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What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

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tealseal

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Tawny fawn Fed IV - currently my only hat, so I've tried to bash it in a way that gives it a dressy profile, but maintains casual ruggedness...if that makes sense. Taken with iPhone.

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Perry, B-Man; That is a hat!

My immigrant relatives wore hats similar for their daily herding duties. We have nearly 100 year old family dress clothes with a hat like in this pic;

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Felt peaked "dress" hats(in felt, with wool liner, with fur liners) like this pic;

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Like most I am proud of my heritage. I only know of the hats I have seen via family or on my infrequent visits. Perhaps some FF Loungers from existing Lapland will chime in as to modern Lap fashions.

I just can not see myself toodling around the MPLS/St.Paul or upper Midwest USA wearing such headgear. I think of myself as an independent fellow, but I would feel uncomfortable being sooo differently hatted. Heavens my wife, sometimes looks upon certain of my fedoras with a wrinkled brow.


A hat for every occasion - the beginnings and rationale for starting an enormous hat collection! I do not have a reindeer herding hat that fits yet!
Eric -

Your ancestors were Sami herders? Very cool!
 

Joshbru3

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You'll love it, Josh. It's amazing.

For your location, Josh, I'm surprised you're not there every weekend!

Well I've been there once with Alan in the summer of this year. I was really amazed with Grahams setup and how beautiful his store is. I was also amazed that I was able to hold a $10,000 panama straw hat. I did find that his already made hats had crowns with a good amount of taper and were too short. I realize that he could make any type of hat for me, but I would have liked to see some 52 crowns in my size to try on. I was amazed with the types of felt that he has though.
 
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