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  1. PabloElFlamenco

    The nicest comment I ever heard

    Ho ho ho, Antwerpen! I worked most of my life there, the ships (from the office, though), never regretted it. Great to have Belgians who like hats: a rare breed, in fact. Greetings from Zaventem (yes, I live there).
  2. PabloElFlamenco

    Hawaiian Shirts - Aloha Shirts

    Thanks Alabam. Love cowboy boots, but don't wear them: loooong toes and diabetes. Sometimes you gotta let go... Greetings, Paul
  3. PabloElFlamenco

    Hawaiian Shirts - Aloha Shirts

    And this shirt, bought new from "Karnakula" (Indonesian made Viscose material), is my birthday present from my kids. Great before I go to France and Spain on holiday. I've always appreciated discretion... Pablo
  4. PabloElFlamenco

    Hawaiian Shirts - Aloha Shirts

    I believe this to be my first post regarding Hawaiian shirts. I just bought one, yet to arrive from Bangkok. It's a Reyn Spooner and I think I'll love this shirt. What do the board think? Pablo
  5. PabloElFlamenco

    Montecristi Hat Weavers' Earnings

    Just an update prior to the ..hats.. I'd written on the FB page, in very "cortés" Spanish, the ladies at the hat cooperative in Sigsig, telling them of our intention to visit and "hope to buy a very fino hat", asking what their open/visiting hours are and, for February, the days closed due...
  7. PabloElFlamenco

    The nicest comment I ever heard

    Whilst my wife was talking to banker who would advise her what to do with her pension savings...I waited outside in the street. Whilst looking at a real estate agent's "houses for sale" adverts, a lady older than me rollered past, and as I greeted her by tipping the edge of my Montecristi, she...
  8. PabloElFlamenco

    Jams World shirts, Hawaiian

    Thankee, Sir. I'll have some info to chew there....
  9. PabloElFlamenco

    Montecristi Hat Weavers' Earnings

    Check before you cheque!
  10. PabloElFlamenco

    Jams World shirts, Hawaiian

    I've discovered a liking for Hawaiian shirts, generally garish. In my searches I came upon the brand "Jams World", and was very impressed by some of their designs. Especially the colorful ones, some of which remind me of the colors of Gauguin or even Vincent van Gogh or Renoir: beautiful...
  11. PabloElFlamenco

    Montecristi Hat Weavers' Earnings

    íYa veremos! The $650 I mentioned are what the Ecuatoriano websites seem to take as a standard for the so-called best quality Montecristi hats. Since I'm not going to Montecristi, my budget dictates less, say $250 or so (ten thousand of our old francs ;) ). I don't aim for the most...
  13. PabloElFlamenco

    Montecristi Hat Weavers' Earnings

    From the many articles regarding toquilla hats on this forum, I distinctly get the impression that payment for weaving hat bodies is a generally archaic affair. When I read BB tends to prefer cash money, and when PB didn't get ordered hat bodies delivered because they were prematurely sold for...
  14. PabloElFlamenco

    Going to Cuenca

    Many thanks for the helpful suggestions, with additional greetings to RBH and other old hands there. I'm fluent in the Spanish language which I bank upon to be particularly helpful in Ecuador. Panamabob is one of the reasons, together with extensive reading I've done on the subject of...
  15. PabloElFlamenco

    Going to Cuenca

    Hi, I've booked flights into Ecuador for February 2016. Whilst Montecristi has the best reputation for hats, I just can't fit in a visit to this small town, the fact is I can't justify it to my wife to spend twice a full day in a bus to go there. A shame, but a justifiable one. No such...
  16. PabloElFlamenco

    What are you listening to?

    Glorious superb Jean-Philippe Rameau, ouverture of "Zaïs", performed by "La Petite Bande"! Next tuesday, my wife are most privileged to attend a concert of the same music at the Château de Versailles Opera Royal, performed by Christophe Rousset with "Les Talens Lyriques" and the "Choeurs de...
  17. PabloElFlamenco

    Most outrageous hats

    Which nose?
  19. PabloElFlamenco

    Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest

    Wait and see... Hi gang, my wife suggested I got myself a christmas present from her, knowing I wanted a pork pie but not one of those "cheap-expensive" ones they sell at the Brussels hatters, so I got onto...
  20. PabloElFlamenco

    Hat vote...Cuenca or Montecristi.

    When buying hats from the web, be it eBust or any other channel, there's always the risk you don't get exactly what you reckoned: that's simply part of the system (and that's why, I've heard, some people go to shops to check "live" what they then proceed to buy cheaper, on the internet). I've...
  21. PabloElFlamenco

    BOTH SIDES OF THE TWEED! - Show us your tweed suits, sport coats and pants

    Small world, Marc. I used to work on the Kontichsesteenweg in Aartselaar. BTW, that picture of you is so..."Hugo"...I love that film, proving -again and again- that Hollywood yet makes, every once in a while, great stuff. Cheers, Paul
  22. PabloElFlamenco

    BOTH SIDES OF THE TWEED! - Show us your tweed suits, sport coats and pants

    That scarf, mon ami, is all to the credit of my wonderful wife: she knit it (I suspect it isn't "knitted"). Last year, she made one for all the "men" in the family. This one I ..er.. sort of borrowed from whichever son didn't remember it as being "his" enfin, we borrow things from one...
  23. PabloElFlamenco

    BOTH SIDES OF THE TWEED! - Show us your tweed suits, sport coats and pants

    Monsieur Chevalier, I believe I'm evolving in this direction. There's no controlling it. I've NEVER liked suits, ties...look, hippie days, ok? And then this happens. Tintin. One of the -various- advantages to not being so young any more is that there is an increasing degree of liberty...

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