The OFFICIAL Sinatra Hat

[Brian Sheridan]

The Sinatra Family is now selling an "official" Sinatra Fedora.

The lazy sizing of the hats available kind of bugs me.

But the liner looks cool.

See it here: http://www.sinatra.com/store/gifts/sinatra-fedora

Discuss.

 

[Hereward]

I'd be surprised if Sinatra wore wool felts instead of fur ones.

 

[Viper Man]

According to the book, "The Way You Wear Your Hat: Frank Sinatra and the Lost Art of Living" by Bill Zehme, Frankie wore Cavanagh hats exclusively. That hat doesn't look like a Cavanagh to me. [huh]

 

[Mr E Train]

Looks like an official piece of licensed crap to me.

 

[Razzman]

I have to agree with the others. I doubt Sinatra would wear a wool felt hat.

 

[Geesie]

Sinatra may have driven a Sinatra Imperial but I doubt he wore a Sinatra Hat.

 

[Duper]

Sinatra Milan Straw

What a coincidence. I just saw a number of Sinatra Milan straw hats on the "Henry the Hatter" site out of Detroit.

https://www.henrythehatterdetroit.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=shop.flypage&product_id=169&category_id=17&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=2&redirected=1&Itemid=2

 

[psugrad98]

I have to agree with the others. I doubt Sinatra would wear a wool felt hat.

Hat looks cheap. Plus the sizing bothers me. I learned with my huge noggin never to buy l/xl, but to stick with number sizing.

 

[jwalls]

Sad very sad! The Chairman of The Board must be spinning in his grave.

 

[Tango Yankee]

Well, that's just sad.

 

[tonyb]

Among the many things to be said for NOT being a celebrity is that there is little chance your name and/or likeness will ever be used to market tacky, chintzy merchandise such as that "official" hat.

 

[Lefty]

NIce. Wool felts, paper/plastic milans. There's nothing like killing a legacy.

What a coincidence. I just saw a number of Sinatra Milan straw hats on the "Henry the Hatter" site out of Detroit.

https://www.henrythehatterdetroit.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=shop.flypage&product_id=169&category_id=17&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=2&redirected=1&Itemid=2

 

[Mr E Train]

I doubt the milans are officially licensed or that they even have a model name. That's probably just the name Henry the Hatter chose to sell them under. But yeah, I'm sure the Chairman would not approve.

 

[Tiller]

I'm still searching for a look alike to his famous bluish gray summer hat myself. If they got a deal to start selling them, and they actually looked halfway like the original I'd buy it. But that's wool felt hat... just no... Although it maybe a way to get a few more people interested in hats. Always try to be positive right?

 

[jlee562]

the little gold tag in the back makes me think these are Dorfman's

 

[Mr E Train]

I'm still searching for a look alike to his famous bluish gray summer hat myself. If they got a deal to start selling them, and they actually looked halfway like the original I'd buy it. But that's wool felt hat... just no... Although it maybe a way to get a few more people interested in hats. Always try to be positive right?

http://open.salon.com/files/frank-sinatra-studio--c117375311246646778.jpeg

I believe that's a Milan straw pork pie, here's another shot of it. Someone around here recently posted on that looked really close to that but a different color, with the same shape and a similar pleated pug. I think it was CRH.

 

[Chainsaw]

Most of the people that are going to buy these hat's, aren't even going to wear them. Except for when they sit back and listen to Sinatra. The size thing, even department stores have a better selection. Hey, anything that gets people wearing hats again, is a good thing. I don't think this was intended, or is in fact an insult, to Sinatra.

To paraphrase Pt Barnum, "even bad advertising, is advertising."

 

[Feraud]

It's the Sinatra family's version of the Ed Hardy t-shirt!

For shame.

 

[theinterchange]

This is just too sad. Sinatra has always, and I mean even when I was a little kid, been for me the epitome of cool... So, to have something like this attached to his legacy is just more than a little sickening.

Randy

EDIT:: it was mentioned in the original post that the liner looks cool... I'll give the hat that much, it does look great!

 

[WH1]

A sad day for the Sinatra legacy when hats like these are attributed to a man who was such a careful and elegant dresser. But I am not surprised, I mean did anyone else see the train wreck that is now Nancy Sinatra on American Idol a couple of weeks ago when they featured the music of Sinatra. WOW looks like the boots were made for walking all over her face,:eusa_doh: talk about your plastic surgery disasters. The crazy thing is her sister Tina is a very attractive lady apparently sans surgery.