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  1. Midwest Boater

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

    i want to wear a fez in my house do i have to get an overstuffed leather chair and a fireplace (i have a pipe)?
  2. Midwest Boater

    Finally, my first "real" fedora!

    yes i was gonna ask about the bow or lack there of myself. the hat looks good on you , if it is a pug as i suspect it is , it sort of relaxes the fedora and makes the ribbon work. Maybe not in the boardroom but its not beach wear ether. A very nice crossover of a kind i haven't seen before. Plus...
  3. Midwest Boater

    The most expensive hat I'll ever own

    a really moving story, just a suggestion you could name your hat after the car ( if it was a worthy car that is). i had a hat with a name once but that's another story.
  4. Midwest Boater

    The BORSALINO BROTHERHOOD

    im loving that liner also , too bad you can't wear it inside out ;)
  5. Midwest Boater

    Post New Hats Here!

    ah yes the ol' anvil collection, that was good one
  7. Midwest Boater

    The BORSALINO BROTHERHOOD

    Thanks Sue And Tooch that hat is great its hard to believe it spent all those years rolled up like a cigar.
  8. Midwest Boater

    Post New Hats Here!

    im not an expert but i read on a post here that this label will say "Original House" on the older and better quality hats from Borsalino with the exception of hats actually sold in Italy that have always said "Antica Casa" i hope this helps and people that know better please correct me asap...
  9. Midwest Boater

    I'm in love

    very very nice, did you bash it yourself?
  10. Midwest Boater

    All You Need to Know About Hat Etiquette

    my two cents i forgot who told me this, but it was someone that i pay attention to, anyway they said if an establishment has a place to hang your hat then hang it up, if not you can wear it.
  11. Midwest Boater

    Help me please

    posting a pic of yourself in this excellent forum and soaking up all the positive feed back you get will help. you probably cant post pics yet but do it soon as you can. i assure you it will help, and by the way i do trust the folks here to tell me if a hat ive posted really didnt work for me.
  13. Midwest Boater

    THE SATIN FINISH/LONG HAIR CLUB

    here's my entry into this category of sweet hats its a borsalino twenty five, my favorite hat so far. more on the Borsalino brotherhood thread.
  14. Midwest Boater

    Costumey?

    i love these threads and read them all with great interest. gtdean48 hits the nail on the head for general purposes. very concise indeed. but here's the thing, no mater how comfortable we are in what ever we wear, if the wife or someone else held in that high esteem feels its over the top. is...
  15. Midwest Boater

    Show off your Porkpies

    this has to be the funniest post ive seen here yet. it is weeks later (since i first read it) and i still think back on this and laugh.lol lol lol
  16. Midwest Boater

    Pulling Off the Casual Look

    lots of good examples here, and jlagman i would say your doing fine. as for myself i may have gone a bit overboard. in my defiance it bone chilling cold here in Michigan and i still have to work outside plus holdup my personal since of style.
  17. Midwest Boater

    The BORSALINO BROTHERHOOD

    my application to the brotherhood and the mug of course i hope you all love this hat as much as i do
  19. Midwest Boater

    Show off your Porkpies

    sweet hat, the brim up one is what i picture in my mind when i hear porkpie exquisite.
  20. Midwest Boater

    So when did the boater sink from popular wear?

    there are lots of boaters in Elmer Gantry the movie was made in 1960, of course it may be set in an earlier time dose anyone know? (great movie for hats and a good movie all around i think) getting off topic i better stop now.
  21. Midwest Boater

    Hats of other colors than black, gray or brown/tan?

    what a fine colorful collection of hats , daizawaguy. and what a great photograph. i set this as my desktop. :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap
  22. Midwest Boater

    THE SATIN FINISH/LONG HAIR CLUB

    a hat room ... omg that trumps a man cave.
  23. Midwest Boater

    Did they really punch out their straw hats at the end of the season?

    for many years ive worn hats ranging from $10 - 40 USD very summer and even the nice ones when i got them out and ready to use in the spring had to be replaced , i may as well of been punching them out or tossing them into a thresher . now i have a nice brooks brothers boater that i would never...

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