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Show us their hats!
1950....hunting for a leopard!!!! :eek: Guy on left looks a lot like Millard Mitchell.... -
HATTERS, CLEANERS, AND DYERS!!!!!
1870 in store bill of sale for 1 hat! I presume from the price a full custom fine silk job as Gough "the Artist Hatter" (listed below) mentions as selling for $7 by "other hatters". Apparently George Latham is one of those. Being "Fashionable" does have its price!;) -
Movie hats
Some really nice hats in this 1948 movie!!! (just saw it the other day on TCM) Great lineup of actors too...... -
What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?
Today, modern brown Borsalino "Alessandra" (on top). Saturday I was wearing the "Sand" Campdraft (on the bottom). Friday I wore my "Bluegrass Green" Campdraft (not in the picture). -
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Ask a question, get an answer
A LOT depends on how much of a LO you are AND the difficulty of getting the crown to conform and STAY conformed. Often a stretcher properly placed (no deeper than the width of the sweat) will need to remain for a very long time for the hat to respond and develop "memory". A lot of patience is... -
HATTERS, CLEANERS, AND DYERS!!!!!
Each illustration dated 1881....small cards (more like modern business cards). -
OTHER THAN eBAY Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest
When out and about, I stopped into a antique shop and I found THIS: (not the hats, the tri stand store display);) Each branch has the nice wide cupped top (and each at a different angle). Very pleased with this and I have not even cleaned and oiled it yet.:) -
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Yes, but you need a correct stretcher or band block that will fit your head shape. When placed/kept in the hat you can shape/re-flange the brim and it will then hold as it is now shaped to your head. Getting the correct stretcher (they come in differant sizes/shapes). Several here have had... -
Show us their hats!
Circa 1910 Photo Postcard.....I love the Dandy Tie! -
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Derby, Western, Fedora...a Venerable Legend, THE Stetson 3X...BEFORE 1970!!!!
LOT of places (including hat shops, drycleaners (I have a thread devoted to this) and even Stetson themselves) professionally rebuilt hats . On yours the biggest tell is the "Selv-Edge" on the sweat (Your hat does not have a welted edge) as well as the pierced sweat (something stetson did not... -
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Derby, Western, Fedora...a Venerable Legend, THE Stetson 3X...BEFORE 1970!!!!
Very unusual addition.....that liner was not really seen on westerns outside an OR (true westerns used the "Last Drop" liner).....and that sweat with the "Selv-Edge" markings indicates a glued proccess welt edge (found on fedoras), which this hat does not have. Even the blocking tag is unusual... -
Derby, Western, Fedora...a Venerable Legend, THE Stetson 3X...BEFORE 1970!!!!
VERY SOFT......(as women's hats always were..... outside a western)...and YES the colors (other than the dove grey, which is seen in men's hats) are quite remarkable as are the linings. I like the linings as much as the hats. Could be VERY early 40's....I am guessing mid to late 30's based on... -
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Show us their hats!
I think it is a deep camber style...they do that when "snapped"........ -
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Derby, Western, Fedora...a Venerable Legend, THE Stetson 3X...BEFORE 1970!!!!
Something different for the thread, 3 ladies riding derby's sometimes called cob hats (short derby's, popular in the mid to late 19th century by young men and women). These are from the mid 30's and were quite popular at the time (Ginger Rogers is shown in several movies in a riding suit and... -
"Uncontested - The Champ"
Mid-1950's Champ Featherweight "Kasmir" finish...interesting grey/taupe with light grey three chord and bound edge.....not my size (I sure as hell wish it was)......so trade pile. Unlined with tip decoration only.... Awesome hat.....
