Joao - hat suits you well, and the beach looks a great place.
AnA - I have Homburg envy.
Eric - thanks for sharing those photos. Looks like a good day out. The VS Wandererlooks great, but I love the ribbon on that Stetson.
Alan - great straw - I can see why you left off the pugaree -...
There are some colour photographs available from the 30's and 40's, the American Library of Congress holds quite a collection. There's even some home movie film available from the UK (a search for for George Wain will bring up some wonderful footage). Contemporary book and magazine illustrations...
Sadly we're very poorly served by hatters in the UK.
I don't know of any custom hat makers, or even hat repairers.
Manufacturers wise Christy's (not their cheap crown series) and Olney still block hats in the UK. Straw boaters are still made in Luton. Failsworth are still going, but don't seem...
Manfred - thanks!
Eric - Looks good - I like the natural pinch
HatsRMe (Charlie?) - A nice pair of hats. The Stetson is particularly fine.
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I've spared you the sight of my pale legs contrasting unfavourably with...
Perry - Thanks - the Bloomsbury group certainly led a different lifestyle.
GTDean - nice Western.
Neophyte - that stitching truly makes the hat stand out.
Denton - very nice Milan.
RBH - three fine looking gentlemen in three fine looking hats.
HistoryTeach - lovely pork-pie. We need more...
Another trip across to Sussex today. Standing outside Charleston House - home of Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell, and the holiday home of the Bloomsbury group. If you're interested in art from the first half of the 20th Century, Virginia Woolf or even the economist John Maynard-Keynes it's well...
David - that Adventurebilt looks great - casual enough for a T-shirt, smart enough for a suit.
Andy - great colour felt on the Borsalino - looks good on you.
TJ - Nice OR. The style suits you.
Sam- Great Superfine.
Alan- Great straw that Balibuntal and a lovely pug.
Perry - good to know the...
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