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Maria Federica Prezioso

  • Milliner
  • La Spezia, Italy
  • Master Artisan
Maria Federica Prezioso Milliner
Contact
Italian, English
Hours:
Tuesday to Saturday 10:00 - 13:00/15:30 - 19:30
Phone:
+39 3807149183
©Marina Busoni

Keeping vintage hat designs fresh

  • • Maria Federica has a small hat-making atelier in La Spezia
  • • She is a milliner and felt maker
  • • She specialises in vintage designs from the 1920s and 1930s

Maria Federica “Ica” Prezioso runs Fabbrica Prezioso, a small hat-making workshop on the Italian Riviera, where she designs, crafts and sells hats and other headpieces for women and men. A self-made artisan with a passion for hats, Ica struggled for years to collect the resources – in terms of know-how and materials – to advance her technique and fulfill her dream. Thanks to years of refinement, research and practice, today her workshop is a reference for a discerning clientele wishing to sport her 1920s and 1930s inspired headpieces, for special occasions or even daily life. In keeping with her passion for vintage designs, Ica uses traditional techniques and tools to craft her creations, and every single piece is completely handmade and unique.

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Works

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Leaves halo

This is an S-shaped headpiece with a silk covered base that is decorated with silk leaves in shades of pink and plum. The wired buckram frame is a free form, hand moulded on a wooden hat block, and the leaves are shaped with hot irons.

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Lilium hat, wide brim

This hat is made of light yellow straw and is decorated with pink flowers and green leaves. It is hand moulded on a vintage wooden hat block. The sinamay leaves and flowers are wired and hand-shaped, while the pistils are made of wire and velvet.

Photo: ©Costanza Lamotte
In the woods boater

This natural straw hat is decorated with silk oak leaves, acorns, berries and bees in realistic colours. Fruits and leaves are handmade in silk. The bee bodies are handmade in velvet, paws and antennae in wire, and wings in feathers.

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Vintage style cloche

This black felt hat is embroidered with a crimson silk ribbon flower and green ribbon leaves. The piece was hand moulded on a wooden hat block, and the decoration is hand embroidered directly onto the hat.

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Crin swirl

The base of this black headpiece is a flat straw disc. A large ribbon of crin is draped to create the shape of a large brim that covers the face like a net. A padded button decorated with sequins completes the top of the piece.

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