What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

[Blare]

Thank you so much for your comments and likes. I reciprocate with all my heart for what you show every day
Here we are on a fairly serene afternoon in the valleys, but foggy south of Verona.
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Fourth hat in black. This one also comes from France and brings with it very little information.
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No trace of the lining, if it ever existed, there remains a tiny remnant of something that was attached to the inside. The sweatband has only one indication embossed with now faded gold trim "The Perfection" and nothing else.
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The felt is a wool-fur mix and the shape is well-shaped like the hats in vogue between the first and second world wars. light and very malleable it is a pleasure to wear it
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I'm getting ready for StingyMas , my contribution in a few days

TREMENDOUS

 

[Blare]

At 2 1/4” this might be more stingy-adjacent but I’m definitely feeling the spirit of Stingymas. Kennedy-era Palco/Rogers Peet. Cheers, David

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Stingy adjacent works! Looking good David. Love the scarf.

 

[Blare]

Yesterday I was driving through two inches of snow, today it's over 50 degrees. Crazy weather! I have a day of clean work, just some bidding and calls so I get to wear a nice hat. Today I'm wearing my John Batterson felted edge, it isn't marked as a twenty but has an original $20 price tag.
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A beautiful hat indeed!

 

[Blare]

Just a random thought......As one who has ended up with more than a few ebay hats that showed up with shorter brims than expected, ( poor photography making brims look bigger than they are) Im loving the stingy love here right now. I never really was enamored with small brims in the past, but when you have a really nice one and you find out that they CAN be worn.... they regain some value in my mind.

And THAT is the true spirit of StingyMas

 

[Blare]

Brim Up! Looks great Joe.

Thanks Rick!

 

[TheOldFashioned]

Thanks all for the likes and comments on the Biltmore and Texas Hatters. And now something a little more in the spirit of Stingymas that came to me a while back by way of @BobHufford, a 30s (NRA tagged) Knox:

Yes, Stefan (@steur), it has undertones of green.

 

[StoryPNW]

Thanks all for the likes and comments on the Biltmore and Texas Hatters. And now something a little more in the spirit of Stingymas that came to me a while back by way of @BobHufford, a 30s (NRA tagged) Knox:
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Yes, Stefan (@steur), it has undertones of green.

I'm a sucker for the green ones, another great hat!

 

[VoodooSan]

The ides of StingyMas are upon us.

Borsalino Marque Grand Luxe XXXXX


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Sweet!!!! And, as with most Borsas, a gorgeous interior.

 

[VoodooSan]

Well obviously they were thinking….. I have no idea what they were thinking

Harry Doyle!!!!!!


Joe, the only thing anyone's come up with that makes ANY sense, is that it's a reference to the fat lady singing.

 

[VoodooSan]

Thanks all for the likes and comments on the Biltmore and Texas Hatters. And now something a little more in the spirit of Stingymas that came to me a while back by way of @BobHufford, a 30s (NRA tagged) Knox:
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Yes, Stefan (@steur), it has undertones of green.

NICE!!!!!!!!

 

[StoryPNW]

Very nice and looks great on you.

A beautiful hat indeed!

Thank you gentlemen!

 

[TimmyV]

This one looks very much the same build as my Royal Coachman. And similar body to the four seasons. It seems HCA did a lot with these 1 7/8 Cavanagh edge bodies in this era. That branded wind trolley button caught my eye. Is it functional or is it just on and elastic loop like the Twenty’s had?

Sadly it's just an elastic loop.

 

[Blare]

Thanks all for the likes and comments on the Biltmore and Texas Hatters. And now something a little more in the spirit of Stingymas that came to me a while back by way of @BobHufford, a 30s (NRA tagged) Knox:
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Yes, Stefan (@steur), it has undertones of green.

Fabulous

 

[Blare]

Sweet!!!! And, as with most Borsas, a gorgeous interior.

Thank you Mark!

 

[Blare]

Harry Doyle!!!!!!


Joe, the only thing anyone's come up with that makes ANY sense, is that it's a reference to the fat lady singing.

While that reference does seem to make sense…. It then bears the question what made them think that was the name for this hat!?!?! LOL.

 

[Blare]

Sadly it's just an elastic loop.

Well it’s still interesting and a nice touch. If original it would be one of the few or only ones I’ve seen outside of the 1950s Knox twenties.

 

[The Shoe]

Another gorgeous Knox !!

Total class all the way!

That Knox Flying cloud makes a really nice presentation, Gary. You have it shaped perfectly. Give an impression of a brim wider tHan it is.

Thanks, guys. The Flying Cloud comes in at #1 or 2 for me amongst my stingy brims. I suspect we’ll see a couple of yours, Joe, in the next few days.

 

[The Shoe]

Today’s Stingymas post is a jet black Tirard. Ragondia (nutria) felt from the ‘50s, with a 5¼ cm brim. Unusually for me, I tend to wear this one brim up more often than not.

 

[Mighty44]

Stingy adjacent works! Looking good David. Love the scarf.

Thanks, Joe!

 

[TimmyV]

This morning my lid of choice is this open crown western style hat from Jackson Hole Hat Company in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.