom where new designs [...]

Wilgart’s recomended craftsmanship friends

To honor and showcase some of our affiliates in reguarding craftsmanship, tailored products, durability and quality, wilgart has published a small list to give forward recommendation. These independed craftsmakers are delivering valuable goods that might interest you. Amongst their products is custom made clothing, watches assembled in Denmark and leather goods or even hats like [...]