In New York City’s East Village, Julia Knox shapes, trims, and sews vintage felts and interwoven straw to craft handmade hats. Knox does this all on an industrial revolution-era sewing machine in a 300 square-foot shop she describes as a ‘hat works.’ Once a required accessory for leaving the house, hats faded from fashion in the 1960s but today fedoras, berets, and even fascinators are back on the streets of New York.