My sister was recently cleaning out her old room in our parents' house and came across a hat that she says isn't hers, but she thinks she remembers that it's mine. She doesn't know what it was doing in her closet, and frankly, I don't remember ever owning it.
It's a felt fedora. It might be black, or maybe dark gray. It's hard to tell because it's extremely dusty. It's also soft. I don't know how soft felt fedoras are supposed to be; the only quality hats I've handled were all cowboy hats, and this felt fedora is softer than any quality felt cowboy hat I've ever seen.
It's not a specific size, just XL. I see no brand name inside it, not even on the inside of the liner band. The only thing I see at all is a "Made in the USA" tag, other than the XL. There is no logo or symbol of any kind.
As I mentioned, it's quite dusty, and also somewhat misshapen due to being soft and stuffed haphazardly in a closet for years. However, it fits my someone big head, and I think I like it.
Is there anything I can do myself to rehabilitate this hat? Should I get one of those orange hat sponges to clean it up? What about the shape; I'm willing to experiment. Either I take it to a professional first, or I try myself and either fail and take it to a professional then, or maybe I succeed. But I don't know how to even try, other than that it's probably going to involve steam.
It's a felt fedora. It might be black, or maybe dark gray. It's hard to tell because it's extremely dusty. It's also soft. I don't know how soft felt fedoras are supposed to be; the only quality hats I've handled were all cowboy hats, and this felt fedora is softer than any quality felt cowboy hat I've ever seen.
It's not a specific size, just XL. I see no brand name inside it, not even on the inside of the liner band. The only thing I see at all is a "Made in the USA" tag, other than the XL. There is no logo or symbol of any kind.
As I mentioned, it's quite dusty, and also somewhat misshapen due to being soft and stuffed haphazardly in a closet for years. However, it fits my someone big head, and I think I like it.
Is there anything I can do myself to rehabilitate this hat? Should I get one of those orange hat sponges to clean it up? What about the shape; I'm willing to experiment. Either I take it to a professional first, or I try myself and either fail and take it to a professional then, or maybe I succeed. But I don't know how to even try, other than that it's probably going to involve steam.
