Furriers, hatters, umbrella-makers

There is almost no lady in Zagreb that does not have at least one Kobali hat model. Permanent customers adore posh Kobali hats, which are prevailed by classical models, and very often foreign buyers come into the shop to buy a unique hat model.

The hatmaking shop Cahun is one of the oldest traditional craft businesses in Zagreb. There is hardly anyone in Zagreb who wouldn’t recognize the famous shop window on a busy Zagreb street at the address Pod zidom 8. Their handicrafts have adorned people all over Croatia for more than eighty years.

Furriery Dvoravić was founded in 1950 in Ilica and today it can proudly boast the fact that is own a platinum plaque for craft preservation. Gordan Dvoravić took over the business from his father Tomislav. Gordan has kept the furriery alive in Dežman Street.

Antonela Dvoravić Šarčević is owner of a furriery craft which has been situated at Ilica 49 since the very beginning. It was established in 1950 by her father Tomislav Dvoravić.

Vid Tomić started the Tomić family furriery tradition in 1938 at 15 Masarykova Street. His nephew Boško took over the business after Vid and finaly Boško’s son Zoran Tomić took over in 2003.

Furrier Tomislav Sumrak has been in charge of his family’s craft for the past ten years. He took over from his father who had been running the craft since 1968. Tomislav attained new skills at Krzno Zagreb in order to have a more objective approach to business and, later on, he blended his newly acquired competences with the family tradition.

Mr. Tomislav Cerovečki is an expert umbrella maker, continuing the tradition of more than one hundred years. He is the fourth generation of master craftsmen, the first of whom was Mijo Cepanec, who founded an umbrella making shop in Varaždin in 1912.