Why This Hatmaker Sets Fire to His $950 Felt Masterpieces
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- čas přidán 26. 08. 2024
- Nov. 10 -- In Venice, California, Nick Fouquet designs and builds custom headgear from raw materials. He makes each by hand, as requested by a client roster that includes celebrities like Pharrell and Anne Hathaway. No two hats are the same, but each is made with the best materials, using techniques that have been perfected for centuries. (Video by Zach Goldstein and Brian Schildhorn)
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“Hats are the pinnacle of elegance” - guy wearing a wifebeater
Is he about to wear a three piece suit in a workshop or??? 😂
Theyre comfy no denying that
@@HoustonWadeCompton Hannibal Lector wears a three piece suit under his murder suit.
what the fuck is a wifebeater ¿?
I’ll excuse myself thank you very much though “wife beater?” It’s called professionally as an athletic, sleeveless, A-shirt, tee, or tank underwear. How non-knowledgeable.
Nothing is more satisfying than an artist satisfied and fulfilled with his art. Beautiful.
I was going to buy one of these, but Fouquet.
Michael C. Gilbert 😂
😂😂
Took me a minute 😄
😂
Try Thunder Voice Eagle. He has better quality hats
They had to age the hat and jacket of Harrison Ford for the Indiana Jones movies. Ford found and helped to create his hat, but forgot to age it. Once on set, he was told it needed to look used, so he crushed it into the white sands under his feet, and then rolled it up a few times, dusted off, reshaped it and was ready to go. The sweat stains came quickly due to the actual weather being warm and standing out in the sun. Though they used three different hats for the movie series, the first movie used the same hat, all stuntmen had hats made into the style Ford helped to create, people who ordered replica hats were very upset that their hats were so much darker than the one in the movie scenes. The actual fix is to literally crush the hat into fine white sand, not cornstarch, sugar or flour, which can rot your hat and destroy it, but instead to take it to a nice white, dry beach, and roll it in the sand, then rub it out and gently put it on, and wear it. Indy's original hat was a darkish brown, turned tan by having fun with it.
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Jake Alamo what the fuck is wrong with you mate
Jake Alamo with the current state of the world, its always best to be naive. im not sure who the director was but im also not sure what the director has to do with ford
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Gristle Von Raben it would be kooler if HF told this story... rather from a third party snitch...
To all the people calling this overrated and overpriced: there are many people, like myself, who choose to own a few handcrafted, high quality pieces over many mass-produced cheap products that deteriorate fast and don’t quite fit perfectly.
So if you’re a craftsperson who has a passion for making anything, please do, because I, and many others, will find value in your work.
Abdullah I completely agree
Being someone who makes hats I can agree with you..but when you are doing a show piece on a video you should make sure the ribbon covers the sweatband stitching. You also make the sweatband fit the customers head..not just wrap it around inside a blocked hat. This was laughable at best
Paying the extra bucks for better quality, custom fit and handcrafted is justifiable. In this case you're paying extra because it's art.
It just makes you sound pretentious because frankly there’s no reason on gods green earth why a hat should cost $1000 ever, well unless perhaps you’re having one made for a royal wedding or going to the Kentucky derby.
akubra and other large scale manufacturers such as stetson have the same or better quality and theres the added bonus that they cost a fraction of the price, you could just buy one from a company and customise it yourself for 5 bucks or less. this guy is lucky that people are dumb and lazy enough to think setting an average hat on fire and sticking a match on it somehow makes it worth more.
"Yeah can I get my hat uhhhhh medium rare please"
His hats are thousands of dollars. I just realize that i had no clue what hats cost
Very uncommon with hats where i live atm. An old friends grandpa made a fortune selling hats back in the days :D
You see, hats in TF2 actually aren't that expensive
like anything custom handmade.
from tuxedo to the hat
but you do get a lot more for the price imho
If you buy a hat for that price, ether you are insane or you got to much money.
if you search in like a supermarket or smth you can probably get really cheap. The ones I find in hat specific, quality shops are minimum like 80.(EU)
This is so hipster, I grew a twirly mustache watching this.
Why is this hipster? Why can’t a white person live and work like he is doing?
i know, i low how hipster it is
Me too and I'm a woman ;)
The beauty of patina is that it's earned through time. Intentionally distressed art annoys me because it's a statement of impatience. It feels so fake.
I hate fake "distressed" anything. You are right. Patina cannot be faked. Truth can't be faked either. These seem like very nice hats. Distressing them - well...
That's hippie for ya!
Its no, its a style. The compromise of materials, time, and or effort is simply a benefit, and not the purpose.
actually, distressing with fire to achieve a patina is quite common in shoes, called burnishing. I think a little bit of burnishing on the edge of that hat looks awesome, but a bit too much on the crown
Absolutely clueless comment. lol
The hat looked perfectly fine before he went ahead an burnt the shit
Not really. Had he not burned it, people would see that it's not perfectly fine. Now "it's supposed to be".
Theatrics, hollywood isn't that far from Venice
I've no idea what you said, Ketutar.
Way better before the fire.
Killed that hat. One could argue that nothing beats time.
Huh? Celebrities don't have time. They gotta look cool NOW, for 15 minutes, then on to the next thing.
That was a beautiful video about a guy that make hats and with his own style!!! Great work to Zack and Brian, I wish BloomBerg would show more videos like this!!!!!!
yep, looks like a burnt hat
my thoughts too. it was a nice hat, but then you lit it on fire...
@@treatb09 lol
4:25 Imagine walking around like that
I have a collection of hats from ladies leather to wool, casual and dress. Each one is a part of me and I can't think of anything else that is more personal in my wardrobe. This video is so cool I loved watching you work.
You need a life
Out of the hundreds and hundreds of videos I’ve watched on CZcams this is in my top 2-3 all time favorites..... and I don’t even wear hats.
Check out Thunder Voice Eagle
What an inspiring Craftsman! It takes a lot of courage to strike out on your own and start a business like this. I personally love the look of his hats and I like knowing the products he uses are sustainable.
lot of Haters out there, his hats are cool if you cant afford one and I cant, please admire the work,effort,craftsmanship and quality without the negative comments. I don't know of another hat maker in LA that can make you a bespoke custom hat. My mother taught me if you don't have anything nice to say about something perhaps you should not say anything never has this been more true in the age of the internet. Im thankful craftsman like this guy are still making things that you can treasure for a life time it costs more but it is worth it. Way to go Nick ignore the haters and hopefully when I can afford one of your hats you will still be making them.
I happen to appreciate the craftmanship Nick Fouquet puts into each of his hats. It's quite remarkable actually. Good on you.
My 8 year old grandson loves. Real. Hats. He saves his money and buys at the hat shop in Disney springs. He bought a black felt top hat that he wears all the time. He wears an Irish style cap with his family emblem on it. He definitely owns hat wearing. I can’t wait for him to grow into my dads Stetson . Beautiful.
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I have worn hats my whole life my grandfather was also a hat man I guess I got it from him .Your right you have to own the look
All too common spelling or word choice error: It should read you are or you're, not your. That which follows your belongs to the person you are conversing with.
Customer: well, it doesn't fit and it has a huge hole in it not to mention it's fucking burnt!
Hipster: **sweats nerviously** the beauty is in the mistakes.
I'm glad the hat community is so small and not being ruined by society for money and quantity.
Why it always in slow motion?
It makes it seem like he's doing a lot, while he isn't actually doing $1000's work
I am fascinated by this hat-making process!
Ohhh
👍
He keeps saying “we” but there’s no one else there 😳
😱 This is craftsmanship at its best!!! Amazing 😍 It’s soooo beautiful what he’s doing and I love, that art like this will survive because of people like him 🙏🏻
Awesome crafter, awesome filmmaking.
I loved everything about this.
Fire resistant hats, for the classy fireman
Rare field trip for Bloomberg to see how the middle class makes a living.
The guy makes minimum $1K US a hat. He's not middle class.
buy an Akubra for 1/10 of the Nick´s hat price
Akubras are bonza
Nah,i love stetson more,don't have enough money buy vintage
How to abuse the slo-mo button.....dam ....the whole video was slowed down ....thought I was having a stroke
You people do not understand what goes into a handcrafted product. Handmade anything is top quality and would probably end up being an heirloom. Mass produced hats fall apart. I make everything and just started making felted hats by knitting them first then hand felting them. Itsa lot of work and the public just doesn't realize it.
Not really true though. The fact that something is mass produced doesn't make it worse quality, quite the contrary. I have only bought one handmade thing, and it broke
This video should be titled .. why this hat maker glues in his liners instead of sewing it in?? 7:57
“Mad Matter: "Have I gone mad?"
Alice: "I'm afraid so. You're entirely bonkers. But I'll tell you a secret. All the best people are.”
Wow Nick , you do awesome work! Thanks for this video !
Great video. Great hats too. Love the artwork of both Nick and filmmaker.
Of course he drives a old pickup 😂❤️
To a lot of the critics here....
The true essence of wearing a hat is how you feel while wearing it. If you feel on top of the world in a cheap hat, mo power to ya. I myself, go for the look and not even look at the price tag. If it’s what I’m looking for, I’ll find the bucks....expensive or cheap. However, I don’t find many cheap hats that give me that great “feel”. Awesome work Nick. I’d love to meet ya sometime and buy ya a drink.
Are they $950 before or after the burning...?
Wow... very artistic...
lovely video, really did enjoy it, was pleasantly surprised this came from Bloomberg though hahah
Eytan Merkier the way that their videos are edited.....on point
Legend has it after 2 years hat still sits there ..
Lol
That dude was really cheesy but major props to the cinematographer. Those were some gorgeous shots!!
👍
Just amazing!
Love me some Beaver felt
Lol
@@jambajoby32 yay, finally someone got the joke 😹
More people need to see this video. This video is awesome.
Nice ! Good work, very good
Congratulations!
Now with so many Hatmakers out there you can get a Custom Fur Felt Hat for $400-$500 not $1200.-$2000 for this Guy's Hats. However in Southern California there are a lot of wealthy People who will gladly pay $1500. for his Hats and of course his association with Neiman-Marcus Stores helps too probably Macy's too. His Family financially helped Nick get started and they are a Fashion Family so it wasn't that hard for him to become a Custom Hatmaker. The Rich get richer!
Thats the nature of human ever since the dawn of time. Flexing wealth and acquiring wealth to flex more is a proven strategy not only to qcuire power but also to reproduce. I am just glad we as a species evolve to have sympathy with each other and learn to help the poor of our kind - but yeah, we still need to evolve more. 😅
This guy just gave a bunch of more talented desperate artists the fundamentals of hat making. I think there’s gonna be a few for hat makers in America.
There's a reason there are so few hat makers.
Fabulous work and video.
Amazing! Terrific.
Gotta own it! Totally rad dude👍.
Most amazing thing ive ever seen its always important for a hat to match you
The hat on fire, so beautiful!
Nice job . Congratulations nick. Saludos desde mexico de un aprendiz de sombrerero. Mi linea de trabajo son los sombreros de charro.
Wow everyone is sleeping on how gorgeous he is
That nigga is ugly af
I thought he looked a little like Brad Pitt.
@@nemphis95 lol
//QUESTION FOR HAT MAKERS//
Does anyone know if you can do the sanding process like Nick does with any sort of felt, or just top-notch?
Thank you in advance for the answer!
Nothing will ever beat Stetson
Except a Resistol Hat!!
@@noway234 True true
You have to rock hats with confidence no matter the cost. Its like a piece of unique jewelry added to your outfit.
Super outstanding Bro…!
As someone who works in a hat shop everything he says is stuff I say to my customers everyday haha
Check out Hornskov Hats from Denmark. They have some pretty awesome videos here on CZcams aswell
Beautiful work
Very nice... Love to see the process.
Really cool hat he’s wearing with the curvy brim
"hats look cool on everbody" *doesn't look cool in a hat*
hes gay though...
I’d love to have one of his hats , but I could get a custom for that much
A very talented creative artist ...
Amazing hats. Cool dude.
meanwhile in the army they tell us to shape our berets with hot water and smooth it out with a shaving razor. lol
Well I'm down to learn. I collect tons of hats ^^
Cool craft
He should do a car interior for the truck
I have a $1k beaver hat and I wouldn't burn it. LOL
Stunning!
My respect to your art. My hats off to you.
Watching this video after days on end of playing Red Dead Redemption 2 got me like 🤠
mm, but what does he use for sanding? does anybody know?
Love the synthesizer work around 5:00
Awesome, I have to come and meet you sometime! I love hatmaking.
something as simple as ironing is so dramatized lol
That's CZcams for you these days. Everything has to be in slow motion, and/or shot with a drone, and/or have a generic droning EDM beat in the background.
@@OMGWTFLOLSMH lol
Britain is great .I love Britain
How do you burn the fuzz off of things without burning them up like this? Is he spraying it with something?
I respect the craft..
That was awesome!!!
Every hipsters mustache twirled longer when he says the patina on the fire part lol
I don’t like to wear hats but he’s hats I really want them 🎩
Semi literate hipster makes grossly over priced hats. Bloomberg glamourizes said hipster.
Yeah, I'm really questioning why I need to remain subscribed to this channel now.
I guarantee you that if you made a hat from scratch, you would want to charge a lot of money for it.
if people are willing to pay his price, why not? At least he doesnt shave his head and act like a total buffoon to get your attention to buy his hat.
This hippie is not professional in what he does.
By definition if it is his profession then he is a professional...
How does one learn the process?
Headwear is very personal a crowning accoutrement to what ever you are wearing, Hudhuds are the pinnacle of elegance and style individually created to cater for your desired dress sense to wear fashionable clothing .
Last touch pun matches
I would really love ❤️ to learn how 🤔 because I love wearing hats!
I respect the work, the passion, the time, the energy, the effort, the attention to detail, and the love for what he does... that said, those hats are ugly.
this guy is a boss
i need a hat from him
What a nice guy
I love people like this, totally invested in their passion. But i’ll take my Stetson Whippet over any other hat.
That dude must have some great skin
Nice. VERY nice.
hats off