Rush Street, Chicago: "runs through some of the wealthiest neighborhoods in the country and has businesses that correspond to the demands of its residents including highly rated restaurants, five star hotels, four star spas, and luxury shopping from Barney's to Bugatti". When Graham Thompson...
This is one ultra-rare bird! The Resistol Black Gold line of hats has been hugely successful for decades now, a worldwide and industry best seller. In fact, in 2008 "Dodge has partnered with cowboy hat maker Resistol to release the biggest and fanciest Ram ever offered -- the 2008 Resistol...
Bavarian Green with contrasting 1 1/2" Forest Green ribbon and teardrop crown in a flecked finish (3-5 different colors). Graham Thompson (owner / master hatmaker) @ Optimo LOVES sporty profile, lower crown height fedoras and the Rush Street epitomizes that look. The 4 1/4" crown height and 2...
I purchased this for my wife a year or so ago and she does not wear it, so I just tonight decided to see if anyone on The Lounge might be interested in a red ladies' dress hat. I'm getting help later tonight posting some photos of another hat that I sold earlier, and will post photos of this hat...
Thank you for your interest in my Optimo Raven Black Melusine Fedora: it sold earlier in the evening. I do have one more Optimo that I'll be putting up for sale which I bought as-new and then sent off to Chicago to have Graham rebuild to my specifications (to the tune of $170). The Fedora Lounge...
Visiting Graham Thompson's Optimo Chicago webpage: HATMAKING heading, OUR FELT: play video. Graham immediately begins explaining about his ten-year quest to recreate the world's finest long-hair beaver felt. In the video the hat that he is holding and showing is pretty much exactly what I own, a...
Rarely worn, selling to help finance a new hobby. I am a collector, particular in what I purchase and meticulous in each hat's care (as new Optimo hatbox $35 value included). This was one of Art's prototypes where he added a black underbrim material to the otherwise wine colored fedora. There...
The Lounge IS NOT the place to try and sell a narrower brim fedora, as in "Good Day Mr. Bogart" but "Good Night young Mr. Timberlake"! Still, there's a reason Graham named this design "Rush Street" (it's history in Chicago makes for an interesting read; wanna' buy a new Bentley, Bugatti, or...
On the wine-colored Art Fawcett fedora: 5 1/4" crown height and 2 1/4" brim width. The flecked finish Optimo looks just as Graham wanted it to look ( more hipster than Edward G. Robinson ): 4 1/2" crown height and 2 1/8 " brim width. The latter fedora surprised me as I come from a background of...
Thanks Bowen. I have a decidedly small but high quality collection of about a dozen hats including a Montecristi Custom Hat Works Panama ($1200 new), a Melusine (long hair beaver) Optimo ($800 new), the "Italians": Borsalino, Panizza, and a couple of made-in-Italy Stetson boaters, three...
Thanks. And, I misquoted the "exactly half-price" quote. $275 w/Hatbox and shipping included is WAY LESS than Optimo's $750 w/o Hatbox ($35) and shipping. The longer this goes without selling the more tempted I am to just keep it. It shows very nicely, just like an as-new Optimo should!
Purchased new by me and rarely worn ( I have an Optimo Melusine in a similar color that I prefer ). This was one of Art's limited edition prototypes: the underbrim is a black color and of a different material which shows several small bubbles... which do not affect the look of the hat... when...
Flecked finish (3-5 colors) Optimo Chicago fedora in Bavarian Green ( closest color to Optimo's current swatches ), with matching ribbon. Price including shipping in flawless Optimo hat box $275 is exactly half of it's current price at Optimo ($750). Hat has been treated with kid gloves ( I...
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