ABOUT

MY NAME IS YALÇIN BİLGÜVAR (PRONOUNCED AS "YALTCHEN")

ORIGINALLY FROM ISTANBUL, TURKEY, I HAVE BEEN LIVING IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK FOR OVER TWENTY YEARS NOW. 

EACH YALTCH HAT IS HANDMADE BY ME USING TRADITIONAL MILLINERY TECHNIQUES AND THE FINEST MATERIALS AND TOOLS.

I THINK HATS CAN BE THE COOLEST THINGS YOU CAN WEAR, AND MOST OF THE TIME THEY ARE. AND I LOVE MAKING HATS. WHAT GOT ME INTO MAKING HATS WAS A DESIRE TO MAKE THINGS USING MY HANDS AND A LIFE LONG FASCINATION WITH FASHION. 

APART FROM HATS AND CLOTHES, I LOVE MUSIC. I ACTUALLY LOVE MUSIC MORE THAN HATS TBH. I ALSO LOVE COOKING.  

XOXO,

YALTCH