please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . august 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message giuseppe borsalino 1834 1900 the founder of borsalino a fedora made by borsalino . for the french gangster movie see borsalino film borsalino is a hat company known particularly for its fedoras . established in 1857 borsalino produces felt from belgian rabbit fur at its factory in alessandria italy . contents 1 history 2 see also 3 references 4 external links history edit giuseppe borsalino visited italy and france to learn the hat trade and set up the first artisan workshop for the production of felt hats . when giuseppe borsalino died he was succeeded by his son teresio borsalino in the family business . his success lasted until the 1940s when the hat business declined in prominence . in 1986 the borsalino factory moved to its current location in the suburbs of alessandria . the university of alessandria as well as a museum dedicated to the history of the hat occupy the former offices of the borsalino company . the company currently produces a wide variety of products such as hats ties clothing watches perfumes and even old fashioned bicycles and the company tries to keep all the charm and class from last century s fashion . the company has branches in the usa and europe . on spring 2006 a specific museum was inaugurated with the alessandria municipality partnership to remember the historical steps that characterise the borsalino company . 1 recently borsalino also started to produce helmets for motorbikes . borsalino fedora hats are very popular among orthodox jews . 2 see also edit italy portal companies portal fedora references edit http www.cultural.it musei borsalino.asp http www.nytimes.com 2011 05 01 fashion 01noticed.html external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to borsalino . borsalino website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title borsalino & oldid 733630524 categories hat companiesclothing brands of italyclothing companies of italycompanies established in 18571857 establishments in italyitalian brandshigh fashion brandsluxury brandshaute couturealessandriahidden categories articles needing additional references from august 2015all articles needing additional referencescommons category without a link on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages brezhonegdanskdeutschespa olfran aisitaliano nederlands norsk bokm lportugu s svenska edit links this page was last modified on 9 august 2016 at 02 54 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view