custom fabric Fedora

[Master_Photog]

Hey all!

I'm having a $1200 sport coat custom made for me by a master tailor and I'd love to have a Fedora custom made in the same material. I do have the fabric available and wondered who offers this type of service??

The fabric is a wool/cashmere blend (if it matters).

Thank you,

Chuck

 

[The Inspector]

Well my friend just bought a straw fedora from this site so I'm sure you can find other colors and materials here.
http://www.villagehatshop.com/fedoras.html

 

[Master_Photog]

Unfortunately, close won't cut it, this is a very unique looking brownish red and I'm sure an exact match or a total contrast will be the only way to go.

 

[The Inspector]

Unfortunately, close won't cut it, this is a very unique looking brownish red and I'm sure an exact match or a total contrast will be the only way to go.

If I could actually see a picture of the jacket it could help a bit. But I'm sorry that the first link didn't work out for you.

 

[jlee562]

Honestly, I think you're better off getting a nice felt hat, rather than a cut-and-sew-cloth "fedora." IMHO, such hats end up looking out of place with a nice suit, as such hats are really more of a modern invention, and geared toward the youth crowd.

 

[job]

You will look like your coat is on your head.

 

[Master_Photog]

You will look like your coat is on your head.

Good point, going with a contrasty fedora may very well be a better option - too much matching fabric may not be as good of an idea as I originally thought, even if it were to be banded in a black.

OR, I JUST THOUGHT OF THIS, I could have the band match my sport coat??

 

[The Wiser Hatter]

Only way this works is with a newsboy. If you are wanting a fedora its best to get a hat works with the suit.

 

[BR Gordon]

Honestly, I think you're better off getting a nice felt hat, rather than a cut-and-sew-cloth "fedora." IMHO, such hats end up looking out of place with a nice suit, as such hats are really more of a modern invention, and geared toward the youth crowd.

I think that jlee is absolutely correct. These cloth hats will look totally out of place with a nice suit or sport coat.

 

[Edward]

Good point, going with a contrasty fedora may very well be a better option - too much matching fabric may not be as good of an idea as I originally thought, even if it were to be banded in a black.

OR, I JUST THOUGHT OF THIS, I could have the band match my sport coat??

Could be a good option, yes. Definitely, though, with a Fedora go for a good quality fedora in a complementary colour, rather than trying to have one made from the jacket fabric.

Only way this works is with a newsboy. If you are wanting a fedora its best to get a hat works with the suit.

Newsboy would be a good option if you can find somewhere that will make one up for you in your fabric.

 

[suitedcboy]

I'm picturing a look that compares with those shirt-tie-pocket hanky sets I have seen in discount menswear stores. The ones where the shirt collar has a trim band made of the tie and hanky material. Not a quality look. This also makes the hat maybe somewhat less useful worn with anything but that suit.
The ideas of a nice fedora with complementary color and nice grosgrain band are the best. You see a gent in a great suit worn with a nice shirt and a great tie and he is wearing a nice fedora, that is what makes you look in awe of how he is turned out.

 

[The Wiser Hatter]

Hat people would as well as Hepville and b!wear.

It was common to have a cap and match jacket and pants in the golden era.

 

[Master_Photog]

Very good point suitedcboy, having the fedora made with the exact fabric will only be useful with that suit!

jlee562 also is on point about simply getting a quality felt hat that can go with multiple suits or jackets or vests.

Edward, I'm a huge newsboy fan and wearer, but I'm not picturing the newsboy with this high end sport coat - I may totally change my mind when I have it in hand once the master tailor has completed it.

here's an image of my ivy - with my wife on the canal in Indy.

http://www.cs2photography.com/chucknronda.jpg