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  1. GregNYC

    NYC corporate execs wear baseball caps with overcoats!

    Er, uh, I had my 101st Airborne cap on w/ A-2 jacket, but>> that's only till I pick up a fedora!
  2. GregNYC

    NYC - only one fedora sighting in midtown yesterday :-(

    So all revved from a day lurking and writing on this forum, I went out at 5:30 to walk across town from Lexington Ave. to 8th Ave., from 45th to 41st street. That's the heart of midtown. Only one fedora, and it was one of the limo coordinators for our building. With a matching cashmere...
  3. GregNYC

    NYC corporate execs wear baseball caps with overcoats!

    It's an abomination to my old-skool eyes.
  4. GregNYC

    You know what's amazing about hats?

    Yes, it's happened to me many times. I think it's how we all get educated and acculturated to what we like, through the feedback of others. I see it as a give and take. The biggest shock to my style system came in my youth, when I lived at the beach during the year but on a ranch in the...
  5. GregNYC

    Questions from a newcomer!

    Thanks for the encouragement!!! I'll go for it!
  6. GregNYC

    You know what's amazing about hats?

    [comments from a newbie!!] It's amazing that such slight differences cut and design can say such vastly different things. It's as though hats are extremely sensitive symbols of a wide variety of masculine life. Here in NYC, a black hat in a high crown and a wide brim can look like an...
  7. GregNYC

    Tips on doing an ebay hat search??

    Thanks - that's the one! (nt) -no text-
  8. GregNYC

    Anyone in NYC who could give me hat tips?

    I'd love to go visit a hattier like J.J.'s with a knowledgeable person to show me the ins and outs. I can return the favor if you're interested in watches, shoes or classic men's fragrances! But hats - I'm a total noob, and all this enthusiasm is getting to me. Not to mention, here's my...
  9. GregNYC

    Tips on doing an ebay hat search??

    :fedora: I remember seeing a few posts with good keywords to include for a good search, as well as some boolean exclusion words too. Could someone kindly repost that info? Thanks!
  10. GregNYC

    Questions from a newcomer!

    Hello all, Glad to have found this place! I'm a nostalgia buff in every thing: literature, movies, military and civilian attire, shoes/boots, shaving, colognes, watches, pens, pencils, paper, typography, graphic design, automobiles, music, you name it. My father was a friend of Walter...
  11. GregNYC

    avirex?

    Avirex A-2s are painted I was in the Avirex store in NYC and noticed a nick in one of the A-2s at the shoulder. You saw the un-died leather color underneath. So I asked the manager whether the A-2s are painted or died (drum-died or vegetable-died). In a few days she called me back and said...

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