La Coppola Storta

Via dell'Orologio 25

About

La Coppola Storta (The Twisted, or Tilted, Cap) is a women's cooperative in the village of San Giuseppe Iato, of the Palermo District, that carefully handcrafts the most traditional Sicilian hat. It has two colorful shops in the little pedestrian zone of Olivella, which sell a huge selection of styles and souvenirs to everyone's liking. The second location can be found at Via Bara all'Olivella, 74. The coppola hat spread over Sicily in the middle of 19th Century and soon became one of the symbols of the island, but its image is also associated with the dark iconography of the mafia man, which used to wear it tilted (or storta). The cooperative was born with the aim to emancipate San Giuseppe's women and to redeem and reinvent the coppola, handcrafted in every size and version: for men, women, babies and grown-ups, and even pets - traditionally made of tweed, velvet, satin, or organdy. There are also collectable items hand-painted by young artists.
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