In the batch of hats that arrived on Saturday there are gems, but also some hats that have had a troubled life.
Here is the first example.
A bowler hat that has lost the sweatband and a few pieces of ribbon on the brims, but has retained a mark, alas unreadable.
I suspect it was made in...
I finally found a hat of this shape that somewhere carried the name given by the Italian youths of the 1950s and early 1960s: Mambo!
I'm dancing when I took the picture :)
One of them, my gym buddy, brought me a photo of him a few years ago wearing a hat very similar to this one.
Panizza...
I finally found a hat of this shape that somewhere carried the name given by the Italian youths of the 1950s and early 1960s: Mambo!
I'm dancing when I took the picture :)
One of them, my gym buddy, brought me a photo of him a few years ago wearing a hat very similar to this one.
Panizza...
Grazie Stefan! It is sure your Italian weeks are a sort of great homage to our ancient art to make hats
Thanks Joe, one of the best seeker of hats on FL
Steve thanks a lot, your collection is growing up ina wonderful way
Grazie Gionata, your variety of hats is an happiness for my taste
Cold day with pearl sky, magnificent light for photographing.
For the Homburg & Festivity series, today is the turn of a "Diplomatique" hat from the 1930s.
This is what the address of the "A. Meer" shop in Strasbourg indicates in its locations that determine the age of the hats...
Steur a very nice find.
The Willoughby Prince IV has a great resemblance to some Tirard and Flechet that I have. Continuing the sun I will take a series of photos for you. The felt, the finish and the shape are those of two brothers born a few meters apart :)
A week of intense rain here in Verona, snow all around especially in the hills and mountains of course.
No hats, but raincoats and wool caps.
Today the cold has arrived with the sun and therefore the new homburg for the Homburg & Festivity series.
It is a Borsalino Qualità Extra Extra...
A very beautiful Stra Barbisio with a splendid color and pleated ribbon. This green is a light one Stefan;)
Another beauty. I like so much the combo of felt color and ribbon. Gran lobbia!
Thanks for the information about the Tirard definition of the felt quality. I thought some time ago of the assonance between the two words: rat Gondin and Ragondia, but I had not come to any conclusion. Well, old ads are good for something. I think I have others of the same type :)
Molto bello...
This is the presentation of the newspaper
“Tipi Veronesi” is a Sunday proposal by the Corriere di Verona which intends to tell, through the story of more or less famous people, the evolution of our city. A look at the past turned to the future entrusted to the pen of our collaborator Lorenzo...
For all those who kindly asked for a translation of the article I published yesterday, I say: do not despair I am working on a translation that has meaning in English :)
Continuing the Homburg & Festivity series between a shower of rain and another today I wore a Diplomatique (or Homburg)...
Mossant size 6 or 59cm in Europe or 7 3/8 US. The internal measure is 20.5x17 cm.
It fit perfectly my head, so a true size
An antique bowler hat perfectly preserved and large in size. Made in France before the WWII
It arrived in incredible condition for its age and with a perfectly shaped...
Today I use an interview photo. It was made in these days for a newspaper, the Corriere di Verona attached to the Corriere della Sera, which published it yesterday.
It is a summary of my life as a photographer and other forms of expression ;)
For those who want I can also translate the text...
Steve, The "Peluche" Borsalino is pretty and I would place it in the early 80s.
It is a hat born of the changes in taste between the Seventies and Eighties, however the finish of the felt is always a very powerful prerogative in Borsalino hats. Henry the Hatter did not design the seams, they...
For the Homburg & Festivity series, debuting today, here is the first of the series.
Antonin France - Chapeux de Luxe the size is 60 cm. or 6 1/2 in France. 90% hat made before the Second War.
It is unlined and made of light felt, very malleable and has an excellent fit. The felt is of...
Stefan this is a Super Panizza color and finish. I would like to have just one lobbia made by Panizza
This Borsalino felt finish is one of my favourite. I have many hats with this felt in the brown variations and they are still in pole position to be wear
An ancient Borsalino with simple shape...
It is green and is one of the latest purchases, so the series of greens continues before Christmas.
Barbisio Classic size 59 cm. or 7 3/8 US.
The color of the felt is "Soana" The valley which lies below the Gran Paradiso, north-west of Sagliano Micca, the place of production of the company...
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