Nice one! Those are hard to find these days. A good Lounger friend sent me a Knox Stagecoach sometime back that has the 7 inch open crown and 4 1/2 brim with a 1/4 inch brim curl. A previous owner had abused it. I was able to restore it. I posted this one many times. It now sports a Montana...
I'll throw my vote in along with the guys who chose gray to go with a navy blue suit.
Though not navy blue, I'm wearing a gray Stagecoach Conversion with a blue sport coat and black pants. It does, at least, give a decent idea of how a gray hat would pair with navy blue.
Same picture as my avatar.
I can see where that can cut down on costs as far as tools and materials go. I've got a box of old discarded hats I may experiment with, just out of curiosity.
Resistol Stagecoach conversion in the Chestnut color. It sports a tall straight crown, 2 5/8 raw edge snap brim, and a dark brown 6 cord ribbon.
Hank Williams III, "Jambalaya"
Hank Williams Sr., "Jambalaya" with lyrics
George Jones, "White Lightning"
The original version of "White...
To be clear, (Nick Foquet aside), I'm just commenting on the distressed hat style, for which he's known, and that there seems to be a market for the distressed look. For me, I believe it may be a market worth tapping into.
A lot has been said about the stuff that Nick Foquet puts out. Definitely not my style and probably something I wouldn't wear. That said, there's obviously a market for distressed looking hats similar to his. It just about has me thinking of broadening my horizons just to see how hats like that...
Slim Pickens, (Major Kong), sporting a Western in Dr. Strangelove, (1964), one of the best dark comedies ever made. A lot of great actors in this one.
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