Paradoxically, Maria always liked hats, but she only had one, until she started making them herself. "It simply came to our notice then. I didn't want it to look like anything I saw on the street. I always liked being on my way. So with hats, when I learned to make them, I told myself that I would never create two hats in the same way. Each hat should represent the wearer, to have a story, with style and soul ".
Maria started making hats two years ago. When he realized that he didn't like anything as much as hats, he quit his job as a nurse in a dental office. He does not consider himself a designer, but a hatter. "I don't sketch anything on the sheet before I get to work. I talk to the man, I listen to his story and after I start my steam, I get to work. The inspiration comes to me gradually, and so far each hat has received congratulations ".
Maria Palaria is one of the Romanians who made the hats reach the list of the most worn accessories. If in the past the hat indicated a certain social status, nowadays it says a lot about the personality of the wearer, depending on the model. Now, hats are a statement accessory, they are more than a coat, they are an accessory that you use to communicate and communicate an idea.
It takes two or three days to make a hat. On the first day, the felt is prepared if necessary and pulled on the shoe to the circumference of the client's head, after which it is left to dry overnight. The next day, take the dry hat off the shoe, iron it, sew it, give it the shape of the cap and the boron, then accessorize it and go to the last details.
“I usually listen to everyone's story, that's where the inspiration comes from. I wanted from the beginning that my hats be a reflection of the soul of the man who wears it and so it has remained and will remain, this being one of the reasons why I never make two hats the same, because no soul resembles the other. At one point, I applied to a guitarist's hat, among other details, a few strings from an older guitar. He was pleasantly impressed, he still tells me how much he likes the hat and how much he wears it ”.
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