✦ 100-piece sample · 7-day embroidery · Free virtual mock-up on orders ≥ 500 units
Mill-direct · For fashion brands · Western · Workwear · Corporate

Heirloom headwear,
made to brand.

Caps, beanies, fedoras, panama, bucket, western and workwear — 360+ SKUs from one 18,000 m² heritage mill. From a 100-piece private label run to a 200,000-piece corporate order, with the same hand-finishing.

  • 1922year founded
  • 360+in-stock styles
  • 2.4Mhats / year
  • 38countries served
AW26 · Tobacco Felt Tobacco felt fedora with leather band — M&G No. 04
Distressed leather cowboy hat with concho band
Blank black 6-panel baseball cap
New for AW26

M&G No. 04 — Tobacco

100% wool felt · 2.2 mm crown · genuine leather band · one-size S-XL.

6 stock colors · Pantone match
Browse by family

Six headwear families, 360+ in-stock styles.

From a heritage wool felt fedora to a 6-panel custom cap — every family shares the same mill floor, the same embroidery bench, the same QC.

01
112 styles

Caps & Snapbacks

6-panel, 5-panel, trucker, dad hat, military. Cotton, twill, wool, performance.

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02
64 styles

Knit & Beanies

Cuff, slouchy, fisherman, pom-pom, watch cap. Wool, cashmere, recycled yarn.

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03
58 styles

Felt & Wide-Brim

Wool felt fedora, panama, floppy, rancher. Vintage hand-finishing.

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04
38 styles

Bucket & Boonie

Reversible, packable, reversible nylon, cotton twill. Festival to trail.

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05
42 styles

Western & Cowboy

Felt, straw, leather band. Frontier, rancher, buckaroo, rodeo.

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06
46 styles

Workwear & Utility

Hi-vis, balaclava, watch cap, hard-hat liner. EN 343 / ANSI 107.

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Why MARLOW & GREY

The mill behind 2,200+ hat collections.

Not a trading company. We cut, sew, finish, block, and brand from one 18,000 m² heritage mill — so your sample, your lab-dip and your production run all come from the same bench.

01

Heritage mill, modern bench

1922 vintage blocking equipment, 2024 embroidery machines. 1,240 artisans, 86 master blockers, 4th-generation pattern-makers.

02

100-piece sample MOQ

Sample a single 100-piece private label run. Production from 500 units. Mill-direct price on 5,000+.

03

7-day embroidery

Send your logo, your Pantone, your patch design. We return a 3D virtual mock-up in 24 h, embroidery sample in 7 days.

04

Materials in-house

Wool, felt, straw, raffia, leather, recycled poly — sourced mill-direct, with full traceability and lab test reports.

05

Private label protected

Your custom pattern, your custom block, your custom lining. Recipe locked for 24 months — no one else gets it.

06

Mill-direct pricing

You talk to the mill, you pay the mill. No trading-company markup. FOB London / New York / Hong Kong.

M&G heritage atelier — hat blocks and felts

Mill snapshot

  • Founded1922
  • Facility18,000 m²
  • Master blockers86
  • Embroidery heads62
  • Annual output2.4M hats
  • Mill staff1,240
Private label / OEM

Custom headwear, branded to your spec.

From a sketch and a Pantone chip to a fully-branded hat on your retailer's shelf — we co-develop the pattern, the block, the trim and the QC protocol, then protect it for 24 months.

  1. 01

    Brief & feasibility

    Send your target shape, material, target price and annual volume. We return a feasibility report + 3D mock-up in 5 working days.

  2. 02

    Sample & approval

    We hand-block a 3-piece sample. You fit, you adjust, you sign off. First sample in 14 days, refinements in 7.

  3. 03

    Bulk production

    Production on the same line that made your sample. In-line QC at every stage: cutting, sewing, blocking, finishing, branding.

  4. 04

    Brand & protect

    Custom embroidery, leather patch, custom lining, branded box. 24-month recipe lock — your pattern, no one else's.

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Materials & craft

From fleece to finished hat, with full traceability.

70% of our raw materials are now from certified or recycled sources, with the rest on a 2030 transition roadmap. Every hat ships with a digital product passport — origin, certifications, material source per component.

Wool felt

Italian & Mongolian wool, 2.2 mm blocking. Hand-finished.

Panama straw

Ecuadorian toquilla, hand-woven in Cuenca since 1986.

Cotton twill

OEKO-TEX certified, 200–340 gsm, 60 stock colors.

Veg-tanned leather

Tuscany vegetable-tanned, REACH compliant, full traceability.

GOTS OEKO-TEX 100 BCI GRS RCS BSCI SA8000 REACH
M&G atelier — wool felt hat block on stand
Leather hat on workshop bench
Distressed leather cowboy with concho band
Global reach

Shipped to 38 countries — and counting.

38 countries served
2,200+ brand clients
2.4M hats per year
7 days embroidery sample

Top export markets

  • 🇺🇸 United States34% of export
  • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom18% of export
  • 🇩🇪 Germany11% of export
  • 🇫🇷 France8% of export
  • 🇮🇹 Italy6% of export
  • 🇯🇵 Japan5% of export
  • 🇦🇺 Australia4% of export
  • 🇨🇦 Canada3% of export

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What partners say

From independent labels to global brands.

"We tried 4 mills for our AW25 western capsule. M&G's distressed leather finish was the closest to our reference, the sample turnaround was 12 days, and the second repeat order was held at the agreed price. We've moved 18,000 units through them this year."
Cole T. Founder · Western Republic Co. (US, heritage western brand)
"Our 6-panel blanks have been on the same M&G production line for 6 seasons. 100-piece private label, embroidery patch, custom box — same color match, same QC, every delivery. We don't even negotiate the price anymore."
Yuki M. Production Director · Northwall Goods (Japan, outdoor lifestyle)
"For a 100-piece sample MOQ and a 5,000-unit repeat, no one else could match M&G on quality, lead time and price. The 3D mock-up tool sealed it — we sign off the design before a single hat is cut."
Sofia R. Brand Director · Atelier Velour (Spain, fashion label)
Get in touch

Request a sample. Reply within 24 h.

Tell us your style, your material, your branding. We'll send a curated sample box, virtual mock-up and a written quote within one business day.

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  • Private labelprivatelabel@marlowandgrey.example.com
  • WhatsApp+44 20 0000 0000
  • Atelier18,000 m² · London, UK

Request a sample box

One box, 6 headwear families, 24 in-stock styles. Ships free worldwide.