Well, after all of the fuss on this forum about Akubras I took the plunge. I am very pleased to have done so.
I bought the Federation in dark grey. When it first arrived, I could not find a bash that I liked. The brim looked huge, and the crown was so high it looked like a witch's hat on...
Guys, this is really strange. I wrote recently regarding a vintage, and exquisitely made, white fedora made by "Morrison Hats". No one here had apparently heard of them. On the Internet I found a single reference to Morrison Hats: a single fedora among hundreds of hats in someone's vintage...
I don't know if it is a function of where I live, but I never find anything vintage that is worth a damn. In this case, there were a lot of old hat boxes around, most of which held rotting straw hats. There was this one ancient Dobbs box that I pulled off the shelf for the heck of it, and when...
Here is my recent find. What do you think?
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x263/Lawman112007/IMG_2547.jpg
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x263/Lawman112007/IMG_2555.jpg
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x263/Lawman112007/IMG_2550.jpg...
That's what I was trying to do, but the upload from photobucket kept failing. I tried the same thing over at the Style Forum, and the uploads worked fine.
Mates, I have scoured the flea markets, vintage clothing stores, antique shops and thrift shops of this state for two year without finding a single vintage hat. And I travel a lot.
Today I landed something that is truly gorgeous. It is an ivory Morrison fedora, high crown, 2 1/2 inch brim...
Gents, I had a little expense money tucked away (not enough for another Fawcett creation at this point) and was attracted by the look of the Queens Hat produced by Miller Hats. I know nothing about these folks. What is the word on these lids?
Thanks.
Mark
Blot it or spray it with distilled water, let it dry, then brush it out with a dry tooth brush, a fingernail or a clothes brush. Worked like a charm on mine.
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