This hat is a bespoke made for me by French hatter Fernand Sebbah (alias DBM).
It's made of light grey very high quality fur felt, with a 1.57 inches (4cm) grosgrain ribbon, leather sweatband, and a "soie sauvage" lining (is "wild silk" the correct translation?) The brim is dimensional: front =...
Yes, it was difficult to find a hatter! I thought that, living in Paris, it would be easy to find more than hat shops (in Paris the main hat shops are Borsalino, Céline Robert, and Anthony Peto), but I was mistaken and had to search hard to find THE hatter (in the sense of craftsman, not just...
Here is the last hat I've bought. It's a french hatter who did it for me, Fernand Sebbah, alias DBM.
I will post photos of me wearing it in the next few days.
I've taken some photos of my Homburg. I don't know it's age.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/46026440@N08/4356139250/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/46026440@N08/4356138972/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/46026440@N08/4355395159/
I recently began to wear shirts with French cuffs, and I like it! So I began a cufflinks collection too...
I have ten for now. All the chains one are vintage, but I don't know more about them :
http://www.flickr.com/photos/46026440@N08/4262182510/
You're right, it would be easier to compare with a front photo of my black fedora:
front photo with my black fedora:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/46026440@N08/4228534338/
with my panama cuenca:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/46026440@N08/4227764847/...
Thanks, all of you, for your welcome messages and your advices!
Of course, you'll know when I'll have new hats! ;)
Most of my friends know me as the guy with a little retro (or "Bogart") feel to my clothing, but they are now accustomed to that. On the other side, it's sometimes funny the...
Hi everybody!
It's my first post, but I've been visiting the forum for a few months. So let's introduce myself!
I'm French, and live in France. I've always loved hats, but only began to wear one in January 2009. It has not been always easy, because I'm young and classic felt hats are not...
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