Wow, that's a broad question! It depends on what your budget is and exactly what you are looking for.
If you want the best new hat that money can buy, you should contact Art Fawcett or Optimo hats to have a custom hat made.
The Fedora Store offers a semi-custom hat that looks pretty good...
I can't answer the question specifically, but having lived here in France for a while I get the impression that hat wearing died off much earlier and more definatively here in Europe than in the States.
Yes, Classic Fedora in tan. The Christys' hats I got from Hornets are of comparable quality as far as the felt is concerened, but the sweatbands were not carefully installed.
My Hat Centre hat arrived to-day.
Overall, I think it's a real bargain for the money. Here are my impressions:
Negative:
Sweatband is top-stitched at the brim-break, not stitched higher up and through the reed as are most American hats. This is my main gripe against European hats.
The...
I'm back in Amiens to-day, wearing my VS thin-ribbon. Behind me is "The Belfry":
and here I am in front of the world's largest gothic cathedral:
back in the olden days (10th century) the entire cathedral would have been painted in lots of vivid colors.
Great hat, Barrowjh! I too have been tempted to try one of these very hats, but as I already have two on order from Art, I'll have to wait. I've been dying to see pictures of the Beaver Brand customs and I'm sure a lot of others here have been, too.
That factory bash looks just about perfect...
Spent the day sight-seeing and shopping in Paris wearing a Resistol kitten finish 2 1/8" brim:
Riding the Metro (kind of pooped-out):
Sitting in the rain over the river Seine:
In front of Notre Dame:
Diazawaguy: I've had two Christys' hats from Hornet's. The felt is nice and I liked the style, but the sweat-bands were sewn in well above the brim break, which I find uncomfortable as the stitching rubs my forehead:
Also, the ribbons were stitched on rather clumsily. But the hat pictured...
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