https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-to-take-in-a-hat Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Fri, 08 May 2026 09:01:01 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-to-take-in-a-hat#post-116141 Sun, 10 Jan 2010 16:03:59 +0000 Angie 116141@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Adorable hat!</p> <p>I was going to suggest what Bella did - ask Audi. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-to-take-in-a-hat#post-116103 Sun, 10 Jan 2010 13:30:44 +0000 yublocka 116103@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Maya I'm glad you are sorted on this one - the hat looks great!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-to-take-in-a-hat#post-116055 Sun, 10 Jan 2010 04:43:20 +0000 shana 116055@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Maya, I don't have any suggestions but I just wanted to say that the hat is adorable! What a great buy! I love hats and have a few but always feel a little goofy wearing them for some reason. Like I'm posing at being a fashionista or something while I'm just a suburban SAHM. Anyway, I have the opposite problem - most cute hats seem too big for me! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-to-take-in-a-hat#post-115998 Sun, 10 Jan 2010 00:11:47 +0000 bella 115998@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That's awesome! I'm glad it worked out. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-to-take-in-a-hat#post-115997 Sun, 10 Jan 2010 00:08:25 +0000 Kari 115997@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm glad you asked Audi - that was my first thought when I saw you were discussing hat alterations. The hat is adorable, Maya! UO has had quite a great hat collection during the past year. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-to-take-in-a-hat#post-115946 Sat, 09 Jan 2010 20:31:00 +0000 Maya 115946@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Louise, it's just a hat problem for me. All hats are too big on me. They are made for 23" heads and mine is probably more like 21" or 22". Sometimes I luck out and find one that comes reasonably close. </p> <p>Jenny, I would not know you have a petite head from your pictures! Glad I'm not the only one though. I feel like a freak trying all those hats and finding not a single one that fits. </p> <p>Audi was kind enough to offer me some "reducing tape" which I can put inside to make it smaller. Woohoo. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-to-take-in-a-hat#post-115931 Sat, 09 Jan 2010 19:38:48 +0000 JennyK (NC) 115931@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Maya - I think we're secret twins, except I'm really tall. Hehehe! I also have a tiny, tiny head. I have like a child-sized head. I am a pinhead and I hate the way it looks in pictures. I am this big tall woman - not petite in any way at all - and I have this itty-bitty head.</p> <p>I feel your hat pain! I'm not much of a hat wearer, but I have had some success shopping for hats made for girl children. I have also had some success with attaching various and assorted things inside. The best method I used was to hot glue-gun strips of foam inside. It gripped my head and was not uncomfortable. You can find it in various thicknesses at fabric shops and probably craft stores. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-to-take-in-a-hat#post-115922 Sat, 09 Jan 2010 18:00:25 +0000 Louise 115922@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Maya what a fantastic hat. Urban outfitters have got some fab sale deals i've ordered a bowler type hat so i'll be watching the altering of yours in case its' a general UO problem x </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-to-take-in-a-hat#post-115876 Sat, 09 Jan 2010 14:19:29 +0000 bella 115876@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ask Audi! She might have some suggestions for you:<br /> <a href="http://geekthreads.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://geekthreads.blogspot.com/</a><br /> She's a hat maker. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-to-take-in-a-hat#post-115873 Sat, 09 Jan 2010 14:14:11 +0000 Queen Mum 115873@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>we had to outfit a bunch of jr high kids for "Guys and Dolls" last year, and we did the felt inside the band trick to keep the hats on the boys. You should be able to tack the felt inside the band easily enough- you can thread a needle can't you? (I don't mean that as a sarcastic statement at all, really...) but just whip a few stitches in a few spots and you should be fine. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-to-take-in-a-hat#post-115870 Sat, 09 Jan 2010 14:07:06 +0000 chewyspaghetti 115870@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Maya- does it have a fabric hat band inside the brim? If it does, you can add bulk under it without attaching it. Just fold up some paper towels and place them between the hat and the band fabric. Is it wool? Another option if the hat is wool and you get a wool felt, is to needle felt it together. That would save you from having to glue it. If neither of those work, you can ask a tailor if they have advice. I'd be afraid to glue it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-to-take-in-a-hat#post-115855 Sat, 09 Jan 2010 11:55:12 +0000 Ele 115855@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Maya, I think your idea of a strip of felt is spot on- try getting your hands on a piece of thickish felt and cutting it into a long 1" strip. How thick is felt of the hat? You'll need to glue it on with something, but you don't want it coming through to the right side- luckily, felt doesn't absorb well so it will probably be okay. I think you're after a thickish gel glue that dries quickly- a glue gun would be a ideal, if you've got one. Don't use a long thick line of it, just little dots an inch or so apart, and put the glue on the strip, not the hat. That's how I'd do it. </p> <p>Oh, and I LOVE the hat on you! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-to-take-in-a-hat#post-115843 Sat, 09 Jan 2010 06:36:59 +0000 Lena 115843@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't have any practical advice, just wanted to jump in and say that we almost became hat twins! I tried that same hat in purple, and while I have a pretty big head, it was too big even for me. I hope there's a way to make it fit, it looks terrific on you, Maya </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-to-take-in-a-hat#post-115829 Sat, 09 Jan 2010 05:55:26 +0000 Christie 115829@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't know how to alter it, but it looks so pretty on you! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-to-take-in-a-hat#post-115826 Sat, 09 Jan 2010 05:52:25 +0000 Maya 115826@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have been dying for a structured cloche but have not hit the jackpot quite yet. While they always look adorable (if I do say so myself), they are always too big. I think I have an abnormally small skull or something. Anyway, I found a REALLY cute one at Urban Outfitters for only $10 and although it doesn't fit quite perfectly, I'm hoping I can make it work somehow. Who does hat alterations? If I could just add a little strip of felt, or something else, around the brim it would fit perfectly! But I'm afraid to do it myself. I don't know how to sew so it would have to be glue, and I don't want to ruin it. It looks great but I'm afraid one gust of wind will blow it clear off my head.</p> <p>Rather unclear pictures:</p> <p><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v35/ranabow/IMG_2305.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://img.photobucket.com/alb.....G_2305.jpg</a><br /> <a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v35/ranabow/IMG_2304.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://img.photobucket.com/alb.....G_2304.jpg</a> </p>