MILAN (AFP) – Famed Italian hatmaker Borsalino, the company behind Humphrey Bogart’s fedora in Casablanca and Harrison Ford’s lucky headgear in the Indiana Jones movies, was declared bankrupt on Monday, a trade union said.
A court in Alessandria in northern Italy threw out a rescue plan for the legendary company and put it into administration, Mr Elio Bricola from the UIL labour union said.
He added that while “it is likely industrial activity will continue” for now, “employees are angry and worried about their future”.
Michael Jackson loved Borsalino hats, music star Pharrell Williams is a contemporary fan and David Bowie opted for one of its black fedoras for what was to prove his final photo shoot.
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