The Mad Hatter’s Device that Fitted Charlie Chaplin

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  • Опубліковано 30 тра 2024
  • Step inside the world's oldest hat shop, Lock & Co. Hatters, and meet Roger Stephenson, the Deputy Chairman and seventh-generation family member who takes immense pride in being part of such a longstanding business.
    Nestled in the heart of London, we sent Stuart from the Great Big Story team to explore the captivating story of this iconic shop and get fitted for his very own hat. From crafting the iconic bowler hat to serving clientele like Winston Churchill, Samuel L. Jackson, Nick Cage and even James Bond, we delve into the craftsmanship and tradition that has crowned this establishment as the go-to hatter for celebrities and hat aficionados alike.
    Don’t miss this journey through history and style, where every hat tells a story. Tip your hat to tradition!
    #Hat #Shop #London
    00:00 Intro
    00:19 Oldest Hat Shop In The World
    00:50 Mad As A Hatter
    1:26 Fitting Royalty
    1:46 Winston Churchill
    2:16 How to Fit A Hat
    3:25 Inventing The Bowler Hat
    4:15 Bond Gets A Hat
    5:28 Haute Millinery
    6:47 Lady Gaga's Hat Choice
    7:26 Inheriting A Hat
    Lead Producer - Stuart Smillie
    Exec Producer - Genevieve Ingham
    Camera - Matt Taylor
    Editor - Steven Kelly
    Graphics - Will Minns
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 85

  • @GreatBigStory
    @GreatBigStory  Місяць тому +109

    A well deserved tip o' the hat for Lock and Co. 🎩

    • @babynuget1591
      @babynuget1591 7 днів тому

      Why no one is commenting ? Let me fix that

  • @boy638
    @boy638 Місяць тому +387

    Hats off to them for staying in business for so long.

  • @Ship84
    @Ship84 Місяць тому +188

    This really is journalism you can't get anywhere else, so glad you guys are back!

    • @meisrerboot
      @meisrerboot Місяць тому +2

      I mean in this case you have quite a few menswear youtube channels that cover stuff like this, like Tom Chamberlin and Kirby Allison.

    • @GreatBigStory
      @GreatBigStory  Місяць тому +17

      Thank you for the love, we appreciate you! 🫶

  • @mostlynull
    @mostlynull Місяць тому +83

    On one hand it makes me sad that the videos you guys produce don't have the same reach they once did, but on the other hand I'm very happy that you still dedicate yourselves to telling interesting and inspiring stories we wouldn't have heard otherwise. I know I've mentioned this on previous videos, but we love you guys and we're absolutely elated you've returned. 🖤🤘🏽

  • @baronvonrhaptzody5440
    @baronvonrhaptzody5440 Місяць тому +33

    “The Conformator” is the most Victorian superhero name I’ve ever heard.

  • @jamescorbett806
    @jamescorbett806 Місяць тому +44

    A tip of the hat to this fantastic story!! So excited and happy GBS is back !!!!!! So greatful

  • @Gr95dc
    @Gr95dc Місяць тому +17

    I really want for hats to make a full comeback into modern day fashion, well, everyday fashion to be precise. Hats are just a lovely accessory that helps keep the sun out of your face and it can add so much to a plain outfit. Right now I wear caps and I have a wide brim felt hat that doesn't quite fit me, I'd love to own a fitted hat for my tiny head.

  • @blipblop0398
    @blipblop0398 Місяць тому +25

    That was great! What a fun store. The mad hatter thing was awesome 😆

  • @drinny26
    @drinny26 Місяць тому +7

    I’m definitely getting a hat here when I visit London. ❤

  • @melodyparra2960
    @melodyparra2960 Місяць тому +14

    A great hat makes a style look complete

  • @Demasx
    @Demasx Місяць тому +13

    I don't envy the writer who had to pick the video name... so many amazing fact drops! "we fitted the queen", "we invented the bowler", "we use victorian tech even today", etc.! 🎩👍

  • @TheRealBorb
    @TheRealBorb 27 днів тому +4

    Still so happy GBS is back

  • @mathwithnikhil
    @mathwithnikhil 7 днів тому

    Hat's off to them for keeping the Hat's on

  • @TheBooker66
    @TheBooker66 Місяць тому +8

    Great video and great shop.

  • @1jbunceiii
    @1jbunceiii Місяць тому +5

    Such a good story!

  • @Dev1nci
    @Dev1nci Місяць тому +1

    Interesting sidenote, Charley Chaplin wore Lock and Co. hats, his great grandkids are musicians called Lockenville 😄

  • @jujitsujew23
    @jujitsujew23 Місяць тому +1

    Always loved this shop. Love my linen flat cap from them

  • @sgtpepper1138
    @sgtpepper1138 5 днів тому

    I was fitted for my Raiders of the Lost Ark fedora at Northwest Hat in Eugene, OR. His head shaping device was 3d printed and my fedora fits perfectly.

  • @EddieBurke
    @EddieBurke 11 днів тому

    I would kill to get a hat here, super cool place.

  • @stephenbrand5661
    @stephenbrand5661 Місяць тому +5

    "Cap" is one of those words used by kids these days that makes me feel old.

    • @Baronnax
      @Baronnax Місяць тому +4

      Don't let it. It'll wax and wane, like "radical" and "on fleek". If it sticks around, it'll make its way into your vocabulary by osmosis, don't worry.

  • @darkflamekiller6101
    @darkflamekiller6101 26 днів тому

    Man, if I ever visit London, this is the first place I'm going to. Always wanted a nice hat, it just feels cool

  • @randyreese6413
    @randyreese6413 Місяць тому +2

    Ms. Golding has a unique American/British accent…

  • @jonathanm9436
    @jonathanm9436 Місяць тому

    Well, that was quite a bit of fun!

  • @MightyElo
    @MightyElo 26 днів тому

    They made odd job’s hats!!?!! That is so cool!!!

  • @paillette2010
    @paillette2010 Місяць тому +1

    I used to see many people wear bowlers field hunting in the late 70’s.
    They wore it with a special string attached to their jacket in case it got knocked off.
    I just wore my helmet.

  • @C5ndle
    @C5ndle Місяць тому +1

    Amazing video

  • @colinharper6774
    @colinharper6774 Місяць тому +1

    Very cool episode

  • @TheJugernaut
    @TheJugernaut Місяць тому +1

    Now I want to get my own hat from them

  • @queenofdramatech
    @queenofdramatech Місяць тому +1

    If I ever get asked to Buckingham Palace, I'm going here for my hat!

  • @op4000exe
    @op4000exe Місяць тому +2

    Cool stuff, as someone who's recently gotten into wearing Fedora, this is right up my alley :p

  • @clautildadaniel9744
    @clautildadaniel9744 Місяць тому +1

    Very interesting

  • @pennplayz
    @pennplayz 9 днів тому

    Id love to visit these guys if i ever visit the UK, ive got such a big head I can't really buy hats off the shelf anywhere and it would be cool to get properly fitted

  • @stovepipehat396
    @stovepipehat396 Місяць тому +2

    Locke and Co.! I got a bowler from them!

  • @JoshWitte
    @JoshWitte Місяць тому +3

    That head measurer looks like a Saw trap...

  • @shotgunfullofspiders1223
    @shotgunfullofspiders1223 25 днів тому

    Now can they make me a burning team captain… but references aside, fantastic video

  • @Itz.crossery
    @Itz.crossery Місяць тому

    Nice

  • @madhatterzake3871
    @madhatterzake3871 28 днів тому

    These people are the modern journalists and documentary makers.

  • @ShinKyuubi
    @ShinKyuubi 28 днів тому

    Wish there was a place like this in my neck of the woods in the US...I like vintage stuff and getting a nice hat...particularly an ACTUAL fedora and not a trilby (which everyone seems to call a fedora) means I have to look online and hope shipping doesn't mess it up since the only hat stores around me are LIDS....baseball caps for days but anything like a bowler, top hat, fedora or other similar classic hats are a lot harder to come by, baseball caps and cowboy hats are all easy to come by down south where I live. The others...not so much unless you go online so a custom fit like this is pretty much impossible...which is annoying as in the old west bowler hats were actually rather popular among cowboys up until the Stetson Boss of the Plains hat was made.

  • @ibrahimnawfal4441
    @ibrahimnawfal4441 Місяць тому

    Long time no see..

  • @justinwexy
    @justinwexy 12 днів тому

    "Sir, where can I find your unusual hats? I'll trade for 500 keys" -A certain type of gamer

  • @lunameriweather7693
    @lunameriweather7693 10 днів тому

    WE ARE SO BACK!!

  • @jointhefist1016
    @jointhefist1016 24 дні тому

    I want a hat now
    On the list. Get fitted. I'll either never wear it, or wear all the time

  • @franzladores3625
    @franzladores3625 Місяць тому

    Here's to hoping you'll have the same reach you had before!

  • @Tophatjones358
    @Tophatjones358 Місяць тому +3

    1:30 well done sir on the man spreading! A true professional. There are only a few groups of men that can pull off this kinda of man spreading. He does it with authority..

  • @mumwifeteacher
    @mumwifeteacher Місяць тому

    I love the female hat maker with the continental accent.

  • @lutherlucasolivia1136
    @lutherlucasolivia1136 Місяць тому

    For now on they didn't wear the bowler hat, but they wear it for UN & at some special events.

  • @happyhattergamer8078
    @happyhattergamer8078 Місяць тому

    🎩

  • @JMPT
    @JMPT Місяць тому +1

    GBS Nice
    🎩🎓👑🎓🎩

    • @GreatBigStory
      @GreatBigStory  Місяць тому +1

      And a tip o' the hat to you 🎩

    • @JMPT
      @JMPT Місяць тому

      Back to you mate 🎩

  • @hwizell7478
    @hwizell7478 Місяць тому

    Mad hatter’s Lock breathed
    Mercurial Milliner
    Conformities tipped

  • @pika3999
    @pika3999 Місяць тому +2

    Woe

    • @JoshWitte
      @JoshWitte Місяць тому +2

      Is you?

    • @pika3999
      @pika3999 Місяць тому +1

      @@JoshWitte you know it

  • @armandocardona6975
    @armandocardona6975 7 днів тому

    your editor messed up the color grade key select when the narrator was speaking in front of the shop. Look at the nose.

  • @AstorReinhardt
    @AstorReinhardt Місяць тому

    I was wondering if they only did men's hats or not and then you showed the female half...eh. I like the more traditional men's side then the out there female side. Even if she is inspired by vintage...I guess I'd have to see the hats in person. I'm not really a hat person, I feel like I don't have the face for one...plus I have a huge head lol.

  • @dangeldoll
    @dangeldoll Місяць тому +1

    his wide spread sit at the camera eye is,
    something.

  • @amoghaggarwal
    @amoghaggarwal Місяць тому

    Are they also part of an underground agency which keeps tabs on what's happening around the globe ? 🤔

  • @leejaztine
    @leejaztine 11 днів тому

    Love it but the background music is overpowering the voice of the interviewee

  • @alternateunreleasedshellac505
    @alternateunreleasedshellac505 Місяць тому

    A shame the top hat maker has been lost forever.

  • @tweezerjam
    @tweezerjam Місяць тому +1

    Nick Cage is such an inferior star compared to the others 😂

  • @2choosewisely2
    @2choosewisely2 Місяць тому

    das german has a better technique for spiraling you off into insanity

  • @MurderBong
    @MurderBong Місяць тому

    6:47 BEARDED LADY 😂 (MANNEQUIN)

    • @MurderBong
      @MurderBong Місяць тому

      IT’S GOT SOOOUUUUUL 😂

  • @MurderBong
    @MurderBong Місяць тому

    OH… I THOUGHT HE WAS THE EARL OF PARTYING, BRO 😅

  • @louisfitton7296
    @louisfitton7296 Місяць тому +1

    🎩