About Simprin
Bringing happiness & smiles in making handmade hats
-Our Goal-
We have consistently dedicated in providing the joy of hat making to our customers.
We hope the handmade hats created from our patterns uplift your days & style.
Simprin offers hat patterns, instruction videos & kits for making hats.
We are confident that beginners can also enjoy making hats from our patterns.
Simprin's three principles in handmade hats
1. Simple, yet professional finish
Our hat patterns are thoroughly measured and designed into simple process
so that anyone can make beautiful hats.
We have left out complicated process and still maintain fine shape of the hat which beginners can also create.
2. Sophisticated design
Simple and stylish.
Our hat patterns range from designs for daily wear to women’s feminine & sophisticated style.
Hat silhouette is beautiful viewed from any angle.
For hat patterns, we have conducted numerous trial to achieve the right measurement.
3. Comfortable Wear
It is not only the design we value,
we also seek for a comfortable wear of the hat.
We offer hat designs that are so lightly fit you want to wear every day.
Simprin believes our handcrafts reflects our feelings.
We wish you to enjoy making your original hat and make your everyday special.
You can give as gifts for your family and friends.
We hope it brings smiles to you and the people around you.
Wishing your life full of smiles & happiness....
Hat Atelier Simprin
Junko Okabe
Head of Hat Atelier Simprin
Career in Hat Design: 18 years.
Career in Teaching hat-making: 10 years
Unfamiliar with handcrafts and sewing, entered Mr. Akio Hirata's (a leading hat designer in Japan) Hat Studio in1999, inspired by his book and hat creation.
Became a hat creator after graduating the studio, encouraged by Mr. Hirata that she will be successful if she continues the hard work.
Atelier Simprin History
- 2001-
- Start of sales. Sales were small in the first five years.
- 2006-
- Determined to be a professional hat creator, expands sales channel from 2006.
- 2008
- Lehman Brothers shock in 2008 resulted in deep drop of sales, which led to open atelier Simprin.
- 2010
- Hats introduced in magazine "Cotton Friend" summer edition in 2010.
- 2011.7
- Original hat book "Otona-boushi + Kodomo-boushi" published in July 2011 (Japan Vogue)
Hats and hat designs introduced in over 15 books and magazines. Magazines include 'Suteki-ni handmade'.
Main activity is based in atelier, open to everyone and anyone to enjoy making hats.
We also offer various hat patterns.
Books & Magazines
- 2010
- Hats introduced in magazine "Cotton Friend" summer edition in 2010.
- 2011
- Original hat book "Otona-boushi + Kodomo-boushi" published in July 2011 (Japan Vogue) Junko Okabe
Magazine "Cotton Friend" summer edition - 2012
- Magazine "Cotton Friend" summer edition
Magazines 'Suteki-ni handmade' May issue
Magazine 'Cotton time' summer edition - 2013
- Magazine "Cotton Friend" spring edition
Magazine "Cotton Friend" summer edition
Magazines 'Suteki-ni handmade' September issue
Magazine "Cotton Friend" winter edition - 2014
- Magazines 'Suteki-ni handmade' May issue
Hats introduced in magazine "Cotton Friend" winter edition - 2015
- Magazines 'Suteki-ni handmade' May issue
Magazines 'Suteki-ni handmade' December issue - 2017
- 「favoli」 Apr. No.12
- 2019
- Handmade Handbook vol20 Early Spring Issue
- 2020
- Hat pattern SEWING PATTERN BOOK
- 2023
- Original hat book "Otona-boushi + Kodomo-boushi" published in July 2023 (Japan Vogue) Junko Okabe
Otona-boushi + Kodomo-boushi
Junko Okabe
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