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Whether you're a fedora fi end or a cowboy
hat connoisseur, get the custom topper of
your dreams from Austin's Aimee Speer.
By Lexi Sunberg // Photography By Philip Edsel
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hat connoisseur, get the custom topper of
your dreams from Austin's Aimee Speer.
By Lexi Sunberg // Photography By Philip Edsel
F
ashion enthusiast Aimee Speer fell
in love with the industry when she
was living in New York City in her
mid-20s. A few years after moving
back to Austin, she and her sister
opened lauded denim boutique Hem, which they
closed in 2015 after Speer had her third baby. Finally
having the time to explore her passion for millinery,
Speer learned the ins and outs of the craft from a
Utah hatmaker with 45 years' experience. Now the
founder of Covet Custom Hats, the ultracreative
mama works in her Austin home studio designing
and constructing the best in hats made to last,
working primarily with palm, Ecuadorian straw and
genuine beaver fur felt. She also off ers a full custom
experience, from material to shape, trim and color.
Hats off to star service! Straw hats $295-$495, beaver
fur felt hats $495-$795, covethats.com
