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Borsalino hat is an icon created by noir movies. In Hollywood everyone wore a Borsalino. But it is less known that all these hats were made in one small town of northern Italy: Alessandria. During 120 years this was a one-family one-company town.We will discover how a myth was accidentally born through the voices of those who made their living from the Borsalino hat. In a noir movies style we will tell the story of a family, a community of workers and a town.

BORSALINO CITY, the history of the most popular hat in the world.