Hi,
Today, Seattle has *finally* hit 90 degrees. And so I pulled out a not-yet-worn Mexican straw Gus-style hat that I bought on sale from Dallas Hats last winter.
Come to find out that this hat has a plastic sweat band protector. That is to say, a plastic sheet the exact size and shape of the leather sweat band.
Don't think I've ever seen anything like it before. Not in vintage hats, and not in newly made hats either.
My instinct is to pull it off and forget about it. But it's sewn in, fairly aggressively. I'm not sure it'll be such an easy proposition, getting the plastic completely out of the hat.
Has anyone else ever encountered one of these things? Is it supposed to be removed (as I suspect), or is it supposed to be there permanently? What's the rationale behind it, anyway? [huh]
Cheers,
Mark, who plans to soothe his cough, which sounds like a flooded truck engine that refuses to turn over, with a nice icy Tanqueray gin & tonic
Today, Seattle has *finally* hit 90 degrees. And so I pulled out a not-yet-worn Mexican straw Gus-style hat that I bought on sale from Dallas Hats last winter.
Come to find out that this hat has a plastic sweat band protector. That is to say, a plastic sheet the exact size and shape of the leather sweat band.
Don't think I've ever seen anything like it before. Not in vintage hats, and not in newly made hats either.
My instinct is to pull it off and forget about it. But it's sewn in, fairly aggressively. I'm not sure it'll be such an easy proposition, getting the plastic completely out of the hat.
Has anyone else ever encountered one of these things? Is it supposed to be removed (as I suspect), or is it supposed to be there permanently? What's the rationale behind it, anyway? [huh]
Cheers,
Mark, who plans to soothe his cough, which sounds like a flooded truck engine that refuses to turn over, with a nice icy Tanqueray gin & tonic