Lisa Ventri Cloche Custom Hat Custom Handmade Code Designer Toyo Black

Good pre-owned condition Smoke free home This stunning, one-of-a-kind black fascinator is hand-stitched from organic Toyo by designer Lisa Ventre. Her hats have been featured in Design New England Magazine, Cape Cod Times, American Crush, and more. This small, elegant hat is designed to sit on top of the The material allows for the addition of a feather if you’d like. • Feature: Collapsible for easy travel Lisa began making hats in boston in 1988. As a self-taught hat designer she spent the next 15 years making flat-patterned, fabric-built hats. After moving to Cape Cod she eventually began exploring straw braids to make warm-weather hats that would be an alternative to my fabric pieces. So she turned to Toyo. What is toyo? The raw material, from Asia, is tough, thin, and fibrous. The end product is a 1/4" thick straw braid, light-weight and flexible.