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Raffia Fine 15cm, The fine raffia braid taken out to fifteen centimetres.
Raffia braid photographed backlit — Close braid — narrow gaps across an unusually wide brim.
The braid against the light. What you see is what gets through.
The inside of the crown, showing the sweatband stitched to the weave
Inside the crown: the sweatband and the underside of the weave.

A-08 · Raffia

Raffia Fine 15cm

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The top of the raffia line: our closest raffia braid run out to a fifteen-centimetre brim, which needs roughly forty per cent more braid than the 11 cm version. Heavy for raffia, and unmistakable from a distance.

How open the weave is

Close braid — narrow gaps across an unusually wide brim.

Braid woven in Madagascar · hand-blocked in Gata de Gorgos, Spain.

Head circumference

Measure just above the ears, level across the forehead. Between two ranges, take the larger.

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Straw is a plant

Four things
this hat does.

Printed before you buy, not after you complain. A hat that cannot carry all four lines does not go on sale here.

  • Cracking

    Raffia goes brittle in dry heat. Left in a parked car it will crack along the braid; mist it lightly a few times a season and it stays supple.

  • Fading

    Strong summer sun lifts the colour by a shade or two over one season. That is expected, not a fault.

  • Reshaping

    Soaked or squashed, the brim will wave. Mist it, press it flat between two cloths and let it dry on a flat surface.

  • Weave gaps

    The braid is open. Held up to the light you will see daylight straight through the gaps between the ribbons.

Specification

Straw
Raffia
Weaving origin
Braid woven in Madagascar · hand-blocked in Gata de Gorgos, Spain
Construction
Machine-woven straw braid, hand-blocked
Brim width
15 cm
Crown height
9 cm
Weight
194 g
Packing
Folds — does not roll
Sweatband
Vegetable-tanned leather sweatband, tested to chromium VI ≤ 3 mg/kg
Sizes
55–56 cm · 57–58 cm · 59–60 cm · 61–62 cm — head circumference ranges, never a single universal size.

Care

  • Keep it out of dry heat

    Never leave it in a parked car or against a radiator. Dry heat is what makes straw crack.

  • Mist, do not soak

    A light mist of water two or three times a season keeps the fibres supple. Do not soak it.

  • Reshaping

    Mist lightly, press flat between two cloths and leave it on a flat surface overnight.

  • Storage

    Store it upside down on its crown, or in a hat box. Never stack anything on the brim.

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