Long story short.
I became friends with Linda who I bought this hat from she gave me free shipping and took 20 dollars off the hat and sold it to me instead of someone else who offered her more for it cause she liked me, it was stollen from me in the mail, post office wouldn't help, then it was...
I was wearing my Stetson Royal when i went food shopping with my girlfriend and we were getting coldcuts and this older lady said out of nowhere that "i look over powering in that hat!"
she said she thought i looked really good in it, and we had a conversation about hats and old movies...
i'm interested in picking up this hat, if i like the movie i might end up making the costume for it... i made a V for Vendetta one and custom made the hat...
same author as Watchmen to..
i think that was the hat store i visited while i was in Nyc during the holidays...
they had bowlers and fedoras of course...i think it was Worth & Worth, it was up stairs.
I'v been wearing my Alessandria lately.
I haven't been hear in ages...coming back here seeing everyones hats i'm wanting to make another purchase for something a bit different.
the sweat band goes straight down and the stitching just hits right into my forehead and leaves a crease..
yeah i think it has to be a little bigger. its a hat size 7. it fits really good but it was my second hat so I never had a perfect fitting hat so i thought this was how it should fit...
I haven't really worn it cause of the creasing on my brow..but i don't think hats are exchangeable...
when I come back to Ny in a few weeks I want to take it to bencraft see if they can do something about it.
I'm just gonna put it away back in my hat box and not mess with it.
it's such a...
Stoney,
thats exactly the problem. I started to do that, i flipped the sweat band out to give it a stretch then i tried to fold the stitch like you said.
the hat is new, so the sweatband and the stitching are so stiff. I'll keep at it.
right now i have some tissue between my head and the...
its just that hard stitching really cuts into my far head.
my stetson is the same size and the leather sweatband sits flat and smooth against my far head..
the alessandria's sweatband is sewn straight and the stitching is right there and just cuts in deep on my far head..i dont know why...
alright I was comparing the three hats that i have and I noticed the sweatbands are different...
heres the hat thats creasing my brow bad, its really uncomfortable compared to the other two hats...
Alessandria gray
borsalino brown.
Stetson Brown
Notice how the stetson and the borsalino...
man thats awful, didn't think of that sort of thing chemicals on a hat that can cause irritiation.
when i get back to ny, i'm gonna take it to ben craft see if they can stretch it or something, and have my other hat cleaned.
maybe that might do some good..
its just how its stitched i...
man my vintage stetson feels so soft and fits like a glove...
my new alessandria fits great doesn't get blown off my head but the stitch is just rough...
is there a way to soften that up or some way to make it more comfortable?
I put tissue there to stretch out that area.
only on the...
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