From my Heart /Hat Straw

HAT Straw

The Mühlbauer model Art Will is a traveler made from bao straw. Bao is obtained from the trunk of the baobab tree. The hat is garnished with a band and edging also made of bao straw, the result is a piece of pure bao straw. This handcrafted work enhances the hat, while at the same time any surplus material is used to make a useful trimming.

100 years after it was founded, the company is now in its fourth generation with Klaus Mühlbauer, Heinz and Brigitte's son. Klaus learned the trade of milliner and milliner as a traditional apprenticeship in the family business and studied business administration. After years of training in the textile industry, he returned to the family business in 2001 and transformed the traditional Viennese company into an international hat label. He concentrated on the origins of the company - headwear - and gave the collections and brand a new look.