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Supplies & Tools

Felt Hats for Men

A fedora, a trilby and a homburg are three different hats, and the difference is measurable in centimetres of brim. What each shape does for a face, and how to size one properly.

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Supplies & Tools

Scandinavian Wool Slippers

Nordic slippers are built around coarse, long-staple wool and a hard-wearing sole, not softness. The result is a slipper that survives a decade of concrete-cold floors.

3 min read

Projects

Felt Birkin Bag

Two different things go by this name — a felt tote in the Birkin silhouette, and the felt organiser that sits inside a real one. Both come down to how stiff the felt is.

4 min read Advanced

Supplies & Tools

Best Felt Slippers

A felt slipper is only as good as the sole it is joined to. Cork, rubber, leather and bare felt each behave differently on a wooden floor — and only one of them can be replaced.

3 min read