Editing Hatmaking (section)

==Notable hatters and milliners==
This is a partial list of people who have had a significant influence on hat-making and millinery.

===Hatters===
* [[International Hat Company]], an American manufacturer credited with inventing one of America's most popular early 20th century harvest hats for field hands, farmers, and workmen. 
* [[Hawley Products Company]], an American manufacturer credited with inventing the tropical shaped, pressed fiber sun helmet used from [[World War II]] through the [[Persian Gulf War]].
* [[John Cavanagh (hatter)|John Cavanagh]], an American hatter whose innovations included manufacturing regular, long and wide-oval fitting hats to enable customers to find better-fitting ready-to-wear hats. 
* [[James Lock & Co.]] of London (founded 1676), is credited with the introduction of the [[bowler hat]] in 1849.<ref name="Telegraph">[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/8043423/Bowler-hat-makes-a-comeback.html Bowler hat makes a comeback] Telegraph (London). Retrieved 9 June 2012</ref>
* [[JJ Hat Center]] in New York (founded 1911) an American hat maker, which claims to be New York City's oldest hat store.<ref name="NY Times">[https://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/03/02/nyregion/0302subcityvisible_index.html The City Visible | The Hatters] NYT (New York). Retrieved 4 August 2023</ref>
* [[Teofilo Garcia]], recognized as a [[National Living Treasures Award (Philippines)|National Living Treasure]] in the [[Philippines]] for pioneering the ''tabungaw'' hat, a headwear made from [[gourd]].<ref name="gamaba-en">{{cite web |last1=Tobias |first1=Maricris Jan |title=GAMABA: Teofilo Garcia |url=https://ncca.gov.ph/about-culture-and-arts/culture-profile/gamaba/national-living-treasures-teofilo-garcia/ |publisher=National Commission for Culture and the Arts |access-date=14 September 2021 |archive-date=26 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220126164339/https://ncca.gov.ph/about-culture-and-arts/culture-profile/gamaba/national-living-treasures-teofilo-garcia/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[John Batterson Stetson]], credited with inventing the classic [[cowboy hat]]<ref name="Reynolds 1995 Pg 8">Reynolds, William and Rich Rand (1995) ''The Cowboy Hat book''. p. 8 {{ISBN|0-87905-656-8}}</ref>
* [[Borsalino|Giuseppe Borsalino]], with the famous "Borsalino" [[Fedora]] hat.

===Milliners===
* [[Vanilla Beane]] was an American milliner in [[Washington, D.C.]] who served the [[African American]] community and notable [[Civil rights movement|civil rights activists]], among others.
* Akio Hirata is the most influential milliner in Japan who collaborated with many famous Japanese fashion designers, including [[Yohji Yamamoto]] and [[Rei Kawakubo]]. He also created and designed hats for Japanese [[Empress Michiko]] since 1966.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Akio Hirata – Fashion Designer {{!}} Designers {{!}} The FMD|url=https://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/designers/akio-hirata/|access-date=2020-10-22|website=The FMD – FashionModelDirectory.com}}</ref>
* [[Anna Ben-Yusuf]] wrote ''The Art of Millinery'' (1909), one of the first reference books on millinery technique.<ref name="hats">Jones, Stephen & {{cite book| editor-last = Cullen| editor-first = Oriole | title = Hats: An Anthology| publisher = V&A Publishing| year = 2009| isbn =978-1-85177-557-6}}</ref>
* [[Rose Bertin]], milliner and modiste to [[Marie Antoinette]], is often described as the world's first celebrity fashion designer.<ref>{{cite book|last=Steele|first=Valerie|title=The Berg Companion to Fashion|year=2010|publisher=Berg|isbn=978-1847885920|pages=72–73|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hemsvn9ZbRkC&pg=PA72 <!--|author=Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell-->|author-link=Rose Bertin|access-date=9 June 2012}}</ref> 
* [[Coco Chanel]], creator of the fashion house Chanel, and of [[Chanel No.5]].
* [[John Boyd (Milliner)|John Boyd]] was one of London's most respected milliners and is known for the famous pink tricorn hat worn by [[Diana, Princess of Wales]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/designers/john-boyd/|title=John Boyd|work=The FMD – FashionModelDirectory.com}}</ref>
* [[Lilly Daché]] was a famous American milliner of the mid-20th century.
* [[Frederick Fox (milliner)|Frederick Fox]] was an Australian born milliner noted for his designs for the British Royal family.
* [[Mildred Blount]] is the first African American milliner to design hats for Hollywood films "[[Gone with the Wind (film)|Gone with the Wind]]' and '[[The Easter Parade]].' Her clientele included [[Joan Crawford]], [[Louise Beavers]], [[Marian Anderson]], [[Gloria Vanderbilt]], and other Hollywood stars.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-09-07|title=Mildred Blount: First African American to Make Hats for Celebrities|url=http://blackthen.com/mildred-blount-first-african-american-to-make-hats-for-celebrities/|access-date=2020-10-22|website=Black Then|language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Mr. John]] was an American milliner considered by some to be the millinery equivalent of [[Christian Dior|Dior]] in the 1940s and 1950s.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CEED71E3DF93AA15755C0A965958260|title=Mr. John, 91, Hat Designer for Stars and Society|work=The New York Times |date=29 June 1993|last1=Schiro |first1=Anne-Marie }}</ref>
* [[Stephen Jones (milliner)|Stephen Jones]] of London, is considered one of the world's most radical and important milliners of the late 20th and early 21st centuries.<ref name=vambio>[http://www.vam.ac.uk/microsites/hats-anthology/the-exhibition/stephen-jones.html Biography of Stephen Jones] on the V&A Museum website, accessed 1 April 2009</ref>
* [[Simone Mirman]] was known for her designs for [[Elizabeth II]] and other members of the British Royal Family.
* [[Barbara Pauli]] was the leading fashion milliner and modiste in Sweden during the [[Gustavian era]].
* [[Caroline Reboux]] was a renowned milliner of the 19th and early 20th centuries.
* [[David Shilling]] is a renowned milliner, artist and designer based in Monaco.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-10-13-tm-15535-story.html | title=Hat Trick | newspaper=[[LA Times]] | date=13 October 1985 | access-date=24 January 2013 | author=Hillier, Bevis| author-link=Bevis Hillier }}</ref>
* [[Justin Smith (milliner)|Justin Smith]] is a milliner creating bespoke and couture hats under the J Smith Esquire brand.
* [[Philip Treacy]] Irish-born milliner; first milliner for 80 years to be invited to exhibit at the Paris haute couture shows.<ref name="guar">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2002/apr/16/fashion|title=Who wants to be a milliner|work=[[The Guardian]]|author=Cartner-Morley, Jess |date=16 April 2002|quote=He has created hats to accompany the catwalk collections of Alexander McQueen and Valentino, has been named British Accessory Designer of the Year five times, and was the first milliner in 80 years to be invited by French fashion's governing body, the Chambre Syndicale, to take part in the Parisian haute couture shows}}</ref>

*[[Gladys Tamez]] is a Mexican-American milliner notable for her work with [[Beyoncé]], [[Lady Gaga]], [[Kendall Jenner]], among others.