Full Category. Complete Coverage. Balanced Markets
What We Do
Four Practices. One Category
Manufacturing remains the core. Around it sits applied research, an own-brand portfolio, and a cultural heritage programme — all grounded in the single category we have worked in since 1996.
Five Owned Factories. One category.
Woven, knitted, straw, and felt — all four constructions under one supplier. Five owned facilities in China, Vietnam, and Cambodia, operating under a single quality system.
A Retail House on Huaihai Road.
Three own labels and twenty-plus imported European houses, presented at HATTERS HUB — our buyer destination at 1,828 Huaihai Middle Road, Shanghai.
Industry Research, Under One Roof.
Foremost hosts the Headwear R&D Centre of the China National Garment Association, alongside an industry-academia base in
partnership with regional universities.
Museum, Festival, and Intangible Heritage.
The Foremost Hat Museum — a registered non-state museum, founded 2014. The annual Hat Festival, held since 2014. And the protection of Nantong straw-weaving as listed cultural heritage.
Reproduced from the Foremost Group Charter
The four statements that have guided the group.
Mission
Together we create — to make the world a better place.
Spirit
An effort second to none.
Values
Passion. Integrity. Dedication. Efficiency. Altruism.
Vision
From material wealth to spiritual beauty.
Global Footprint
Founder & Chairman
Jeffrey
With Foremost since 1996
"Hat is the first fashion category. We chose one thing — and
stayed with it."
