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 [...]
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”. [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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. To enquire a giftcard, please write to us, and we will send it to any given adress after recieved payment. Contact us if you need a special [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
