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Warm Weather Hat: Holds Shape, Water Resistant, Crushable
I highly recommend the Akubra Capricorn - very presentable, dressy polystraw with classic fedora styling (almost exactly the same dimensions as the Stylemaster). The polystraw is impervious to water, the crown is vented. Not crushable, but pretty tough. Oh, and it's inexpensive and is quite... -
Middle Eastern Headgear
:offtopic: This is OT of course, but here is a beautiful smoking cap - you might have to skip a couple of car payments, however: http://www.lockhatters.co.uk/Smoking_Caps___Fez-Embroidered_Smoking_Cap-P100.aspx -
The nicest comment I ever heard
Ah good, another engineer who wears hats - welcome to the lounge! -
The beginning to wearing a hat of style
I wouldn't try to start buying on ebay, not knowing your size or what will look good on you. I advise buying your first from a hat store, something versatile that you can wear with many of your clothes. Also, if you can afford it, skip wool and buy a fur felt. For instance, a Christy's Epsom... -
Boater faction!
Interesting: Miller Hats site places the origin of the boater in the 1880s, and states that it was brought to the states via Italian immigrants, i.e. gondoliers. The Manet certainly contradicts the date; the first citation in the OED isn't until 1896 however. Lock & Co. state that the boater... -
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The Dumbest Comment I Ever Heard
Soon it may be time to leave La-La land and come to New York, where a man of style raises neither ire nor eyebrows. -
New Fedora + Light Rain = Bumps - What to do?
I believe the Hampton is discontinued, so it's not surprising he exchanged for a Chatham. I have one in sage about 3 years old and two Ashlands, 1 and 2 years old - these are the same shape in Royal quality (1 below Sovereign) and have underwelt brims. I am pretty careless with them, they see a... -
New Fedora + Light Rain = Bumps - What to do?
Progress? Just reading through this thread and am curious what was the result - has a replacement been received? I am interested in the Hampton, and am curious what it was like before it became bumpy. How was texture of the felt, fit and finish, etc. I don't buy into the oft-repeated statement... -
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VS. My first crown bash, my first custom
The Streamliner Cool bash - that reverse teardrop is reminiscent of the streamlined shapes associated with Art Deco. I would probably call it The Streamliner. In naval architecture, a hull shaped that way with a fat end at the front and a trailing pointy part is called 'fishform', but I don't... -
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Boater assistance
Excellent - I will definitely save that one for future use.... :eusa_clap -
The Dumbest Comment I Ever Heard
It was the whip, right? You were carrying a whip, weren't you? -
"Bash." Not a hatter's term?
Amen. Now who moved that horse.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:DEADHORSE -
Akubra Campdraft
Nor the engineers.. It's been covered on another thread, but there was an old tradition of graduating engineers from the South Dakota School of Mines buying an Open Road as a rite of passage. The hat was a symbol of the professional status of newly-minted engineers, and would serve to... -
"Bash." Not a hatter's term?
Well, to the extent that "homeboy" is generally considered to be a cultural slang term (not jargon), with its concomitant prejudicial baggage, I disagree with the comparison and think it's kind of a cheap shot. If you don't like the term "bash", by all means don't use it. To Art (just read your... -
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"Bash." Not a hatter's term?
Well, it's a long-recognized phenomenon that words are introduced to the language by diffusion from the jargon of specialists into the vocabulary of the hoi polloi. If the pros are unfamiliar with the term because it isn't a trade term in the U.S., so be it, and it's high time they caught up to... -
"Bash." Not a hatter's term?
Why can't you use 'bash' exactly? I saw nothing in this thread that rules it out. -
hat store in NYC?
Good to hear - I guess I'll take them off the no-fly list. ;) -
I'll Be in Atlanta
Same here I found an excellent Stetson Milan straw with a thin ribbon at the Executive Shop a number of years back. As I recall, there weren't many hats on display, but when I asked, the owner brought out a bunch in my size. It's definitely worth a try. My experience was perhaps 7 or 8 years... -
Driving hat?
Not so fast How about this for a fur-felt driving hat? There's no brim in the back, after all :eek: Be careful not to gaze on its hideousness for too long, as it may drive you barking mad...
