Bonnet care and cleaning

Tips for storing and preserving your hats:

If you've just bought a hat and want to keep it in good condition for as long as possible, here are a few tips on how to prolong its life.  

First of all,avoid grabbing your hat by the top cap as much as possible, as hat wearers regularly do . Proper care is the key toprolonging the life of your hat .

For this, the hat brush remains the main tool for keeping your headgear, whether a hat or a cap, in top condition.

In fact, it allows you to dust your hat. Take particular care in dusting your wool felt or pile hat to maintain its visual as well as material appearance.

Is your headgear dusty and do you want to restore its natural shine quickly? The brush and steam are there to restore your felt to its original appearance.

To do this, use a soft bristle brush and brush gently in a counter-clockwise direction.

This hatbrush can be easily stored at home or in a suitcase when traveling, and can also be used for your clothes.

For more information, see our white paper on hat care.

General hat care tips :

1. Never lay your hat flat on a surface.
This could, in time, give the edges of your hat the wrong shape.
It's better to turn it inside out, or better still, to use a hat box designed for this purpose.

2. To clean a stained straw hat, wipe it with a clean damp cloth.
For a felt hat, use a soft brush, always working counter-clockwise.
Repeat as often as necessary. Alternatively, to brown the felt, you can boil a pot of hot water
to obtain steam, which will restore the hat hair to its original lustre.

3. As heat and perspiration can shrink the hat's internal comfort band,
we recommend that you never leave your hat near a radiator, a lamp or on the rear parcel shelf of your vehicle.

4. If your hat has been used in the rain, we recommend that you turn the inner comfort bandinside out, as well as when it is made of leather, and leave it to dry without coming into contact with the hat.
Avoid leaving your wet hat lying flat.

How do I care for a felt hat after it's rained? If your wool or pile felt hat has been wet, it may not only become deformed, but it may also shrink as it dries (head circumference).

It is therefore advisable to follow the procedure below to keep your chef cover intact:

1.  Remove as much water as possible by tooling your headgear to remove excess water.
2.  Restore it to its original form as far as possible
3.  Then stuff it with tissue paper or a dry cloth.
4.  Then, above all, leave it to dry at room temperature, as far as possible from heat sources.
5.  Once dry, brush it counter-clockwise to clean and restore its former lustre.

5. Comfort band or grosgrain leather: To ventilate your internal comfort band, regularly turn it out wards to let it dry when the hat is not in use. This is the part of the hat that is in direct contact with the skin. The fabric comfort band must absorb sweat, but not without leaving traces. In fact, over time, perspiration will get into the felt. To avoid this, you can clean the comfort band with a cloth dampened with cold water and a few drops of ammonia. Then rinse with clean water. In the case of leather, it's best to clean with a baby wipe to remove perspiration and avoid damaging the leather.

6.On a felt hat, remove greasy or damp stains with talcum powder, brushing gently .
Avoid all liquid cleaners, and never put your hat in the washing machine. To have your hat cleaned, please send it to us for
.

7. Pick up your hat by the front or back brim as often as possible.

8. Cleaning or reforming your hat

How to reshape, clean and restore original shine in a single operation: Steam is the solution

To restore it to its original shine, place it over the steam or use a pan of water and boil until steam is produced. The steam will restore the shine of the hair felt and make it look newer, while brushing counter-clockwise will remove dust.

For straw, the steam will soften the straw and prevent it from becoming brittle. 

If you need to reshape it, take it as far as it will soften, so you can easily shape it by hand, whatever its material. For the crown, place your hands on the inside of the hat and smooth gently into the desired shape. Alternatively, use a wooden form to restore its shape.

9. Hat storage

For all hats, we recommend laying your hat flat. Over time, the brim may lose its shape. Place it on a hat stand or hat box if you have one. If you don't have one, store it in a closet, upside down, with the brim facing the ceiling.