20-minute private consultation

Every witch has a hat. Yours may simply not have introduced itself yet.

Hats start at $100 for a soft woven, beautifully decorated hat with the colors of your choosing, with options to upgrade your base hat, trims, and specialty brooches, creating a lifetime memory of your visit. Twenty focused minutes with the maker; your finished hat is ready the next day.

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The hat consultation is a private 20-minute fitting in Salem, Massachusetts. Hats start at $100 for a soft woven, beautifully decorated hat in the colors of your choosing, with upgrades to base hat, trims, and specialty brooches up to $175, picked up the next day. Reserve through FareHarbor for current availability.

Why this exists

Think of it as matchmaking, only with considerably better hats.

Witch hats are wonderfully dramatic objects, which is exactly why choosing one can get complicated fast. Brim width, crown height, color, tilt, trim, texture: suddenly a fun decision has developed several opinions of its own.

The consultation keeps the fun and removes the guesswork. You and the maker try directions together, paying attention to the shapes that frame your face, the proportions that feel natural, and the details that make you grin at the mirror instead of politely evaluating it.

You might confirm the look you already had in mind. You might discover that the hat you were absolutely certain was not your style is, annoyingly, perfect. Both outcomes count as successful magic.

  1. 01

    Consult the hat

    Start with a mood, an outfit, a favorite color, a reference image, or absolutely nothing beyond ‘I want a witch hat.’ That is plenty to work with.

  2. 02

    Find your shape

    Try brim, crown, tilt, scale, and proportion until the silhouette works with you rather than staging a small coup above your eyebrows.

  3. 03

    Add a little mischief

    Explore color, ribbon, flowers, feathers, braid, texture, and other finishing details that move the hat from generally witchy to specifically yours.

  4. 04

    Leave expecting a hat

    Your hat is finished overnight and picked up the next day. The $100 booking fee you paid at reservation applies toward it.

This is for you if

  • You love witch hats but have no desire to become an expert in brim geometry first.
  • You want guidance without committing to a full custom-design session.
  • You are looking for a Salem keepsake that feels personal rather than politely souvenir-shaped.
  • You already have a strong style and want the hat to join the plot, not hijack it.

You leave with

  • A finished witch hat, decorated to your choosing, picked up the next day.
  • A color and decorative direction that feels like you.
  • A price you chose yourself: $100 to $175 depending on base hat, trims, and brooches.
  • A confident sense of style and, ideally, one less existential crisis in front of a mirror.

Your hat is out there being dramatic without you.

Start with twenty minutes, a maker, and a mirror. We will help narrow the possibilities until your particular kind of witch has a much clearer silhouette.

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Asked before booking

Do I need to know what kind of witch hat I want before the consultation?

Not at all. You can arrive with a fully formed idea, a saved photograph, a vague feeling, or no plan beyond wanting a hat that feels right. The consultation is built to narrow the possibilities with you.

Is the 20-minute consultation the same as the 90-minute Design Your Own session?

No. The consultation is a focused fitting and direction-setting experience. Design Your Own gives you substantially more time to develop a complete hat concept with the maker.

Can I shop for finished hats through Salem Hat Company?

Finished-hat browsing, availability, and purchasing live with Scarlett Moon Hats. Salem Hat Company is focused on the in-person experience in Salem.

Prefer something shorter, or a table of ten?

Design Your Own Hat-Making Workshop