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  1. Matt Crunk

    Hat prices hurting hat comeback?

    Not sure price is a factor in entering the hat market. I see decent entry-level fedoras new in stores from $30 to $65. Used and vintage can sometimes be had much cheaper. Plastic trilbys at Walmart go for $10. Quality beaver felt seem to start around $100. I've seen Stetson fedoras in western...
  2. Matt Crunk

    How do you react to intrusive hat price questions and/or unwanted hat touchings?

    I second that, dh66. Though I've never had anyone try to touch my hat, people quite often try to touch my tattoos. It's not uncommon for someone, usually of the female persuasion, to just grab hold of my arm without asking, or try to push up my shirt sleeve to see more of my tattoos. I guess...
  3. Matt Crunk

    How do you react to intrusive hat price questions and/or unwanted hat touchings?

    Now it seems just about every jerkwater town has a bar named "Stagger Lee's". Kind of odd when you think about it - naming your bar after a song about a murder in a bar. As to the original thread question: Because I buy vintage and second-hand, usually at thrift stores and yard sales, I don't...
  4. Matt Crunk

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    As Johnny Carson would often say . . . I did not know that. That's some wild, crazy stuff. Thanks, Stanley. Makes sense.
  5. Matt Crunk

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    Heard this one the other day in an old movie: "Cagey" It's not a term you hear much these days, at least not in my part of the country.
  7. Matt Crunk

    Families of the Lounge

    Big Man, you sir have impeccable style, as always, and some fine looking grandchildren.
  8. Matt Crunk

    What's something modern you won't miss when it becomes obsolete?

    A pet peeve of mine is people of either sex who wear sunglasses indoors and/or at night. This seems especially common with celebrities and rock-star types. It bugs the crap out of me when they do it during interviews.
  9. Matt Crunk

    Families of the Lounge

    You seem to have a lot of ink, my friend. Are you a tattooist yourself or just a collector?
  10. Matt Crunk

    The "iGent"

    Mine are: If you get all dressed up with nowhere to go but online; - Yep, done that. If you look for jobs that are business formal; - I haven't, but probably would. If you tell your tailor you met fellow customers online; - Not yet, but I can see this situation in my future. If you pay $10 an...
  11. Matt Crunk

    Where were you 50 years ago when JFK was shot

    Sorry, I wasn't born until '66.
  13. Matt Crunk

    Coat/Jacket length?

    A lot has been said here about sleeve and pants length, but are there any general rules of coat length? I'm talking suit coat and sport coat. I've always heard that with your arms straight down at you side, you should be able to just curl your fingers underneath the hem of the coat. But I see...
  14. Matt Crunk

    What are you wearing today??

    Speak for yourself. Some of us here have earned our girth and wear it quite proudly.
  15. Matt Crunk

    What are you wearing today??

    Very sharp look. Wish I could ever find me a suit of true Golden Era vintage. As I'm a 48R, I never find them in my size.
  16. Matt Crunk

    What's for Dinner?

    Dinner last night was simple pimento cheese sandwiches. Wife was sick and I didn't feel like cooking. Planning taco salad for tonight.
  17. Matt Crunk

    Your Favorite Paintings

    Yeah, LizzieMaine, The Wyeth compound is in your neck of the woods, isn't it? It's funny, I used to have Andy's personal address and phone number to both his Cushing, ME and Chadds Ford, PA residences. Just never found a valid enough excuse to write or phone him.
  19. Matt Crunk

    Your Favorite Paintings

    As a lifelong student of art, it's hard to pick a favorite painting. But my favorite artist(s), and the biggest influence on my own style, would have to be the Wyeths. Andrew in particular. Here is Andy Wyeth's "Helga" portrait beside a portrait I did of my own mother. See any influence...
  20. Matt Crunk

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    Just watching DOWN THREE DARK STREETS on Netflix. A pretty decent police-procedural with a touch of noir. Lots of great shots of early 1950's LA.
  21. Matt Crunk

    My "fave" fedora flicks

    Ahh, I knew there was another Coen Brothers film I should have put on my list. Can't believe that one skipped my mind. Great hat film and a true tribute to classic noir.
  22. Matt Crunk

    Restoration of a lost Stetson film

    Making a Stetson (a/k/a Birth of a Hat) - rare silent era industrial film Just found this while browsing on youtube. Don't know if it's been posted before, and apologies if it has, but I thought more than a few Loungers might find it interesting...
  23. Matt Crunk

    How do folks react to your hat wearing?

    You just didn't go the the right (or wrong) neighborhoods. Believe me, HOTlanta is full of gangsta types. Pity a few folks got to ruin it for everyone.

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