I like the 1940's NYPD uniforms, the late 1960's through late 1970's LAPD uniforms. The 1815 Gendarme and French Imperial Fussiler Uniforms(there were many variations) the 1930's London Met Police uniforms. The best modern uniform is the Italian Carabinieri uniforms.
I won't let anybody try my hat on. I don't care if she is the most drop dead gorgeous lady in the world. Sometimes they have to be told NO. I've told models who were a 10 and should be on the front cover of Vogue, "No, you can NOT try on my hat." Many times they will become even more attracted...
Today a gentleman told me I was the best dressed man he has ever seen in his 25 years of living. I was wearing a bespoke 1926 navy blue double breasted suit with gray pinstripes, a bluish Gray 1940's Stetson Whippet fedora with a 2 5/8 inch brim in a teardrop crown, a white Egyptian cotton shirt...
The Far Majority of men kept their hats on inside in the Golden Era. It was only bad manner to keep it on if it was an intimate setting, Fine dining, house room, courtroom. I have many relatives who are in their 90's and early 100's who have told me this. After seeing many pictures of the...
Raw edges tend to look wider in the same brim width than brims with a finished edge.(Bound, Cav, Welt) So if you are wearing a very wide lapel, a 2 1/2 or 2 3/8 raw edge will usually looks much better than a finished edge in that brim width. Also If you are wearing a meduim lapel on the skinner...
Also for those who have narrower faces, if your face is longer and/or have high cheekbones this allows you to wear wider brims and fuller, non tapered crowns than people with narrow faces that do not have those characteristics.
When you have a very full crown and a wider brim make sure the...
Back on topic , I find if you are going to wear a wider lapel, it usually helps to have a fuller crown in your hat.
Also if you have along neck, and a narrow face, and like wide brims, wearing a high widespread or cutaway collar helps balance the brim width with ones facial and body dimensions.
Also given the right outfit, and right individual, I don't see how more formal hats are "costumey". Top hats and homburgs I think are the height of Elegance in terms of headgear, specifically top hats. Here is my homburg.
I usually try to keep things simple and try to harmonize every part of the ensemble to complement each other and most of all my personality. BTW the hat is now Edward's hat.
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