a visit to a vienese hat factory

[eClairvaux]

Hi folks,

a few months ago I was invited to visit the hat "factory" of a friend in Vienna.
I thought you might enjoy seeing some of their tools and products, so here are the pictures.

http://s221.photobucket.com/albums/dd84/oberland001/muehlbauer_huete/

the company is called "Mühlbauer" and is a family-owned business for many generations, who still make their hats in the center of Vienna.

Hope you enjoy the pictures, despite my obvious limitations as a photographer.

 

[mayserwegener]

Hi folks,

a few months ago I was invited to visit the hat "factory" of a friend in Vienna.
I thought you might enjoy seeing some of their tools and products, so here are the pictures.

http://s221.photobucket.com/albums/dd84/oberland001/muehlbauer_huete/

the company is called "Mühlbauer" and is a family-owned business for many generations, who still make their hats in the center of Vienna.

Hope you enjoy the pictures, despite my obvious limitations as a photographer.

Thanks! I am aware of this company but have never seen any of their hats. Would it be possible to also post this in the German - Austrian thread below?

By the way here is their web site.

http://www.muehlbauer.at/modules.php?set_albumName=albuo06&op=modload&name=Katalog&file=index&include=view_album.php

 

[zetwal]

Interesting ... thanks for sharing these photos!

 

[eClairvaux]

Thanks! I am aware of this company but have never seen any of their hats. Would it be possible to also post this in the German - Austrian thread below?

By the way here is their web site.

http://www.muehlbauer.at/modules.php?set_albumName=albuo06&op=modload&name=Katalog&file=index&include=view_album.php

Of course, help yourself.

They are a household name in Austria and certainly in Vienna, where it is still de rigeur to wear a hat for the ladies to any wedding or other social event of some significance.

 

[mayserwegener]

Thanks! I have never come across a vintage one. I see plenty of P. & C. Habigs and the occasional Böhm, Dobesch, Fraenkel. This is men's hats though.

 

[eClairvaux]

Thanks! I have never come across a vintage one. I see plenty of P. & C. Habigs and the occasional Böhm, Dobesch, Fraenkel. This is men's hats though.

They do hats for gents too, but these days the business lies mostly with fashionable hats for the ladies.

 

[mayserwegener]

I will have to keep a look out for a vintage men's hat.

 

[besdor]

I was not aware o this factory in Vienna. Since Habig closed, I didnt think there was anyone left in Vienna. It seems though that most of their production is ladies hats.

Steven
www.bencrafthats.com

 

[azshawn]

Thanks for posting that tour. I really like some of the mens straw hats.

 

[Mr Vim]

Fantastic photos, boy I'd like to visit that shop myself. And Vienna in general. And Europe while I'm at it.

 

[Lefty]

Interesting ... thanks for sharing these photos!

+1. Thanks.