It just occurred to me that getting a hat steamed up for you is something a lot of people have never seen or done. Speaking of which, i kind of miss my hat now...
I want a hat now.
Nice to see a skilled professional at work.
Back in the days when hats were common, they were always bought plain ("open crown") like the one in the TikTok and like this...
...then steamed and personalised with pinches, dents and brim curls, collectively called "bashes".
This image by famous press photographer Weegee of hats in a New York poolroom ca. 1943 gives some idea of the variations. (The flat cap second right top row is an outlier...)






