Heavily inspired by the Art Deco Era, Jasmin Zorlu Millinery employs innovative materials such as fish skin (leather), abalone shells, reclaimed cashmere, and fruit bags to create futuristic headwear which transcend traditional notions of design and time. Eschewing employment of trims like flowers, ribbons, and feathers, her hats reveal their form simply and sculpturally. The ‘freeform blocked’ headwear can be worn in a variety of ways, so buying one hat gives the freedom of having at least 5 different hats.

Jasmin Zorlu Millinery aims to create exciting headwear for individuals and companies which will achieve heirloom status and be fresh in the 22nd century. In designing for major San Francisco hat company Goorin Brothers, she developed new silhouettes by taking existing headwear styles and hybridizing them. She also designed a line of bags for Goorin Brothers.

In October of 2002, she expanded her clientele to Europe, with the prestigious Chelsea Crafts Fair, put on by the Crafts Council of Britain. In fall of 2003, she sold to Barneys New York, nearly selling out. And this was the year that the beautiful and talented Erykah Badu, an R&B singer, commissioned three Molecular Mermaid Helmets. Musicians Tom Waits and Neil Young have also bought her hats. In May of 2007, Jasmin Zorlu debuted a special collection of cashmere dresses which were made to go with her hats for a fashion show entitled Kinetic at the deYoung Museum.

In 2009, four of Jasmin Zorlu’s cocktail hats (with one gracing the cover) appeared in ‘Hatwalk’, a calendar whose sales benefited the Asian American Cancer Support Network. Jasmin Zorlu was also voted ‘Best Hatmaker’ by SF Weekly’s ‘Best of San Francisco 2009′ and is a 2009 ‘Hatty Award’ recipient by Hat Life, the Headwear and Millinery Industry’s #1 resource.