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Manufacture and design of hats and headwear
Hat-making or millinery is the design, manufacture and sale of hats and other headwear. A person engaged in this trade is called a milliner or hatter. Wikipedia →
🧠Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: HatmakingA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: For the LoveThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Women’s Work and the Family Economy : Textiles and Palm Leaf Hatmaking in New England, 1830–1850Cited 1 times
- Go sideways: John Boyd (milliner)A closely related topic
- Go sideways: Caroline RebouxA closely related topic
đź“– Definitions
Noun The manufacture of hats.
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
đź“š Books worth reading
For the LoveJen Hatmaker · 2015
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