Optimo Custom Hatworks, a milliner and renovator in Old Bisbee, offers the world’s finest hand-formed, hand-finished hats. Established in 1972, it offers original and traditional designs in Toquilla Panama Straw, custom-blended beaver, and rabbit fur felt. Preserving the illustrious heritage of artisanal millinery work, Optimo Custom Hatworks uses old-world tools and techniques to create one-of-a-kind heirlooms that can be passed down for generations. It also restores important and unique hats brought to it by customers.
This video shows its owner and head milliner, S. Grant Sergotat, at work.
OPEN:
Thursday-Monday, 10 am to 5 pm