Since 1986 he's been hand-crafting hats using wooden forms, hot irons and infinite creativity at the Ballard Millinery Studio, a space he shares with five other hat makers. Jane Leeds is one of them.

Beanies – or toques, in Canadian parlance – is surging in popularity, especially among a subset of young, urban consumers.

Perseverance and passion are the attributes most frequently mentioned by those who know Prevot. After all, this is a woman ...