The Register of the intangible cultural heritage is richer by one more unit - as the 121st unit of the intangible cultural heritage, Making hats was inscribed.
Making hats is the handicraft production of hats and headgear from animal, less often plant and synthetic fibers for everyday use and special occasions. The milliner's craft is related to hat making, which includes the design and production of fashionable women's headgear and various fashion accessories.
One bearer was identified with the unit - Špela Strašek.
In Celje, hat maker Špela Strašek continues the almost century-old tradition of the Tomažin Hat Workshop and the work of Celje milliners with the company Boho Headwer. The knowledge of at making was passed on to her years ago by the long-time master hat maker Željko Tomažin, who drew his hatter skills for them from a multi-generational family tradition. Špela Strašek skilfully incorporates this knowledge into modern trends and thus ensures that this heritage remains alive and develops for the future. At the same time, with her involvement in the local community, she ensures that the awareness and identity of hat making and the tradition of milliner craft are safeguarded among the residents and visitors of Celje. Špela Strašek, as a hat maker and milliner, manufactures and designs products for the local and foreign markets. By combining craftsmanship and creativity, introducing modern techniques and entrepreneurial knowledge, she successfully develops her business in the field of headgear and makes sure that top-notch manual skills are safeguarded and further developed. With her activities, she has developed a successful brand with active participation that offers unique headgear designs. She uses traditional styling techniques in her work and it is this that has created a lot of interest in people and made them reach for hats and other hair accessories again. With the redevelopment of hat making and milliner's craft in Slovenia, she safeguards and transmits knowledge of hat making and milliner's crafts.
There are currently 121 units and 368 bearers of the intangible cultural heritage inscribed in the Register.