Bigouden Hat Wool Felt Black -Traclet

Bigouden hat in wool felt with round crown and velvet ribbon.

Bigouden, a Breton word referring to a small fabric appendage at the top of the Pont-L'Abbé headdress (Finistère). By extension, it became the name of the headdress worn by women in this region of Brittany.

The Bigouden hat with three ribbons (Tok teier voulouzenn) features a round crown, narrow brims and a rigid base. The hat is trimmed with velvet (bordou voulous) with three black velvet guides (or ribbons, voulouzennoù) held by three buckles (not included) (boukl) leaving six floating panels free on the back of the crown.
Once worn, this hat could be restored to "new"; this simply required redoing its velvet trim and replacing its three guides.
Sometimes, it was also kept without restoration to be used daily for work, without remorse.

About the Bigouden hat

• French design and manufacturing
• Composition: wool felt
• Unshaped