What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

[Blare]

It's Sunday again, so here's this week's harvest. Here we go.

Berteil
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Joseph E Ward
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Carl Blum
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Léon
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Vanzina Cappello Vaso
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Mossant Bleu Oxfort
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Kohlndorfer
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Délion
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Dunn&Co
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So hard to pick favorites. Mossant.
Kohlndorfer
And Ward grabbing my attention

 

[Blare]

Champ Bowler - Brown
Approx 4 3/4 crown
About 1 3/4 brim to curl
1 1/8 brown grosgrain ribbon

When I got a heads up about this brown Champ Bowler from lounge friend and enabler @Randall Renshaw … I had thought I might have gotten my HAS under control. I thought wow that’s a super Buy It Now deal on a cool probably 1960s brown bowler… but I have two other brown bowlers that don’t get worn enough.. at 6 7/8 it’s on the smaller side of what I can wear and being a stiff felt not really any margin for error. So I thought I would pass on this one and went about my day doing some yard work for a couple hours. Only to return to find it still there… and wouldn’t you know that HAS kicked in and the BIN was pressed.

Now that it arrived I couldn’t be happier with it. What I had thought was a 60s hat from the seller pics… looks in person to be more 1950s. There is no HCA label inside and the size sticker inside is more in line with pre 1956 HCA takeover Champ labels… so I’m leaning to mid 1950s. Love the look and shape… and it fits like a dream. It made the trip out last night to the pub for karaoke. Thanks Randall!

 

[hambone71]

Working the grill this afternoon in my BP.

 

[Mighty44]

Proudly wearing my custom Hufvud today.

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Great outfit—straight out of the 1930s.

 

[The Shoe]

Great hats! That Homburg is a true beauty. Michael Corleone couldn't wear it better.

Rightly so; it is a magnificent homburg!


Grazie, Daniele!


Oooh, that is a stellar hat! Love it.


Thanks, Phil. Much appreciated.

Thank you both.

 

[R. Elgar]

Great outfit—straight out of the 1930s.

Thank you!

 

[Dlaniger]

A walkabout this morning in a Stetson Vogue.

Home again and enjoying morning Costa Rican coffee. A VS fedora inspired by a stratoliner was my fedora choice. The sage beaver felt is a fav.

Cheers, Eric. -

Love that Vogue, Eric! When did Stetson make that model relative to the Whippet?

 

[Dlaniger]

Yesterday, Saturday was a two hat day for me. I had to lay low today after last nights holiday party.

Stetson Strat Pure Beaver

Optimo

 

[Randall Renshaw]

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Champ Bowler - Brown
Approx 4 3/4 crown
About 1 3/4 brim to curl
1 1/8 brown grosgrain ribbon

When I got a heads up about this brown Champ Bowler from lounge friend and enabler @Randall Renshaw … I had thought I might have gotten my HAS under control. I thought wow that’s a super Buy It Now deal on a cool probably 1960s brown bowler… but I have two other brown bowlers that don’t get worn enough.. at 6 7/8 it’s on the smaller side of what I can wear and being a stiff felt not really any margin for error. So I thought I would pass on this one and went about my day doing some yard work for a couple hours. Only to return to find it still there… and wouldn’t you know that HAS kicked in and the BIN was pressed.

Now that it arrived I couldn’t be happier with it. What I had thought was a 60s hat from the seller pics… looks in person to be more 1950s. There is no HCA label inside and the size sticker inside is more in line with pre 1956 HCA takeover Champ labels… so I’m leaning to mid 1950s. Love the look and shape… and it fits like a dream. It made the trip out last night to the pub for karaoke. Thanks Randall!


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Looks great on ya, Joe!!
Glad I could help you into it. Ya know, there was a time when I actually thought the title, “enabler” was a good thing. It really isn’t, is it.

 

[Randall Renshaw]

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Ignoring the shirt, but not the hat and doggo.
Lookin good in the Outback there, mate!

 

[hambone71]

Ignoring the shirt, but not the hat and doggo.
Lookin good in the Outback there, mate!

Haha! Thank you and a big Roll Tide, buddy!

 

[Rmccamey]

The Vouge is a little different green than we usually see, Eric. Very nice.

A walkabout this morning in a Stetson Vogue.

Home again and enjoying morning Costa Rican coffee. A VS fedora inspired by a stratoliner was my fedora choice. The sage beaver felt is a fav.

Cheers, Eric. -

 

[Rmccamey]

A sharp dressed man in a bowler! Nice one, Reggie.

Yesterday, Saturday was a two hat day for me. I had to lay low today after last nights holiday party.
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[deadlyhandsome]

Probably more of a "Spring"-colored hat, but wearing a new-to-me Lamson Hubbard Pastel that I rescued from an antique mall. It's got a few bites and the ubiquitous green stain, but it's super-comfortable and I like it. Note the unusual band stitching on the outside of the hat-- is this normal???
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Those are basting stitching to keep the ribbon from getting wrinkled in shipping etc. They were meant to be removed after the hat was sold, but I kind of like them.

 

[Blare]

Looks great on ya, Joe!!
Glad I could help you into it. Ya know, there was a time when I actually thought the title, “enabler” was a good thing. It really isn’t, is it.

Thanks again Randall…. And I suppose it depends who you are asking...

 

[Blare]

Those are basting stitching to keep the ribbon from getting wrinkled in shipping etc. They were meant to be removed after the hat was sold, but I kind of like them.

I think of them in a similar way to hang tags of other marketing items that were meant to be thrown away after purchase. Once we move into the collection realm these items all become cool parts of the collection. especially when these details have survived 50, 60, 70 or more years

I remember some years back there was a fad where folks kept the tags on thier ball caps and didn’t bend the brim. Always thought it was kinda silly. Now…. Not as much

 

[T Jones]

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Wearing a Stetson Lamont for Church this morning.

A great looking hat, a cool looking sport jacket, and a picture of Johnny Cash in the background. It doesn't get any better than that!

 

[hatophile]

Knox from Schmitt and Son
Appleton WI

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Wearing a Stetson Lamont for Church this morning.

cool looking sport jacket,

Yes it is. Looks like a Pioneer Wear Western tweed.

 

[fabiovenhorst]

Borsalino "Castoro" while hiking in the weekend