Child safety
Four structural rules run through every hat in the range. None of them is a marketing line: each one is a decision about how the hat is cut and sewn, and each one is stated on the product page for the hat in front of you.
The European standard on cords and drawstrings in children's clothing treats the head and neck as the highest-risk zone. For children up to seven it requires that zone to carry no cords, drawstrings or functional ties at all. Between seven and fourteen, free-hanging ends are not permitted and any tie must be a breakaway fastening.
We do not draw the line at seven. No hat we make carries a cord or drawstring anywhere — not at the neck, not around the crown, not through the brim. It is simpler to build, simpler to check, and it removes the question entirely.
Where a hat has a chin fastener, it is a two-part buckle designed to come apart when pulled, not a knot or a tied ribbon. Pull it and the hat leaves the head instead of staying under load.
We publish the approximate force at which each one separates, in newtons, on the product page — between 22 and 28 N depending on the line. That number is a measured property, so you can compare it, rather than a reassurance.
Hats for under-threes may not carry detachable small parts, because a part that comes off is a choking risk. Above three, a decorative part is permitted if it passes a tensile pull test and carries an age warning.
We ship none at all, on any line. No beads, no decorative buttons, no metal badges, no pom-poms. That is why you will not find an age warning on our product pages: nothing in the catalogue triggers one. If we ever add a decorative part, it will carry the test result and the warning together.
Dyes conform to the REACH restriction on azo dyes that can release listed aromatic amines, with a limit of 30 mg/kg. Where a hat has no metal component in prolonged skin contact — which is all of them — the nickel-release restriction does not arise, and we say so rather than leaving a gap.
On the baby and toddler lines we also state free-formaldehyde control for textiles in direct contact with young skin. Each product page carries these three lines for that specific hat.
The claims missing from this site are missing on purpose. Each one would be either regulated, unverifiable, or both.
A hat that claims to shield the wearer from solar or ultraviolet radiation becomes personal protective equipment in European law, with conformity assessment, a declaration of conformity and CE marking behind it. We have not done that work, so we make no such claim. We publish the brim width in centimetres and let you decide what that is worth.
You will not read that a hat is safe, guaranteed, or that it will not come off. Those are conclusions, and a conclusion cannot be checked. Every claim on this site is a structural fact you could verify with the hat in your hand.
Children's clothing is where trade mark and copyright infringement concentrates. We print no cartoon characters, no film or television properties, no club marks and no celebrity likenesses. The cloth is plain or woven, and every pattern we use is our own.
Not hypoallergenic, not antibacterial, not therapeutic. Those are regulated claims and none of them belongs on a cotton hat.
Inside the hat
Retention comes from a soft band sewn into the crown edge, spreading tension around the whole head rather than pulling at one point. It is what lets the smaller sizes hold without a strap at all.
Every internal seam is bound or flat-locked. There are no raw edges and no trailing threads inside the crown, because a loose thread is the first thing a small hand finds and pulls.
On the adjustable junior hat the webbing runs through a moulded slider within the inner band. Nothing hangs outside the hat, and the range is stated in centimetres rather than described as growing with the child.
Every product page repeats the three structural lines for that specific hat, states the release force where there is a fastener, and lists the fibre composition in Spanish and English. If anything on a page contradicts this one, write to us and we will fix the page.