In the beginning there was a hat, that didn’t exist. Nowhere a cap made of straw in a modern appealing style could be rustled up. So Rolf Hellat sewed one by himself out of a beach mat. Because the cap pleased, he decided to develop the idea. He realised as a student at the film school in zurich an imaginary commercial for his novel product. The film wowed and he decided to set up this fictitious company in reality. After an intense planning phase, in which Tom Hellat joined, a first collection and the label LeTom resulted. The collection features of natural straw materials and novel unseen forms – a mixture of tradition and modern spirit.

Since the founding year 2009  LeTom is a vendor of high quality products in the hat industry. The core business contains development, design, production and worldwide distribution of the LeTom collection.

We attach importance to ecological awareness and the necessary investments to protect our environment. We spend with every sold cap leastwise 1% to myclimate.org or other organisations, which compensate the CO2 emissions and support other environment protection projects.

(First self-made LeTom Cap, out of a beach mat)