Help..I need a name!!

[Art Fawcett]

I spoke to a friend a few weeks ago who owns a shi shi boutique in LA ( Vintage of course) and asked me if I was ready to start making my own line of hats that she would then sell from her shop ( as well as mine). She has watched my progress over the years and has been pushing me toward the design side as she likes what I do. It got me really thinking about how I could make things differently from a design standpoint and what these pics are is to my first attempt at "different" while maintaining classic lines
Feedback is not only wanted but needed. Also, what can I call this style???? AndyKev & I had lunch today & kicked around some things but want to wait to hear from you before putting them out there.
Charcoal

Moss Green

Thanks

Art

 

[Andykev]

Great!

If anyone even suggests calling your new line "Works of Art " I am gonna scream!

I think you should stick to VS or your name Vintage Silhouettes - "Vintage for Today".

Ok, I'm not Madison Avenue..

BTW...these hats look great in person, extremely well made. Art, you are arriving!

 

[Butters]

I personally would like to chip in in the theard even though i told you how i feel already.

#1. ive never been good with naming things, but i really love those hats.

#2. that line down the hats crown is quite interesting, i cant say ive seen another hat like it. very nice, and adds a smidge of class.

#3. Are you going to have more options with the felts? maybe some more pure (purer is what i mean by that, just not sure its proper word) beaver felts?

#4. well thats pretty much it =-/

anyway, love the new design, i personally prefer would like the top line but i would if possible lose the side ones.

 

[Art Fawcett]

Andy, I actually didn't mean a company name but rather a way to describe this hat style through a name like "Open Road" ( taken I know).
Thanks Butters. Yes, I will be offering it in different felt grades & colors but am waiting on more felt info before I introduce them with any more specificity.

 

[Andykev]

Oh...I get it. Well, that crease looks a lot like the mole when they burrow in my veggie garden....so how about "Burrow Brim'? Or....."Furrow Felt"........


Ok. Just kidding.

Whipcord? Crest Crease? Ritz-Ridge?

 

[Brad Bowers]

I think "Fawcett" has a nice ring, as in "I'd really like a Fawcett crown on my next hat."

Did you do that with a block from underneath the felt, or on top of the felt?

Brad Bowers

 

[Art Fawcett]

Did you do that with a block from underneath the felt, or on top of the felt?

HUH??? Oh, I first pre blocked it, marked where I wanted them, then took it off & sewn the ridges from the top, then reblocked from there. It's a bit more work but.. I actually can't take credit for this design. I copied a hat from the late 40s that I have had stashed away just for this purpose. I figure if it hasn't been used in the last 50 yrs then what the heck, it's new again, right??

 

[Art Fawcett]

hmmm, mole ridge?, Varmit "V", wow, this could go somewhere!!

 

[Butters]

i too like "fawcett" it has a nice ring to it, it would fit in well "oh i just bought a borsalino, a fawcett, and a stetson fedora" it just sounds right.

 

[Wild Root]

Art, those look nice! The stitched in details are unique. I have been thinking of some names for other models you may offer. Let?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s see now?¢‚Ǩ¬¶ How about, Prince Deluxe, or maybe?¢‚Ǩ¬¶ The Metropolitan or, Metropolis. That style looks kind of 30?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s futuristic to me.

Oh, I know, ?¢‚Ǩ?ìArt?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s Deco?¢‚Ǩ?LOL LOL LOL he he I know, that?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s bad. Well, I?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢ll think of some more yet.

Take care,

Root

 

[STHill]

I like Andykev's suggestion, "Whipcord", for the name of the style. The style, itself, I didn't care for at first, but, I'll have to admit, it's growing on me.

 

[K.D. Lightner]

The look of the hat reminds me of one of those Rhodesian Ridgeback dogs.

If it were my hat, I would refer to it as The Ridgeback.

karol

 

[SHARPETOYS]

Hat style names.

Renaissance

Diamond Jim

Gatsby

Flynn

Cagney

Lamaer

Gable

Fitzgerald

Tracey

Sidewinder

Maybe this will get the juices flowing.



:cool2:

 

[SHARPETOYS]

Art,
I want one when you get your new Imperial 100 % Beaver felt in.

Imperial block?.

 

[Nathan Flowers]

For that style hat, I like:

Town & Country

The Collegiate

The Princeton

 

[Wild Root]

Zohar, I like some of those my friend! they have a nice ring to it!

What do you think Art?


Regards.

 

[CoffeeDude]

What about:

Ridge Runner
Coast to Coast
Road Captain
Continental
Noir
Mulholland
Largo

 

[Wild Root]

Hey now, those sound good too.

I have afew more to add to the list,

Zepher,

President,

Californian,

Hollywood,

Capital.

The list is getting to be good!

Root.

 

[Canadave]

That Streamliner looks great!

David

 

[Panamabob]

Let's just call it.....



BOB!~