Investors Revive Classic Italian Hat Brand Borsalino

May 31, 2016 10:30 am
NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 03:  Fabrizio Oriani wears a Lardini total look including a camel coat with a Borsalino hat during New York Fashion Week: Men's Fall/Winter 2016 on February 3, 2016 in New York City.  (Photo by Melodie Jeng/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 03: Fabrizio Oriani wears a Lardini total look including a camel coat with a Borsalino hat during New York Fashion Week: Men's Fall/Winter 2016 on February 3, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Melodie Jeng/Getty Images)

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New investors are hoping for a favorable outcome after reviving the Borsalino hatmaking brand. From Humphrey Bogart’s fedora in Casablanca to Harrison Ford’s signature hat in the Indiana Jones series, Italy’s Borsalino has been credited with producing some of the most iconic hats in history.

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Michael Jackson loved wearing Borsalinos, trendsetting music star Pharrell Williams is a fan of them, and the late David Bowie even wore a black Borsalino fedora in his final photoshoot.

Take a look at the company’s master hatmakers at work in its factory below. For more information on Borsalino, click here—Relaxnews

An employee works at the Borsalino hat company’s factory on March 30, 2016. (Giuseppe Cacace/AFP/Getty Images) (Giuseppe Cacace/AFP/Getty Images) (Giuseppe Cacace/AFP/Getty Images) (Giuseppe Cacace/AFP/Getty Images) (Giuseppe Cacace/AFP/Getty Images)

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