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Burns Saddlery in Salina, Utah
Those are some crazy shapes! I wonder if or how they impact how the hat sits on the head - specifically the arrowhead and heart. -
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Stetson Stratoliner Premier Open Crown
Do you mean HatsDirect are no more, or the hat model is no more? HatsDirect are very definitely still around, I just placed an order with them for a bluegrass green Campdraft. -
How do folks react to your hat wearing?
Just wanted to share this: I saw a middle-aged chap in a chesterfield overcoat wearing a black bowler hat in Clapham (Southwest London) yesterday. I thought it would out of place in this day and age, but given the number of people in London wearing fedoras/trilbies these days, he looked very... -
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Christy's of London
I have a homburg from Lock - it's great, but I certainly won't be buying any more hats from them. Susquehana might be an untapped resource. -
Christy's of London
Yeah, you're not the only one to be disappointed by Christys' taking shortcuts with some of their craftsmanship - I've returned a few of their hats. The general consensus of TFL seems to be along the lines that their hats are kind of ok, but are best viewed as hats for people who have so-far... -
Tips for best "all weather" hat
Pretty much any Akubra would probably do fine as an interim hat if you want one fast. I would ask though, clearly you've worn your hat for a long time, but have you worn many different hats? I just wonder if you would be better off, if you have the money to be able to afford custom, getting a... -
Inner hat circumference vs. head circumference - the same or a bit larger?
Where does that size chart come from? Clearly these are US sizes, but I've seen other US companies use size charts based on cm, so the inch values were had crazy long digits. It's interesting to see a size chart based upon the inch values, rather than cm values which I am used to seeing in the... -
Ivory Dinner Jackets and When to Wear Them
I agree with you on that - although I think it is primarily the humidity that is the issue, if we had dry heat it would be so much nicer. -
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Ivory Dinner Jackets and When to Wear Them
I agree with regards to trying to wear a black pocket square with an ivory DJ its constuminess. I had read the rule about not wearing ivory DJs in the UK outside of the Last Night of the Proms. It feels appropriate to me - even if I had one, I would save it for warmer climates. -
Ivory Dinner Jackets and When to Wear Them
The Black Tie Guide is a great resource - I don't think it's sad that it doesn't get updated anymore - black tie is still black tie, any updates are mainly just in the blog or pictures of people doing black tie badly. ;) -
What Sense Does A Cummerbund Make?
Jaxenro, now you've got me wondering how one would create a cummerbund for trousers worn hanging down like that. An absurdity, but an amusing one.- Zoukatron
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Ivory Dinner Jackets and When to Wear Them
The traditional rules dictate that the tie should ALWAYS be black. Matching that black tie with a burgundy cummerbund works fine. Essentially, as long as an accessory is surrounded by black (i.e. the pocket square, cummerbund or waistcoat), you can get away with varying the colour (and I think... -
Ivory Dinner Jackets and When to Wear Them
Black tie and burgundy pocket square would be absolutely fine (assuming you're fine with none-white pocket squares - depends how strict you are). The convention of ties and pocket squares matching is very much associated in the modern era with rented attire - just think of the black tie and... -
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Looking for hat information?
One of the director's at Lock mentioned in an interview that they use a manufacturer in the Manchester area (I've been trying to work out who), so unless something has changed I don't think they use Christy's, at least currently. If the quality of the worksmanship in the Bates hats matches... -
Looking for hat information?
There are already some threads on the qualities of these hats. I can't speak for Bates, having not handled any of their stock, but I can speak for Christy's, Lock and Laird. Christy's have nice felt and (for a theoretically London based company) a reasonable price for the quality of that felt... -
Looking for hat information?
The colours don't look like they match up with anything that Lock, Bates, Christy's or Laird currently put out (if the colours in the picture are not true, there are a couple Bates hats it could be), however, the ribbon could have been replaced. -
Getting your stripes in order.
At least they were fairly consistent with how those jackets didn't match up. -
Getting your stripes in order.
Looking at jackets where the stripes do and do not match up between the lapels and the collar... I don't feel I could accept a jacket where they don't match up. To me that seems like a minimum to expect (especially if the jacket has peaked lapels). The shoulders I would not expect to match up at...
