Ana Cajhen Girardi hat©Andraž Gregorič

Girardi hat

This straw hat is made of 20 metres of spelt straw plait, hand sewn into a boat hat, named after the opera singer Girardi. Ana Cajhen sewed the inner and the outer ribbon by hand and the plaits on a Grossmann Anita B sewing machine dating from 1905.

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Ana Cajhen

Ana is a historian who fell in love with straw hat making