I retired 4 years ago and wear my hats much more than I did when I was working. Now, I have one on whenever I'm outside the house.
I only have a couple of fedoras but about a dozen felt drover & gus styles, and 4 straws of the same styles. Around here it's big brimmed hats.
wow...29 C = a whopping 84 F...that's mild weather here! Our current daytime temps are 39 C/102 F with heat indexes near 43 C/110 F
This time of year I wear straw to beat the intense sun - a Sunbody Hats
wide brimmed Gus style with a 6" brim.
My small collection of Akubras features a 70's era Drover, a Campdraft, Snowy River, and a Territory. All are fawn color except the Campdraft which is what I think they called 'bluegrass'.
I wear the Territory quite a lot during Spring when we're out on the property doing winter cleanup.
I'm not sure why they aren't set up for on line sales. The store only has 4 employees, which may be one reason. The inventory is huge...I'd estimate around 5,000 hats. And the back room storage area is a gold mine of hats, bands, ribbons, liners, and such. The way the store is laid out...
Yesterday I visited the Stetson Factory store and came home with a BOtP.
At the factory store the first hat purchase is 50% off the already near half retail pricing. Add'l purchases get bigger discounts.
When I 'display' one, it's on my head. But during the day, when inside, I usually hang it on one of the chair posts in our breakfast table nook.
All of my felt hats are fur felt, no wool, and I don't leave them out but, instead, keep them bagged in hat bags and boxed. When I wear one for a...
I'm about to be wearing a new Boss of the Plains. Went to the Stetson Factory outlet store yesterday to have some blocking done on one of my O'Farrell's and found a Pecan colored BOTP in my size, perfect fit.
So I laid it on a stack of hat boxes near the steaming station and when it came time...
I picked 4 cantaloupe this morning so we're making a cantaloupe, watermelon & banana fruit salad. Served with roasted salmon on crackers, assorted cheeses, and a Vodka Martini.
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