Jacob James Ltd create beautiful, sustainable and elegant hats from unusual and interesting materials; such as stinging nettle fabric, abandoned fabrics and one made from 100% plastic bottles. All hand made to order.
Beautiful, sustainable and stylish.
The Gatsby is a beautiful baker boy inspired hat made from an award winning blend of stinging nettles and wool.
Developed in Leicester, the stinging nettles are harvested from Lincolnshire and the fabric is manufactured in Wakefield. Jacob James make the hats in Coventry, add a lining of colourgrown* cotton and some fabulous handmade ceramic buttons by Hogweed. Result - painless hat perfection. A truly British affair!
*Cotton can be gown in a variety of shades, so there is no dyeing or chemicals involved in the process.
Available in four base colours, Dandelion, Slate, Granite and Bilberry. All hats come with their own recycled label giving details of the Stinging nettle fabric which makes these hats unique.
All hats available in small, medium and large.