Thanks for your kind comments, as always, Dennis! The hat looks more overexposed in the outdoor photo here on the lounge, compared to what it looks like on my iPhoto album, so I will have to edit this when I get home tonight.
This lid was indeed a Pyrrhic victory for me at the Bay...
Thanks, but I sure hope you are one of our microcephalic brethren! lol
Thank you, Dennis. This hat is very difficult to photograph and accurately depict the color, like snow is sometimes under certain lighting, and it does not actually have the light blue undertone seen in the outdoor...
Beverly Hills Deluxe Quality
An unworn hat from a seldom encountered maker. The felt is of wonderful quality, and easily shaped, but unfortunately the moths liked grazing upon it as well.
Additional hat details and photographs in the Got White thread.
Beverly Hills Deluxe Quality
The only example by this hatter I have seen thus far. Appears unworn and in pristine condition save for a moderate amount of moth grazing, unfortunately.
Crown: 6" open. 5" as creased.
Ribbon: 1-1/8".
Brim: 2-5/8", with 3/8" edge binding.
Sweatband...
Mike: Sharp looking VS, that Steel is very nice.
Machine Ager: Atmospheric photograph! I like the ensemble.
hatophile: Your Caxton is splendid! Does it have the blue-green undertone that the picture seems to suggest?
Nice one, JTopenroad. Looks great on you!
Great coat and lid, Beak! Coat looks like cashmere, and seems to fit you like it was custom tailored.
I agree the binding on the Bluegrass ad hat looks different than those on our lids, appearing more bluish-grey, but I think that the felt in...
Jimmy, your beautiful green Whippet sure looks to be the same color as mine, at least from the photos:
I always believed my hat to be Bluegrass based upon this ad:
My other Whippet appears more of a Willow Green color to me:
I recall seeing an old Stetson...
Thanks, Dennis! The hat does look grey under the harsh fluorescent lighting at Mickey's, but if you jump back to page 3152 you will see that, under strong sunlight the hat is actually an interesting greenish-grey color with a hint of blue, which Stetson named Bluegrass.
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