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Rosie Boylan, Damian Damjanovski, and Robert Carroll trying on hats at Strand Hatters in Sydney

It’s not enough to like a hat, the hat has to like you, too. There’s more to consider than hat size and shape, as you can hear in this podcast when headwear specialist Rosie Boylan and hat shop manager Robert Carroll work with model Damian Damjanovski to find the right hat. They consider Damian’s headshape, face, weight, colouring, personality, clothing preferences, age, and where he wants to wear the hat.

The podcast shows clearly the benefits of shopping somewhere that specialises in hats and can advise you.

Thanks to all at Strand Hatters in Sydney for their hospitality, expertise and willingness to let us use their stock for this podcast.

Rosie Boylan

The first Open Crown podcast is a conversation with Rosie Boylan, Sydney-based hatmaker. Although Rosie and I met first only about six weeks ago, she has already styled or made three hats for me, including the straw hat in the Open Crown podcast album art.

Working with Rosie — and it is a collaboration, albeit an unequal one — has been such a pleasure that I wanted to sit down and talk with her about hats, the process of working with a client, and what is happening around the world. (Rosie recently got back to Australia after travelling the world as part of a Churchill research fellowship in hats.)

Rosie’s jobs have included the hats for the films Moulin Rouge and Australia, among many, many others.

If you want to talk hats, you’d be hard-pressed to find anyone more interesting to talk to than Rosie.

I would value your comments and feedback on the podcast. Is there anything you think a podcast about hats should cover? Anyone you would like to hear interviewed?

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