Glad you asked. A friend, who remembers it well, once said in America "the Sixties" really means "in college between 1968 and 1972." Bad depictions of the Sixties have everybody becoming a hippie after JFK was shot and the Beatles visited America, in 1964. It wasn't like that all. Atlantic City...
I've been saying 1973 too. I remember that as when the Sixties finally took over Middle America; the change had been gradual since 1968. Through the mid-1960s, it was still the Era.
In my travels I found a perfect hat, standard early-'60s stingy brim, charcoal fur felt. The brand is new to me: Glenbriar. Can anyone inform me? Thanks.
The starch didn't do the trick. Lesson learned: never use a modern lint brush on a vintage hat. Tried putting a cotton swab in vegetable oil, rolling off the excess on a paper towel, and rolling the swab on the offending faded spot. We'll see.
Among nine fedoras I regularly wear three gray felt ones (and one black felt one) but my favorite is a dark gray Knox still soft like new. Looks good, fits well, and keeps me warm in the winter. I feared it would be moth bait and after about eight months that seems to have happened. (I think it...
Ken's one of the show's only good guys. He did what he did because he can and because he's a man; as sweet as his wife is, he doesn't want her calling the shots by controlling his income.
Of course I noticed Don still has his hat. Glad he didn't Sixties out like Roger eventually did. The show...
The real thing, purple lining, "Qualità Superiore," and all. I love it but 7¼ is too big for me. Mint condition. Asking price is $65; that covers shipping. Stetson box is $5 extra. Let me know and you can pay me through my PayPal link on my blog. I can send it on the Saturday after payment...
Found it today. My favorite shape and brim width. A brand I'd never heard of, Keens. Based on the wording inside ("Keens British/Felted in England"), my guess is it was made in the USA of British felt, or in Britain for export, for the middlebrow snob market. If it were trying any harder to be...
Traditional pre-Vatican II rule for Catholic priestly attire in America
I am a Tridentine Mass goer and supporter. My conservative parish is run by friars, one of whom wears the saturno (thanks for the name; I'd been calling it the curé hat). I really do live halfway in the '50s. (My dream: a...
I would have LOVED this as a kid. Sounds pretty good now. Almost went to a high school that had NJROTC but we moved away before I could start.
I've been to Millville Airport and its Army Air Field museum. Wonderful stuff.
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