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Hello Gents, Our son Daniel is of course now hooked on a good fedora (and other hats) too! We've found two at the Vintage Fashion Expo in SF, and three on evilBay. He's ready he said (with Mom's help here on FL) to be the ultimate HAT guinea pig. What should he get next?? Please share your knowlege and expertise here to make recommendations for him. Btw, he is a "Summer". He looks great in pastel colors, burgundy, charcoal, etc. He has like five pairs of dress slacks. He likes to wear slacks, dress shirts and tie whenever he can. One navy blazer already.
Vintage may be the best choice, as he is only a 6-3/4 or possibly a 6-7/8 hat size right now. He wants a vintage boater or a new one if we could get one in his size but it needs to be a 3" brim to be 20s-30s period correct- we were told this by a good deco friend of ours. Our vintage dealer guru Miz Jula (Isola) does not suggest a vintage boater for him, as they are very fragile, she's saying newsboy cap for the upcoming Gatsby Summer afternoon done by our Art deco Society coming in Sept. I was not sure whether he'd want a newsboy or a panama for the Gatsby, so I just asked him. He said enthusiastically, "both!" That's my boy!
I think Daniel is that long narrow head shape like his Dad. You may be able to tell this from his pics. Daniel is a Fred Astaire wannabe, who wants an Art Deco wardrobe. Mr. Astaire is his style role model. Looking forward to reading your replies
Okay, here he is sans hat:
Here's what he has so far:
1) vintage Towncraft stingy brim, color grey/green black ribbon, second (r) pic shows profile of his head to help determine head shape
2)vintage deep brown Dobbs w/h matching deep brown ribbon, marked The Man's Shop Steiger's Springfield, came with an original Dobbs Fifth Avenue HATS New York box
3) may not be too vintage Tan corduroy London Fog
(very stiff, cannot flip front brim)-okay, so it looked like a good hat in the auction!
4) vintage beaver opera hat, marked in liner (see pic), also embossed in gold on leather hat band Henry Heath Ltd. 105-107-109 Oxford St LONDON, and Tom Dillon SAN FRANCISCO (Sale Agent), for wearing with his white tie and tails
5) vintage Borsalino med. grey w/ black ribbon, came rolled in its original triangular box. This has the largest brim of all his vintage felt hats. Not bashed, creased or anything yet- will take this hat to get that done by our vintage dealer guru Roberto Isola (the Style Enforcer) in Daly City, He's got all the tools for doing this right.
Vintage may be the best choice, as he is only a 6-3/4 or possibly a 6-7/8 hat size right now. He wants a vintage boater or a new one if we could get one in his size but it needs to be a 3" brim to be 20s-30s period correct- we were told this by a good deco friend of ours. Our vintage dealer guru Miz Jula (Isola) does not suggest a vintage boater for him, as they are very fragile, she's saying newsboy cap for the upcoming Gatsby Summer afternoon done by our Art deco Society coming in Sept. I was not sure whether he'd want a newsboy or a panama for the Gatsby, so I just asked him. He said enthusiastically, "both!" That's my boy!
I think Daniel is that long narrow head shape like his Dad. You may be able to tell this from his pics. Daniel is a Fred Astaire wannabe, who wants an Art Deco wardrobe. Mr. Astaire is his style role model. Looking forward to reading your replies
Okay, here he is sans hat:
Here's what he has so far:
1) vintage Towncraft stingy brim, color grey/green black ribbon, second (r) pic shows profile of his head to help determine head shape
(very stiff, cannot flip front brim)-okay, so it looked like a good hat in the auction!
5) vintage Borsalino med. grey w/ black ribbon, came rolled in its original triangular box. This has the largest brim of all his vintage felt hats. Not bashed, creased or anything yet- will take this hat to get that done by our vintage dealer guru Roberto Isola (the Style Enforcer) in Daly City, He's got all the tools for doing this right.
