About Us

The hats we wear…

We care about our customers. We care about your image. We care about quality.

Having gained 20 years’ experience in the millinery industry, Carmi Hatters was revived by Daloo Mistry and his three sons in 1974. Together with four employees, they manufactured and supplied ladies’ fashion hats to local retailers.

His son, Arun, grew the business by increasing the product range, introducing men’s hats, golf hats, safari hats and uniform hats. He expanded the factory capacity and began supplying hats to other centres and eventually won a tender bid in 2001.

Arun’s nephew, Jitesh Mistry joined Carmi Hatters and is now Chief Operating Officer. Jitesh’s mandate is to take Carmi Hatters to new heights.

The Carmi Hatters family has grown from four staff to our current complement of 72. Our production has grown in parallel and we currently manufacture thousands of hats a year.

Our ethos remains to care about our customers, care about their image and care about quality.

MEET OUR TEAM

We are agile. Being owner-run means we are personally accountable to our customers and staff. We live and breathe Carmi Hatters so you know you have our full attention.

Arun Mistry

Owner

Jitesh Mistry

Chief Operating Officer

Micayla Maharaj

Assistant To Directors

Violenti Van Schalkwyk

Sales - sales1@carmihatters.co.za

Jeetendra

Receiving and Dispatch

Joshna Uttam

Accounts

Loreen Masvusvu

Sales - sales2@carmihatters.co.za

Investec CSI’s Young Entrepreneurs Programme

Jitesh Mistry, COO of Carmi Hatters and Hat City, was selected for this Entrepreneurship programme. In 2018, he joined 13 other young entrepreneurs on an Investec CSI trip to Berlin to learn about textile innovation. He returned stimulated and inspired – watch this space! Learn more.