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Does Anyone Please Know Where To Find...
Sometimes you get what you pay for - often this is the case with suits. A suit that costs less than $200 will be of poly blend or cheap wool and will wrinkle like, well, a cheap suit. I am an academic, so don't have loads of money either. I shop at Syms because I can get a good quality wool suit... -
Does Anyone Please Know Where To Find...
Borsalino! You're killin' me, I've never seen one at the Syms in NY. It's true what you say about weird styles and sizes. They have portly, short, athletic, from size 36 up to 50 I think. I have so many suits at this point that it's the non-standard colors and styles that I look for now - and... -
Does Anyone Please Know Where To Find...
QFT = ? EDIT: OK, nevermind, I found it, thanks - Wiktionary definition 4 or 8 (I hope not 7!) -
Bicycles & suits
I would advise this particular hipster-dufus to remove his gloves before venturing into Queens or the Bronx. Not to mention that chain is probably going to leave a mark on his $1370 jacket, yeesh.... -
Style Icon: Cary Grant
By wide oval I guess that means tending towards circular? Interesting how few of the pictures show the style master in a hat - maybe someone should be blaming the demise of the lid on Grant, not Kennedy, 'cause he just looked so damn good without one.... -
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Does Anyone Please Know Where To Find...
That's a tough combination. For the past few years I've bought most of my suits at Syms at Park & 54th, sometimes at the downtown branch. Their usual prices are pretty good. Twice a year, in January and July they do their 'Bash' which takes another 30% off the regular prices. In January I did... -
I need a new binding for my Homburg
I'd worry that replacing the brim binding might affect the brim shape in a bad way. A little color fading just says vintage to me - I wouldn't risk a misshapen hat for the sake of a new-looking ribbon. -
Anyone wearing s Fez these days?
You're in the right neighborhood Here you go, for the hat lover who already has absolutely everything else: http://www.lockhatters.co.uk/Smoking_Caps__amp__Fez-c32.aspx A fez and TWO smoking caps - dig the prices on those lids - through the roof, but you could get it to keep your coke... -
Has anyone been tempted to buy...
Yes, by all means, starting off with a Campdraft is a great idea. It has the wide bound brim and felt that's robust enough to take multiple bashing in stride. Plus you (the OP) are already in Oz, so it will be a great value. It's got to be one of the top 3 hats on the Lounge. It even has a thin... -
Has anyone been tempted to buy...
Those are marketed as being similar to the hats Depp wears - I don't think they're claiming to be the actual hat he owns. For the (high) price, you might as well kick in the extra dough and get a fully custom lid - I mean, as long as you're wishing, why not wish for a VS made just for you? PS... -
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Need a summer hat recommendation
If the Stetson Retro came big enough, I would have one, it looks great. This is a nearly indestructible poly straw hat that I've had for a year: http://www.noggintops.com/page.cfm?p=247 It rolls up and can be dunked/cleaned, etc. It doesn't feel like plastic, more like slightly floppy... -
Need help finding THE hat!
Actually I think the new Whippet is a Chatham with a bound edge (same size/shape as the Downs, but Sovereign instead of Royal quality felt). But still, it's just a new version of an existing (nice) hat. http://www.stetsonhat.com/products_detail.php?id=589 To the OP - I found this page - the... -
Tell me what you would like to see new in hat linings!!!
Yep That Stetson lining is nice. I don't think I want to see anything specific in a liner, just a level of craftsmanship that says someone gave a damn how the inside of my hat looks. This Stetson Tehachapi Loop (picture from Aaron's Hats) is really nice also - it looks like someone put some... -
does anyone please know the height of the crown and the brim size on this hat?
Thanks Tomasso--- I didn't really spell it out, but measuring your face is pretty easy - get an easy-to-read ruler and look at your mug in the mirror. Another useful metric when sizing hats from photos is the interpupillary distance (I've been dying to use that word in a sentence for years... -
What is a fan to do?!
Sorry about this, really You asked for it, and I can't resist: Buy one for yourself, or go whole hog, buy 'em by the gross and sell to drunk fans to recoup your investment: http://www.villagehatshop.com/fez_blue-white.html http://www.villagehatshop.com/mastercarton_fez_blue-white.html Hey... -
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does anyone please know the height of the crown and the brim size on this hat?
It's relative The actual measurement is not as important as the size of the hat relative to the face and head of the wearer. Using calipers, I find the crown height is about the same as the distance from the pupil of the eye to the chin of Bugsy. So your hat's crown should be the same size as... -
Art Fawcett VS Hall of Fame
One more: "The St. Damo Lid" (The "Stuff that Dreams are made of" - maybe too far to go for a name that you'll be explaining forever). Ditto what Univibe said on the deep bash - looks great - the new pictures are good too, that's a great lid. -
Art Fawcett VS Hall of Fame
Well, you could call it 'the Dingus' which is how Spade refers to the bird, but that might sound somewhat, er, pejorative. Or you could get obscure and call it 'La Paloma', as that hat is truly 'on fire'... :eusa_doh: It's a great hat, I mostly want one, final verdict to depend on in-focus... -
Tough guys wear flat caps
Hey Woodfluter, you might be interested in these links: Qajaq USA, the US branch of the Greenland Kayak Club. There is a great forum there on traditional and modern skin boat building and paddling. http://www.qajaqusa.org Two summers ago I spent a week in Oregon building a skin boat at Cape... -
Tough guys wear flat caps
Check out the cover of a book I picked up recently - Kayaks of Greenland by Harvey Golden: "Cover: A hunter from Arsuk (between Paamiut and Qaqortoq) with a seal in tow and a light dusting of snow. 1937, Photographer: Jette Bang / Arktisk Institut (gjb02548)" Yep, you can see the seal (his...
