Thank you very much, that means a lot! It’s definitely become my go any where, do anything cap. Thanks to the color and texture of the canvas (as opposed to twill) it can dress up, down and sideways, is really rugged and looks straight out of the 1920s or 30s. I have gotten in the habit of...
So with it being officially 5 months to the day until my 40th birthday I decided to splurge ahead of time and ordered a birthday cap from Mr. Keith Lo Bue of The Well Dressed Head. Chose “L’Aronde” model in a really jazzy woven black and white cotton with an equally Art Deco like black liner...
Took my canvas Cordova on the first long walk of the year yesterday. It’s certainly my favorite cap though it’ll probably get hung up in favor of my linen version once Florida summer arrives.
That diamond weave is a thing of beauty!….but all your caps are! That sizing buckle in the back of a couple of the caps you’ve shown recently is an awesome touch!
Absolutely! Now, it’ll still be noticeably warmer than a ventilated straw hat of course, but whenever I wear it in the muggy Florida summer it’s really just around the leather sweatband that I feel the heat building up…and going, based on a linen cap I have that also has a leather...
Yeah, just use the very tip of the scissors to snip a small hole, then simply slide one arm of the scissors through and slowly cut it out. Pretty simple and makes a noticeable difference during summer months. Honestly I don’t find the Fed to wear all that hot except around the sweatband.
Looks fantastic! My Fed 4 has been with me three years now and it’s softened up well and molded to my head very nicely. You may consider snipping out the plastic cap covering the top of the liner, it’ll wear much more comfortably in the heat if you do!
That’s interesting to know, thank you! I knew they were made in Belgium but not who made them. One thing they’ve certainly done well is sourcing some nice fabrics.
It’s fine actually! I did shape it a little before I set it aside to dry just make sure no ugly wrinkles worked themselves in, but apart from that I just let dry somewhere cool and this morning it was good to go.
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