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Ok, I may have asked this seven times, but I am struggling to find THE hat.
Well, I tried on some Baileys locally. I have a Stetson Saxon in Caribou and a Bailey Yates in black (Switched out the ribbon that was brown for a plain black one and they used a bailey pin, no bow though)
Have an Akubra Stylemaster but the brim is way too big and also the crown height is too big
Been looking at hats online. Mostly the Bailey of Hollywood line. Delmonico, Shoebuy has an extra 15% off.
Tried on a Brandt and it felt great, just great on the head. Dont think I look so good in a turned down brim like that and it is 2 1/2 inches too.
Thinking of a Tino (litefelt), or the Barr (the lanolux like the Brandt), maybe the Perry (also Lanolux). I have a driving cap and wife hates it. Today I wore british tan colored courdoroy pants with a brownish hue shirt and a navy blue cashmere sweater over it. Wore the black Yates and it looks good, but the Stetson looked better but it was too dressy of a hat. Not bad, but wife liked the more casual yates. I am thinking the black looks fine, but is better with jeans and things that need black, like black pants and a grey sweater
I am thinking that a 2 inch brim or something similar to the Yates and Saxon would be great, maybe not as dressy as a fur felt and around $90 or so would be great.
So, Barr, Tino, Perry or something else (Gangster may be too big a brim?). Also, what color would you think? A darker brown, but not true chocolate? A darker grey than the Stetson in Caribou? I need this third hat to be versatile, maybe to pair with a suit if I want to dress down the formality of the suit (sportscoat, or suit without tie) and yet not be too casual to wear with what I had today (and I think the Brandt would have been too casual, as wife thinks I look better a little dressy even though I am in casual clothes for me, and by the way, I turn 53 next month).
I tried on other hats locally and the Tino in grey had the brown band and made it too casual and in lighter grey the wool looks like wool and not felt. In black, it is much better. Now the brown was an okay color. The brown of my Akubra is way too light of a color, and I am thinking that lighter grey is not as versatile for me as a darker grey than the Stetson. You may say that the Stetson in Caribou is to the darker side of the scale of greys so that a dark grey really is just the same color, just a few shades darker and that I really need to go to the brown side. I just feel that this third hat will be the one I wear second most, that is, when in suits, that Stetson is the thing for me (even the guys in the hat store locally say it looks great on me, size wise and color) and people at court remark on it all the time. The Yates can be a weekend hat or severe weather, but this third hat, the one I am struggling with, I need to fill in the gap when not in a dressed up suit situation, but not running toWalmart.
HELP?
Well, I tried on some Baileys locally. I have a Stetson Saxon in Caribou and a Bailey Yates in black (Switched out the ribbon that was brown for a plain black one and they used a bailey pin, no bow though)
Have an Akubra Stylemaster but the brim is way too big and also the crown height is too big
Been looking at hats online. Mostly the Bailey of Hollywood line. Delmonico, Shoebuy has an extra 15% off.
Tried on a Brandt and it felt great, just great on the head. Dont think I look so good in a turned down brim like that and it is 2 1/2 inches too.
Thinking of a Tino (litefelt), or the Barr (the lanolux like the Brandt), maybe the Perry (also Lanolux). I have a driving cap and wife hates it. Today I wore british tan colored courdoroy pants with a brownish hue shirt and a navy blue cashmere sweater over it. Wore the black Yates and it looks good, but the Stetson looked better but it was too dressy of a hat. Not bad, but wife liked the more casual yates. I am thinking the black looks fine, but is better with jeans and things that need black, like black pants and a grey sweater
I am thinking that a 2 inch brim or something similar to the Yates and Saxon would be great, maybe not as dressy as a fur felt and around $90 or so would be great.
So, Barr, Tino, Perry or something else (Gangster may be too big a brim?). Also, what color would you think? A darker brown, but not true chocolate? A darker grey than the Stetson in Caribou? I need this third hat to be versatile, maybe to pair with a suit if I want to dress down the formality of the suit (sportscoat, or suit without tie) and yet not be too casual to wear with what I had today (and I think the Brandt would have been too casual, as wife thinks I look better a little dressy even though I am in casual clothes for me, and by the way, I turn 53 next month).
I tried on other hats locally and the Tino in grey had the brown band and made it too casual and in lighter grey the wool looks like wool and not felt. In black, it is much better. Now the brown was an okay color. The brown of my Akubra is way too light of a color, and I am thinking that lighter grey is not as versatile for me as a darker grey than the Stetson. You may say that the Stetson in Caribou is to the darker side of the scale of greys so that a dark grey really is just the same color, just a few shades darker and that I really need to go to the brown side. I just feel that this third hat will be the one I wear second most, that is, when in suits, that Stetson is the thing for me (even the guys in the hat store locally say it looks great on me, size wise and color) and people at court remark on it all the time. The Yates can be a weekend hat or severe weather, but this third hat, the one I am struggling with, I need to fill in the gap when not in a dressed up suit situation, but not running toWalmart.
HELP?