Name: How This Celeb-Loved Hat Designer Created Janelle Monae's Met Gala Hat
Uploaded: 2019-08-29T14:43:51.000Z
Duration: 5 min 31 s
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Sarah Sokol: I get to be a sculptor and just make art,

and it's just, like, the craziest thing that that's a job.

You may not recognize the face under this hat,

or flip through the pages of a fashion magazine,

that Sokol floored the world with her iconic design

worn by the artist and actress Janelle Monáe.

You know, to be a small designer on the red carpet

And it was just straight up, like, you know,

a dream I didn't even know was obtainable.

[Narrator] Paired with a surrealist blinking-eye dress

onto several best-dressed lists after the camp-filled night.

her iconic Met Gala hat for Janelle Monáe.

Depending on the piece and the client's wishes,

each new hat takes Sokol anywhere from two hours

Sokol: So this is part of the hat that I made

It really looked like four separate hats,

[Narrator] Sokol uses a variety of materials,

like Mylars, metals, plexiglass, and thermoplastics,

Sokol: We went velour felt for Janelle and the Met Gala.

the first step is to steam the felt body.

The steam allows the felt to become malleable

so that Sokol can stretch it out over a wooden block

that she specifically created to fit Monáe's head.

Sokol: Trying to do different, like, heights and everything,

there was a really fine line between couture

So, you know, to go up only, like, a quarter inch

to do something like this was really the way to go.

[Narrator] The steaming and stretching process

to give the felt body the biggest stretch possible.

steaming one section at a time and pinning it down.

The key is to get the brim as wide as possible.

the brim is then pressed with an iron to flatten it out.

Size the hat by measuring the length of the brim.

Sokol: And then this one is only, "only,"

So you're essentially sewing that circumference,

[Narrator] The hat is then cut to perfection.

The final brim is lined with a steel wire

In Monáe's case, Sokol made a 2-inch strip of ribbon

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How This Celeb-Loved Hat Designer Created Janelle Monae's Met Gala Hat

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