Latest arrival among Central European hats made with velour felt.
It is a Huckel 1799 "Durit" made for the French market.
In recent times I have had various velour hats in my hands and this is an example of lightness compared to others that have arrived in my collection.
The felt is dense...
Latest arrival among Central European hats made with velour felt.
It is a Huckel 1799 "Durit" made for the French market.
In recent times I have had various velour hats in my hands and this is an example of lightness compared to others that have arrived in my collection.
The felt is dense...
I've been waiting for a Jean Peille hat for a long time.
I have a great one, but the size is too big for my head so this is a happy find.
This homburg or Diplomatique is a 6 so a 59 cm. or 7 3/8 in the US
The hat is marked Jean Peille and is made in Esperaza, the Aude region at the foot of the...
I've been waiting for a Jean Peille hat for a long time.
I have a great one, but the size is too big for my head so this is a happy find.
This homburg or Diplomatique is a 6 so a 59 cm. or 7 3/8 in the US
The hat is marked Jean Peille and is made in Esperaza, the Aude region at the foot of...
Sunny day and temperatures above the seasonal average, here in the north-east of Italy.
Conversion from a women's Borsalino to a men's hat by Fleur, hatter of Penumbra Hats in Netherland.
The plus of this hat is the velour felt in blue and its malleability.
Bought cheaply in the States, it...
Some thoughts on a fantastic and very difficult to decipher hat. Let's start with the paper label.
"Mont" is, I think, one of the first times I've seen it mentioned on a paper label. "Gris Fer", however, is much more common. "Madresta" still becomes a little enigma. We need to ask Stefan, the...
In order of preference con qualche invidia, caro Stefan
Like every Sunday morning, the rite of choice is repeated, with great joy.
A chapter should be opened on the Borsalino longhair. There are few of them and felt is always an enigma. I say that it was certainly not one of the company's...
Stefano two very interesting hats...for the tight side sizes. I hoped you will be the buyer, so it is The most intriguing is the Lock, the Borsalino is a classic. Così vieni come mercante fiammingo nell'alta Italia a mercanteggiare :)
The right opportunity was that and others.
When a gentleman like you shows his elegance, the topper is the best.
Does she wear it better? Probably yes, but it's just a matter of taste :)
Yes it is a glorious hat :)
It came from the thirties and it is a Misto
The not so good ribbon is common in that lot of Borsalino. I have a very similar one (also Misto) with the same color ribbon which has the same defects
Brent complimenti, un gran bel cappello!
I have accumulated a fair number of furs hats ready to be showed in the Lounge
Brand: EDKA - Le Chapelier with various shops in Paris
Manufacturer: Fraenkel - Wien
Felt type or finish: not indicated. The felt has a medium fur, soft and pliable
Size 6 or 59 cm in Europe or 7 3/8 in the US...
I have accumulated a fair number of furs hats ready to be showed in the Lounge
Brand: EDKA - Le Chapelier with various shops in Paris
Manufacturer: Fraenkel - Wien
Felt type or finish: not indicated. The felt has a medium fur, soft and pliable
Size 6 or 59 cm in Europe or 7 3/8 in the US...
In the lot of the two Huckels in the rust-red color there was also this bowler hat which from size 5 1/2 seems to belong to the same person who had worn the two Huckels.
The lining reads "Mode de Paris" and nothing else alongside a lion rampant with flag.
No paper label other than a red size...
Cold wind and tiny ice spheres in the early afternoon
The temperature is dropping and the sky is clearing.
For the occasion a hat that is slightly narrow so it stays on the head.
Mathias Hutter - Meran. Original Hutter Sport 1872 born as a Tyrolean hat has been reworked by Fleur of Penumbra...
In a short break from the pouring rain I wore this Stetson, I think it's the only one new that came to Italy to sit on my head
Absinthe color Sage, size 7 3/8 in the USA and 59 centimeters in Italy - Europe
A few years ago I had the opportunity to buy the hat in a year when the Stetson...
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