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More pics of Khrushchev wearing the same Stetson while touring an Iowa farm & the Iowa Pork plant, before enjoying a hot dog.
Apparently he was a TAR man.
You may be correct. I was thinking 5/8 ribbon.I'm seeing a Playboy, stitching on the brim?
If you read his intiniary Khrushchev wasn't even in the state of MO.The Stetson factory outlet store in St. Joe Mo. is still open as far as I know, I was there about a year ago. Actually I'm due for a trip to St Joe to that store.
Just a point of clarification, as this thread is taking about two different things. First, there is the John B. Stetson Company, which never went out of business (they just stopped manufacturing their own hats) and still owns the Stetson name and other trademarks. They only license the trademarks and the rights to produce hats using the name to RHE Hatco in Garland, TX. This thread is mainly talking about the companies that licensed the rights to make hats with the Stetson name.
Ira Guilden, who had control of the John B. Stetson Company in the 1970s, passed control of the company to his son, Paul Guilden. Paul passed control to his daughter, Xiao Li Tan, a couple of years before his death in 2022. She’s the president and chief creative officer, and a wonderful woman with a vision. She hired me earlier this year for some contract work, based on a referral from Matt Range at Hatco, since I’ve also done contract work for Hatco over the last few years. The John B. Stetson Company does business globally as Stetson Worldwide, LLC.
Hope this helps clear things up a bit.
There's a world of Stetson branded products. I think it would be obvious to most that there is still a Stetson company.