If you buy a silk top hat, do it on ebay. I highly recommend be it a silk plush beaver, silk shag, sea otter, or moleskin NOT satin or plain silk. You will get great prices on ebay and it will be better quality than any hat today or most vintage 30's and 40's hats. I dont know how well a silk...
I KNEW they were Bankers, I just knew it. They wore top hats black blazers and grey pinstripe pants and boy were they sharp. I'm giving up the creative arts or law enforcment to become a British Banker:p . I know most Brits aren't to fond of bankers, at least thats what I hear from the British...
Fortino you look absolutely marvelous. Sorry I haven't got back to you about the hat but I've been very busy in fashion design school. If that grey wippet is a 2 3/4 brim you might want to help a brotha:) :) :) :) :) :) out, cuz if ya got paypal you got a deal, name the price brothaman.
Personally I like the classic wide brimmed fedora, like fedora with a teardrop crown and big bad front and center pinch. Homburgs have their place but if I'm going to dress casual its gonna be a suit tie and fedora. IF I dress up and I want a pencil curl brim its a top hat not a homburg...
Tony your the man. Wear the taller one please. My belll crown top hat is pure black beaver in a silk plush and is 7 1/4 inches tall. When I wear it public I get more compliments that I ever do when I wear my wide brimmed 30's and 40's fedoras. I have not received one wise guy remark. GOD GAVE ME...
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If done right it looks very good. The guy in the picture 1. has a bad hat 2. the wrong clothes. 3. looks dorky.
In England top hats are also worn with morning coats, not just white tie, or even stroller jackets. I will try to post a picture of what I'm talking about.
Hey Tony, what about we both wear them to the queen mary event, that would be a perfect event for them to be worn. I have worn a fedora every day for 365 days a year since I was a freshman in high school and now I'm in collage, it would be a nice change to put on a topper.;)
Sorry if I offended you Tony, their are couple of english manner guide books from the late 20s and 30's that say a top hat should never be tapered but I guess times change. I remember also seeing something in the white tie forum along those lines on the london lounge.
When travelling to England I saw some buisness men or Aristocracy, I couldn't tell the difference wearing top hats (not the wannabee 5 1/2 inch Crown) but the real silk plush 6 1/2-7 1/2 bell crown top hats with buisness suits(not morning coats). It seemed so surreal to seal american tourists in...
If I could order the custom beaver quality in the regular grey that would be a definate buy to the hat color I've been searching for. Could I do custom in a regular grey and can it be done in an open crown? Thank you and thank you from straying away from the wool and on to better quality felt.
At the bottom the grey fedora owned by Kentucky blues is the hat style and color I really, really, really wanted.
http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?t=8599&highlight=kentucky+blues
Yes, very much so. Whats the brim width 2 3/4? Is the felt pliable enough to put into a teardrop? If so, could I create a bogart front and center pinch, that would be a definate seller. I have a couple vintage fedoras I could possibly see if I could give them to you for free, just need to...
Hi, I was looking for a cool or neutral (NO WARM) mid to dark grey fedora in 2 3/4 brim a 1 1/2 to to 2 inch band in a teardrop in 7 1/8. I checked with optimo and their all out of greys other than charcoal. The reason I say not brown or red greys is I have 2 warm grey hats and no suits or...
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