After all, I set a record for not selling a single hat in a week, making it the lowest point of my hat-selling career. Every day, I thought about giving up the shop.
But overcoming that period is what brings me to where I am today.

肉がいいです。

I became a hat designer because I love hats too much. I share the charm of hats daily. Your "likes" and "follows" are greatly encouraging. 　　 @irih.bsky.social

Now that I've said it, I have no choice but to do it.

Since scaling down my business, I've stopped going to Paris.
But, actually, I have a new dream.
I want to take my school's students to a Paris exhibition. I want to share with them that making hats for a living is full of dreams, just like the experience I had.　↓

The program, which NHK BS broadcasted, covered Japanese brands exhibiting at a Paris exhibition. It was a good memory, especially interviewing buyers from Belgium and the Netherlands.
That program was aired for a while on ANA's international flight Sky Channel.　↓

Whether they were dramatic or nihilistic, listening to everyone's unique explanations was fun, and it made me deeply grateful to be part of the creator group.
Let's do it again this summer. Gin parties suit the summer. I'm looking forward to it already.

We prepared gin, fruits, and herbs, and everyone made their own cocktail arrangements. It was interesting to see the individuality just through that, but we also gave titles to our cocktails.

And now, we are still owners of our own brands. I've always admired everyone's lifestyle for being so cool, and I still do.
We often hold home parties among our creator friends, and there's always a theme. One hot summer, we held a "Gin Party" at my studio.

There are plenty of beginner-friendly patterns and YouTube tutorials available, making it enjoyable for even hat-making novices to knit.

I became a hat designer because I love hats too much.

I share the charm of hats daily. Your "likes" and "follows" are greatly encouraging. 　　
@irih.bsky.social

After all, I've been doing unbelievable things all along.
And it all started from being ridiculed.
Alright.

This is good.

Just watch.

Pop-up shops in department stores nationwide
A special order from the most famous hat maker in the UK

I became a hat designer simply because I loved hats, but I never believed I could achieve all this.
The things I'm about to do have a high chance of actually happening.

おやすみなさいませ

That store is no longer there, but somehow, I've managed to keep going with hats. There is no night that doesn't end.

Simply cut the fabric and sew it together, and you've made a hat. Why not give it a try? Using a sewing machine is faster, but hand sewing works too.

I want to create things I love for people who appreciate them. I want people to feel glad they bought a hat from me, to think, "I'm really glad I got a hat from Iri-san." To achieve that, I'm quietly honing my skills every day.