Abstract: A system for creating a covered hat using an upper form having a top surface, a bottom edge, and side walls having an elongated cylindrical shape between the top surface and bottom edge. A stand having an upper block is inserted into the upper form against the top surface. A rigid ring insert is placed within the form and aligned with the bottom edge. A covering sheet made of a textile material having outer edges is centered over the top surface of the upper form. A rope band secures the covering sheet tightly against the upper form and is aligned with the ring insert. The outer edges are pulled downwardly to remove wrinkles, the covering sheet is stitched in place to the upper form, and the upper form is severed just above the ring for subsequent attachment to a hat lower part.

Abstract: A hat having its cylindrical body adorned by synthetic fur bristles put up in pelts, and rendered waterproofed by rooting the pelts in the cylindrical body so they are in a horizontal orientation in overlapping relation to each other and in encircling relation about the cylindrical body, thus serving both as an appearance-enhancing adornment of the cylindrical body and as a waterproofing barrier against rain seepage through the rooting connections of the pelts to the cylindrical hat body.