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Dallas artisan gives cowboy hat a World Cup twist

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  • A Dallas milliner is creating custom cowboy hats with World Cup themes for international fans.
  • Nicholas Fields' American Haberdashery brand offers unique, high-end hats starting at $700, with orders increasing since the tournament began.
  • He aims to maintain low production to ensure quality, limiting output to fewer than 100 hats annually.

In Dallas, Texas, where cowboy hats are a cultural staple, bespoke milliner Nicholas Fields is catering to a new international clientele: World Cup fans.

Fields, who operates his American Haberdashery brand from a workshop in his suburban home, crafts unique, high-end hats that go beyond the traditional Western aesthetic. His creations have become sought after by fans supporting co-host nations Mexico and Canada, with additional orders coming in from the Netherlands and Japan.

Hat culture in Dallas is huge and Texas is huge. Everywhere you go, you’re gonna see people in cowboy hats, different type of hats. Any formal or social event, there’s gonna be somebody sporting their best and brightest in terms of their hats.

— Nicholas FieldsDescribing the prevalence of hat-wearing culture in Dallas and Texas.

"Hat culture in Dallas is huge and Texas is huge," Fields said. "Everywhere you go, you’re gonna see people in cowboy hats, different type of hats. Any formal or social event, there’s gonna be somebody sporting their best and brightest in terms of their hats."

We started getting them about two to three weeks before it started and we keep getting more and more interest and as we put them on social media and people see them, I’m sure it’ll continue.

— Nicholas FieldsDiscussing the increasing interest in World Cup-themed hats.

Since the World Cup began, Fields has seen a surge in interest, with orders continuing to arrive as his creations gain visibility on social media. "We started getting them about two to three weeks before it started and we keep getting more and more interest and as we put them on social media and people see them, I’m sure it’ll continue," he noted.

Prices for Fields' custom hats start at $700, and each piece can take over six weeks to complete, depending on design complexity and material availability. He produces fewer than 100 hats annually, prioritizing quality and creative control over mass production. "I want to keep the production low so we can keep producing the same quality and not get drained of the creative ability," Fields explained.

I want to keep the production low so we can keep producing the same quality and not get drained of the creative ability.

— Nicholas FieldsExplaining his business philosophy of maintaining low production for high quality.
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