It is the oldest hat workshop in operation in the capital. The beginning was in 1936 with the Cirri family, hatters active for generations first in Tuscany and then arriving in the workshop in the heart of Rome. What fascinated Patrizia Fabri, designer and fashion historian who discovered the reality in 2003, were the over two thousand wooden hat shapes that risked becoming bases for lamps. Hence the decision to take over the business and rename it Antica Manifattura Cappelli. The hats are made with the same tools of the trade of the past, on wooden tables and near the twentieth century oven which removes the humidity from the felt. What look like wooden sculptures are still today the model on which what will later become the hat made by the milliners is ironed. Made-to-measure hats, made of straw or velvet, from Panama hats to Ascot hats, are the signature of this artisan excellence. From the tourist who discovers the world of handmade hats while walking near the Vatican to international stylists, from the Bersaglieri to Lady Gaga, who used unique hats for her concert in Seoul.