Optimo operates its sole retail store in the Monadnock building in Chicago’s Loop. where clients can stop in and see the latest collection or be fitted for a bespoke hat. For a custom hat, heads are ...

For Graham Thompson, who has always been drawn to “old-world, well-made things,” watching classic film noir with his dad sparked a fascination with hats. At 16, the Chicago native was introduced to ...

If we’re living in an age of hats—and a glance around New York’s bars and clubs suggests that, yeah, we are—seems now’s a pretty good time to get one that actually fits. To the rescue comes Optimo ...

Architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has paired blackened steel with warm-toned wood at a new headquarters for hat maker Optimo, created inside a historic firehouse in Chicago. "Using early to ...