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  1. PabloElFlamenco

    How popular is the fedora in 2011? Are hats seeing a resurgance finally?

    Hatsenough, and Sam Craig: About eBay; OK, through the "tourist" coincidence of visiting Florence in the early eighties, I bought some Borsalino hats (wool felt, turned out to be ...ladies Fedora hats!). Liked them, and I was "weird" enough to wear them, which was NOT always easy to do...
  2. PabloElFlamenco

    How popular is the fedora in 2011? Are hats seeing a resurgance finally?

    Since I last commented, about two years ago, in a similar thread, the situtation -here in Belgium- has hardly changed: yes, some young people wear hats, stingy ones, a (extremely) rare occasional vintage piece, but usually those cheap starched cloth or straw hats belonging merely to the...
  3. PabloElFlamenco

    Do you ever wear a hat around the house?

    I'm wearing a Stetson felt right now. And, looking around, yes, I'm at home! And, looking outside, no, it's not like it would be summer: maybe next week; in that case, I'll switch to a panama. And, for your guidance, my winter heating bill went down by 15% (well, the consumption did, not...
  4. PabloElFlamenco

    Boater or Panama?

    Yodel? In the French Alps? OK...it's a free world I guess. Back to the original question, I don't have a boater, and ain't looking for one. I like the suppleness of the Panama hat, the comfort, as well as the style. Personal opinion, of course.
  5. PabloElFlamenco

    New Panama help needed.

    On a slightly different note, there is one definite advantage, I found, to a flopping brim: the hat has far less tendency to blow off your head, in case of wind. And nothing looks more ridiculous than, between those tall buildings, having to hold on to your hat with both hands, with the...
  7. PabloElFlamenco

    Western, anyone?

    Ok; ok Yeps, thanks: Vimenot is the name. Mind you, I got that information from http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?4686-I-m-a-hat-IGNORAMUS because I found nothing beyond that on the web, neither have I ever heard of "Vimenot" which, given it was way before I was born, is not...
  8. PabloElFlamenco

    Western, anyone?

    Just curious, what in blazes is a "Belgian Chapeau Vimernet"? I know "chapeau" is "hat" to about 40% of the Belgians, and I suspect the rest refers to the color. I don't know about "Vimernet" though. I'm asking all this because I'm Belgian, and into cowboy hats some of the times, mostly...
  9. PabloElFlamenco

    girls in guy's garb

    Oh, and just because I forgot, I've even found some (some!) men in ladies clothes attractive, but only those who are serious, not the comedians. Not that I have, ever, had a relationship with any of them. I don't think I could hack it, and it wouldn't be serious, hence, reprehensible.
  10. PabloElFlamenco

    girls in guy's garb

    My two cents? Some girls look very smart in guy's clothes. The problem with my statement is that, even if I like that look (note: "some girls", right), it doesn't mean anything. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. This particular beholder is more attracted to girls looking like...
  11. PabloElFlamenco

    Stetson 100 Mint w/Tan Presentation Case

    Thanks RBH, yes, I do still wear hats (every single day) and, from time to time, have a look around this superb forum. Kind greetings!
  13. PabloElFlamenco

    Nutria felt in the modern day

    Well, if US military do insist upon berets (instead of campaign hats), it would be useful if they made them of nutria felt. Never mid the stew.
  14. PabloElFlamenco

    Now Forming! the Campaign Hat Corps

    I just spent a most enjoyable 1-1/2 hours perusing this wonderfully interesting thread. I'm still researching the background to a hat I've grown increasingly fond of, bought off the USbay (where else to buy wonderful hats than in the USA?), a Nutria quality Stetson "park ranger hat". Smelled...
  15. PabloElFlamenco

    Stetson 100 Mint w/Tan Presentation Case

    I paid, I believe, £59 on the British eBay for my "100". Ok, it was too small (bought it anyway) and, counting the €150 or so it cost me to send it to Optimo over in Chicago and have it refurbished, I don't care: my best hat, my most elegant hat (I admit the the French could make them even...
  16. PabloElFlamenco

    How to travel with hats

    Gosh, can you believe it? I actually read all (er...most) of this! Yes, I can understand some of us worry about a snow-white hat being in some way soiled...that'd be a bummer! hey...all of a sudden it comes back to me that on, nay -before-, a flight from Paris to Buenos Aires, I had to pass...
  17. PabloElFlamenco

    How do you know quality when you see it?

    Hi Corky, please accept I'm not trying to be a wise ass by saying that, in one of their videos, Akubra lay claim to their hats being made from "Domestic and Belgian rabbit and hare". To which I'd like to comment by saying that the only rabbits I ever see over here (Belgium) are the ones in...
  19. PabloElFlamenco

    "The two tilts"

    "Quand on a que l'amour". What a powerful songwriter he was! Tears of emotion, ami, and that small pride (too) common in Belgians And, I wish to add for topic's sake, "elegance". Noblesse oblige, Monsieur.
  20. PabloElFlamenco

    The cool thing about always wearing a hat is...

    I quite frankly have grown to actually dislike going out without a hat, especially in any season other than hottest summer, perhaps. I even wear a hat inside the house, except when there's visitors. Other than that, I do follow the usual rules of etiquette pretty much to the dot, question of...
  21. PabloElFlamenco

    Brim shaping?

    Difficult subject, I believe. There's "wanting" the brim to be this or that way, snapping here and not there, and then there's that hat there seemingly with a mind all its own, like the (more or less, sometimes but not always) wavy toquilla (no, not tequila :D ) brim that's so difficult to "set...
  22. PabloElFlamenco

    Stetson 100 to Optimo

    I haven't commented, so far, yet I had a "100" (look at my photo) redone by Optimo. "Redone" means: up two sizes, clean and remove musty odors, I believe I asked them to return the hat to me unbashed (don't recall...). Up two sizes means the sweat and the ribbon(s) had to be replaced. All in...
  23. PabloElFlamenco

    H A T D O O D L E S !!!!!!!!!

    Hah, Dreispitz, I see you're also a READER! (er..well..you START by reading). BTW, everyone knows freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose...poor lass, that's what she thought :(

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