The Mad Hatter’s Device that Fitted Charlie Chaplin

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  • čas přidán 6. 06. 2024
  • Step inside the world's oldest hat shop, Lock & Co. Hatters, and meet Roger Stephenson, the Deputy Chairman and seventh-generation family member who takes immense pride in being part of such a longstanding business.
    Nestled in the heart of London, we sent Stuart from the Great Big Story team to explore the captivating story of this iconic shop and get fitted for his very own hat. From crafting the iconic bowler hat to serving clientele like Winston Churchill, Samuel L. Jackson, Nick Cage and even James Bond, we delve into the craftsmanship and tradition that has crowned this establishment as the go-to hatter for celebrities and hat aficionados alike.
    Don’t miss this journey through history and style, where every hat tells a story. Tip your hat to tradition!
    #Hat #Shop #London
    00:00 Intro
    00:19 Oldest Hat Shop In The World
    00:50 Mad As A Hatter
    1:26 Fitting Royalty
    1:46 Winston Churchill
    2:16 How to Fit A Hat
    3:25 Inventing The Bowler Hat
    4:15 Bond Gets A Hat
    5:28 Haute Millinery
    6:47 Lady Gaga's Hat Choice
    7:26 Inheriting A Hat
    Lead Producer - Stuart Smillie
    Exec Producer - Genevieve Ingham
    Camera - Matt Taylor
    Editor - Steven Kelly
    Graphics - Will Minns
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Komentáře • 91

  • @GreatBigStory
    @GreatBigStory  Před měsícem +114

    A well deserved tip o' the hat for Lock and Co. 🎩

    • @babynuget1591
      @babynuget1591 Před 15 dny +1

      Why no one is commenting ? Let me fix that

  • @boy638
    @boy638 Před měsícem +401

    Hats off to them for staying in business for so long.

  • @Ship84
    @Ship84 Před měsícem +195

    This really is journalism you can't get anywhere else, so glad you guys are back!

    • @meisrerboot
      @meisrerboot Před měsícem +2

      I mean in this case you have quite a few menswear youtube channels that cover stuff like this, like Tom Chamberlin and Kirby Allison.

    • @GreatBigStory
      @GreatBigStory  Před měsícem +18

      Thank you for the love, we appreciate you! 🫶

  • @mostlynull
    @mostlynull Před měsícem +85

    On one hand it makes me sad that the videos you guys produce don't have the same reach they once did, but on the other hand I'm very happy that you still dedicate yourselves to telling interesting and inspiring stories we wouldn't have heard otherwise. I know I've mentioned this on previous videos, but we love you guys and we're absolutely elated you've returned. 🖤🤘🏽

  • @baronvonrhaptzody5440
    @baronvonrhaptzody5440 Před měsícem +35

    “The Conformator” is the most Victorian superhero name I’ve ever heard.

  • @jamescorbett806
    @jamescorbett806 Před měsícem +46

    A tip of the hat to this fantastic story!! So excited and happy GBS is back !!!!!! So greatful

  • @Gr95dc
    @Gr95dc Před měsícem +18

    I really want for hats to make a full comeback into modern day fashion, well, everyday fashion to be precise. Hats are just a lovely accessory that helps keep the sun out of your face and it can add so much to a plain outfit. Right now I wear caps and I have a wide brim felt hat that doesn't quite fit me, I'd love to own a fitted hat for my tiny head.

  • @Demasx
    @Demasx Před měsícem +14

    I don't envy the writer who had to pick the video name... so many amazing fact drops! "we fitted the queen", "we invented the bowler", "we use victorian tech even today", etc.! 🎩👍

  • @blipblop0398
    @blipblop0398 Před měsícem +25

    That was great! What a fun store. The mad hatter thing was awesome 😆

  • @melodyparra2960
    @melodyparra2960 Před měsícem +14

    A great hat makes a style look complete

  • @drinny26
    @drinny26 Před měsícem +7

    I’m definitely getting a hat here when I visit London. ❤

  • @TheRealBorb
    @TheRealBorb Před měsícem +4

    Still so happy GBS is back

  • @mathwithnikhil
    @mathwithnikhil Před 14 dny

    Hat's off to them for keeping the Hat's on

  • @TheBooker66
    @TheBooker66 Před měsícem +8

    Great video and great shop.

  • @1jbunceiii
    @1jbunceiii Před měsícem +5

    Such a good story!

  • @jujitsujew23
    @jujitsujew23 Před měsícem +1

    Always loved this shop. Love my linen flat cap from them

  • @jonathanm9436
    @jonathanm9436 Před měsícem

    Well, that was quite a bit of fun!

  • @Dev1nci
    @Dev1nci Před měsícem +1

    Interesting sidenote, Charley Chaplin wore Lock and Co. hats, his great grandkids are musicians called Lockenville 😄

  • @stephenbrand5661
    @stephenbrand5661 Před měsícem +5

    "Cap" is one of those words used by kids these days that makes me feel old.

    • @Baronnax
      @Baronnax Před měsícem +4

      Don't let it. It'll wax and wane, like "radical" and "on fleek". If it sticks around, it'll make its way into your vocabulary by osmosis, don't worry.

  • @colinharper6774
    @colinharper6774 Před měsícem +1

    Very cool episode

  • @C5ndle
    @C5ndle Před měsícem +1

    Amazing video

  • @darkflamekiller6101
    @darkflamekiller6101 Před měsícem

    Man, if I ever visit London, this is the first place I'm going to. Always wanted a nice hat, it just feels cool

  • @op4000exe
    @op4000exe Před měsícem +2

    Cool stuff, as someone who's recently gotten into wearing Fedora, this is right up my alley :p

  • @MightyElo
    @MightyElo Před měsícem

    They made odd job’s hats!!?!! That is so cool!!!

  • @clautildadaniel9744
    @clautildadaniel9744 Před měsícem +1

    Very interesting

  • @paillette2010
    @paillette2010 Před měsícem +1

    I used to see many people wear bowlers field hunting in the late 70’s.
    They wore it with a special string attached to their jacket in case it got knocked off.
    I just wore my helmet.

  • @TheJugernaut
    @TheJugernaut Před měsícem +1

    Now I want to get my own hat from them

  • @sgtpepper1138
    @sgtpepper1138 Před 12 dny

    I was fitted for my Raiders of the Lost Ark fedora at Northwest Hat in Eugene, OR. His head shaping device was 3d printed and my fedora fits perfectly.

  • @queenofdramatech
    @queenofdramatech Před měsícem +1

    If I ever get asked to Buckingham Palace, I'm going here for my hat!

  • @EddieBurke
    @EddieBurke Před 19 dny

    I would kill to get a hat here, super cool place.

  • @Itz.crossery
    @Itz.crossery Před měsícem

    Nice

  • @pennplayz
    @pennplayz Před 17 dny

    Id love to visit these guys if i ever visit the UK, ive got such a big head I can't really buy hats off the shelf anywhere and it would be cool to get properly fitted

  • @randyreese6413
    @randyreese6413 Před měsícem +3

    Ms. Golding has a unique American/British accent…

    • @sok94
      @sok94 Před 2 dny

      Yes, she does.I think that's because she's a non-native English speaker. I think that had a huge influence on her accent although she's spent most of her life in English speaking country.

    • @randyreese6413
      @randyreese6413 Před 2 dny

      @@sok94 I never would have guessed she’s not a native English speaker. I would have thought she was an American who moved to Briton.

    • @AwonGolding
      @AwonGolding Před dnem +1

      I can clear this up, I am a native English speaker and I grew up in Hong Kong. I went to an international school there and people who go to international schools often have crazy amalgamated accents. I sound Scottish to some people 🤷🏻‍♀️

    • @sok94
      @sok94 Před dnem +2

      @@AwonGolding Hello,Awon. Im sorry for my misjudgment. I heard that you are the grand daughter of belated Rishang,honourable Sir.He was a friend of my grandpa. So I've perceived you as an Indian. Besides, your name sounds like a native Tangkhul name. Hence, I made the wrong judgment. Sorry and nice to speak to you. By the way I love the hats. They're classic. ❤

    • @AwonGolding
      @AwonGolding Před dnem +2

      @@sok94no problem. I am indeed Tangkhul and that is my grandpa but I grew up in HK and would regularly visit India to see family. Sadly my language skills are limited and my Hindi and Tangkhul barely stretch to basic pleasantries. Anyway, thanks for watching the video! Hope you enjoyed ❤

  • @JoshWitte
    @JoshWitte Před měsícem +3

    That head measurer looks like a Saw trap...

  • @shotgunfullofspiders1223
    @shotgunfullofspiders1223 Před měsícem

    Now can they make me a burning team captain… but references aside, fantastic video

  • @madhatterzake3871
    @madhatterzake3871 Před měsícem

    These people are the modern journalists and documentary makers.

  • @ibrahimnawfal4441
    @ibrahimnawfal4441 Před měsícem

    Long time no see..

  • @stovepipehat396
    @stovepipehat396 Před měsícem +2

    Locke and Co.! I got a bowler from them!

  • @mumwifeteacher
    @mumwifeteacher Před měsícem +1

    I love the female hat maker with the continental accent.

  • @ShinKyuubi
    @ShinKyuubi Před měsícem

    Wish there was a place like this in my neck of the woods in the US...I like vintage stuff and getting a nice hat...particularly an ACTUAL fedora and not a trilby (which everyone seems to call a fedora) means I have to look online and hope shipping doesn't mess it up since the only hat stores around me are LIDS....baseball caps for days but anything like a bowler, top hat, fedora or other similar classic hats are a lot harder to come by, baseball caps and cowboy hats are all easy to come by down south where I live. The others...not so much unless you go online so a custom fit like this is pretty much impossible...which is annoying as in the old west bowler hats were actually rather popular among cowboys up until the Stetson Boss of the Plains hat was made.

  • @justinwexy
    @justinwexy Před 20 dny

    "Sir, where can I find your unusual hats? I'll trade for 500 keys" -A certain type of gamer

  • @franzladores3625
    @franzladores3625 Před měsícem

    Here's to hoping you'll have the same reach you had before!

  • @Tophatjones358
    @Tophatjones358 Před měsícem +3

    1:30 well done sir on the man spreading! A true professional. There are only a few groups of men that can pull off this kinda of man spreading. He does it with authority..

  • @lunameriweather7693
    @lunameriweather7693 Před 17 dny

    WE ARE SO BACK!!

  • @jointhefist1016
    @jointhefist1016 Před měsícem

    I want a hat now
    On the list. Get fitted. I'll either never wear it, or wear all the time

  • @happyhattergamer8078
    @happyhattergamer8078 Před měsícem

    🎩

  • @JMPT
    @JMPT Před měsícem +1

    GBS Nice
    🎩🎓👑🎓🎩

    • @GreatBigStory
      @GreatBigStory  Před měsícem +1

      And a tip o' the hat to you 🎩

    • @JMPT
      @JMPT Před měsícem

      Back to you mate 🎩

  • @lutherlucasolivia1136
    @lutherlucasolivia1136 Před měsícem

    For now on they didn't wear the bowler hat, but they wear it for UN & at some special events.

  • @dangeldoll
    @dangeldoll Před měsícem +1

    his wide spread sit at the camera eye is,
    something.

  • @armandocardona6975
    @armandocardona6975 Před 15 dny

    your editor messed up the color grade key select when the narrator was speaking in front of the shop. Look at the nose.

  • @AstorReinhardt
    @AstorReinhardt Před měsícem

    I was wondering if they only did men's hats or not and then you showed the female half...eh. I like the more traditional men's side then the out there female side. Even if she is inspired by vintage...I guess I'd have to see the hats in person. I'm not really a hat person, I feel like I don't have the face for one...plus I have a huge head lol.

  • @pika3999
    @pika3999 Před měsícem +2

    Woe

  • @hwizell7478
    @hwizell7478 Před měsícem

    Mad hatter’s Lock breathed
    Mercurial Milliner
    Conformities tipped

  • @leejaztine
    @leejaztine Před 19 dny

    Love it but the background music is overpowering the voice of the interviewee

  • @amoghaggarwal
    @amoghaggarwal Před měsícem

    Are they also part of an underground agency which keeps tabs on what's happening around the globe ? 🤔

  • @alternateunreleasedshellac505

    A shame the top hat maker has been lost forever.

  • @tweezerjam
    @tweezerjam Před měsícem +1

    Nick Cage is such an inferior star compared to the others 😂

  • @2choosewisely2
    @2choosewisely2 Před měsícem

    das german has a better technique for spiraling you off into insanity

  • @MurderBong
    @MurderBong Před měsícem

    6:47 BEARDED LADY 😂 (MANNEQUIN)

    • @MurderBong
      @MurderBong Před měsícem

      IT’S GOT SOOOUUUUUL 😂

  • @MurderBong
    @MurderBong Před měsícem

    OH… I THOUGHT HE WAS THE EARL OF PARTYING, BRO 😅

  • @louisfitton7296
    @louisfitton7296 Před měsícem +1

    🎩