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  1. vonwotan

    Is your fedora tipped?

    Unless it's dead still outside I have trouble wearing my hat at a jauntier angle. My head shape seems to make it difficult - I can only manage a slight angle or small shift forward or back.
  2. vonwotan

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

    Marty, Great hat! I like Worth & Worth and they do still make that model. I used to go there when they still had their retail store in NYC. Now they have a showroom that you can still visit and an incredible number of fabrics for caps and a good variety of felt hats...
  3. vonwotan

    What happened to growing your own chow?

    All I can tell you for sure is that one of my goals, at some time in the future, would be to have a place in the country where I could, at least in theory, live entirely off the grid, grow my own food, etc. If I had the money for it, I would love to have a "gentleman's" farm that would provide...
  4. vonwotan

    Navy Blue Optimo - Thank you fedoralover!

    Fedoralover's photo gets closer to the color than mine. I am having a heck of a time trying to get a clear shot and keep the very deep navy color while still showing the details... At least these two are clear. By the way - nobody tell Art that's a Jazzman proping up the new Optimo...
  5. vonwotan

    Optimo Navy Blue Fedora for sale

    I can't thank fedoralover enough for picking this hat out of the dross and making it available to us here on the FL.
  7. vonwotan

    Optimo Navy Blue Fedora for sale

    Sefton, I have posted a few in the Hat forum. I'll try to do it more justice tomorrow when I have better light.
  8. vonwotan

    Optimo Navy Blue Fedora for sale

    Sold. I love my new hat!:D
  9. vonwotan

    Navy Blue Optimo - Thank you fedoralover!

    Here are a few. I'll try for some better quality photos tomorrow in the daylight.
  10. vonwotan

    Navy Blue Optimo - Thank you fedoralover!

    Thanks to fedoralover I now have my new Optimo 'Manhattan' in navy blue and I'm thrilled!!! No photos yet, I've only just returned from our condo assoc. meeting and opened the box. The hat is a beautiful deep navy with a bound edge (1/4"), roughly two inch brim and five inch crown and 1...
  11. vonwotan

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    We are watching Chariots of Fire. I forgot how much I enjoyed this movie, the scenery, the clothing and the hats.
  13. vonwotan

    Hats from beyond the Iron Curtain

    This article doesn't really discuss hats or specific clothing in the former USSR however, the section on Soviet Style mentions the development of a "clothing production industry" instead of a "fashion industry" based on "fashion trends approved by the all-Union conferences." From this I would...
  14. vonwotan

    Gentlemen: The most beautiful actress from the beginning of film up to the 50's....

    Would Capucine meet the pre-1950 requirement? I know most of her career was a bit later but, most of the obvious choices, Grace Kelly, Audrey Hepburn, Vivien Leigh, Louise Brooks, et al. have been mentioned. She was, perhaps, my second crush? After Fran Jeffries who's carreer did not begin...
  15. vonwotan

    Hats from beyond the Iron Curtain

    Unfortunately I don't really know the answer to your question but, from our last trip to Russia, it did seem that there were more people wearing hats that many other places we have visited. I would imagine that with the cold weather and lack of certain amenities well into the 1980's hats...
  16. vonwotan

    How You Gonna Cook That Bird?

    For those interested in the history of cooking or recipes These recipes are taken from a New York Times article, The Secrets of the Carver. An Early English Dinner – Studies in the Operative Surgery of Animals by Juliet Corson, published on March 1, 1896. The venison recipe comes from Mme...
  17. vonwotan

    How You Gonna Cook That Bird?

    After cooking Turkeys any number of ways over the years, this year, I've dug up some historical recipies and descriptions of meals and opted for stuffed chukar partridge from a recent, and perhaps last, hunt with my dog, venison, several vegetable sides and, my own fresh baked bread. After the...
  19. vonwotan

    Show Us Your OVERCOATS

    Here is an old favourite in need of some TLC. I've had it since 1993 and the worst wear seems to be pilling and and a few stiches loose around the velvet in the collar.
  20. vonwotan

    Men's Underwear Basics: Underwear, Undershirts

    My preference these days is for the hybrid "boxer-briefs" from a company called Staples in Canada. They make them from silk that stretches and they cover the elastic in the waist. I find them more comfortable and easier to wear under well tailored trousers. I used to wear boxers but, most now...
  21. vonwotan

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

    My Art Fawcett Jazzman. It is my favourite fedora followed by my vintage Borsalino stingy brim in a fuzzy rich medium brown. I saw a similar Borsalino in blue listed recently for auction but it's a bit too large so I could not justify paying the amount the seller wanted. Besides, I'm...
  22. vonwotan

    The Cap Faction

    I know it's not PC but, I have to say that our Hadley seems to makes most hats look better... ;)
  23. vonwotan

    The many Virtues of the Bow Tie (Send Pics)

    Referring back to the original post - another virtue of the bow tie is you won't dip it in the soup when eating. I wore my first bow ties in grammar school. It was still within the dress code but stood out, and I still tell people that I began weating them since I was always dipping my...

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