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  1. Art Fawcett

    The site is up

    Thanks for pushing me gent's to get this up & running. I don't know why but I have been struggling with this and shouldn't be. The first "edition" of my website is there for your suggestions. Please know that this is just the beginning of the refining process http://www.vintagesilhouettes.com/
  2. Art Fawcett

    Extreme Hat Makeover!!!

    I received a hat on Tuesday that is a perfect candidate for what I would call an "Extreme makeover" and seems perfect to show some of our newcomers to hats the process ( or at least a good part of it)) of a complete renovation. This hat is an Adam Executive from the early 50s that has a great...
  3. Art Fawcett

    Another hat story but with a local twist

    Here is a link to another story about Abramoff's hat..with the religeous view/controversy in the Forward of New York. It only came to my attention because I was quoted. Enjoy http://www.forward.com/articles/7130
  4. Art Fawcett

    Let me run this by you...

    Now that I am almost settled ( that will take a while) in my new life as a hatter without all of the other stuff to consider I have been asking myself alot.."Just what is it you really want to do in the field" and I think I have come up with my answer. I want to create truly original pieces, but...
  5. Art Fawcett

    Just had to share this

    My sister knows the trials Janene and I are going through right now and sent me this link. Don't quite know what the implications are, but here it is http://www.usna54.net/donsong.htm Enjoy...or...have a drink & you won't notice :)
  7. Art Fawcett

    The Boss is here

    Hi Everyone, In another thread we have been discussing the Quatermain hat in King Soloman's Mine and I have been working on a prototype for that hat. I have had to order more felts to make it so in the mean time Ii have played with some 'what ifs" on this style. So, what if, I coerced a felt...
  8. Art Fawcett

    Vintage Silhouettes website is retired

    HI Everyone Just wanted to give you a "heads up" that Janene and I have had to close down the website earlier than expected. The property in Oregon is on its way to closing, making my presence there frequent, and we have a buyer for the entire inventory SO...there she goes!!! We will open it...
  9. Art Fawcett

    Introducing "Bwana"

    Hi Everyone For the last couple of weeks there has been a thread on the Lounge involving the Quartermain hat and I was asked to develop a hat from the stills of the film. During that process we decided that it HAD to be named the "Bwana" The following links are to the prototype of this new...
  10. Art Fawcett

    Hollywood comes a knockin

    Hi Everyone In between running to Oregon once a week ( OK...driving ) I was called on to create a couple of hats for an upcoming film starring John Travolta and James Gandolfini. The costumer sent me some sample hats of what they had in mind and set me free to create. Here is what I came up...
  11. Art Fawcett

    Vintage Silhouettes is retiring

    Hi Everyone Some of you know that I lost my step mother/ great friend to cancer last week after what seems like too short a battle and it has affected Janene and I greatly. After her death we started talking about what WE wanted for the future and discovered that we both were tired of the...
  13. Art Fawcett

    Etchison Fedora's???

    This is a new one on me Sergei...not bad looking though. More pics?
  14. Art Fawcett

    Introducing the Streamliner

    Hi Folk, Here is another design for your consideration and critique. Feedback???
  15. Art Fawcett

    Help..I need a name!!

    I spoke to a friend a few weeks ago who owns a shi shi boutique in LA ( Vintage of course) and asked me if I was ready to start making my own line of hats that she would then sell from her shop ( as well as mine). She has watched my progress over the years and has been pushing me toward the...
  16. Art Fawcett

    I finally did it!!

    As many of you know, I have been working with Montecristi's for a while but what you can't know is that I have never made one for myself unless they were "mistake" hats. That is the curse of a hatter I guess, making hats for others out of the best bodies etc. Well' I finally bit the bullet and...
  17. Art Fawcett

    Wanna view 1938 Hatters catalogue?

    As I was thumbing through the stack of stuff on my desk I came across this "Hatters Supply Catalogue" from 1938 and thought it might be useful to some of us on the Lounge. If you have an interest, I have scanned 7 pages of flanges and tools that were available then. The names of the tools are...
  19. Art Fawcett

    An invitation

    I don't know if this is the proper forum for inviting everyone in the SoCal area to the Vintage Expo but if you are interested in hats it would be a great experience. It's held at the Santa Monica Civic Center on Saturday and Sunday with a ticket being good for both days. I'm leaving early in...
  20. Art Fawcett

    What year is this???

    I collect everthing I can get my hands on to further my knowledge about hats et al. Here is a link to an advertisement that was issued in ??? Any guesses out there? http://www.vintagesilhouettes.com/hatscan1.htm I'm not sure I posted this correctly, but here goes
  21. Art Fawcett

    OK...so what is your oldest hat?

    I started collecting hats as part of my vintage wardrobe, then to fill in the Vintage store my wife and I started, then finally because I got hooked and fascinated with the entire field. My earliest is a well loved and almost completely worn out topper from about 1830. The next oldest is 1860s...
  22. Art Fawcett

    Where did the term "bashing" come from?

    Where did the term "bashing" come from? I have never heard this term before when referring to blocking hats. Have I been in the dark ages?
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