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Stampede Strings, Wind Trolleys and Super Glue: How do you keep your hat on?
I find that the best propohylaxsis against losing a hat to the wind is to wear a hat that really, actually fits. Hats that are either a tad too big or a scoche too small will be more easilly lifted from your head. That said, when the breeze gets sufficiently strong, there is no substitute... -
I also posted this on AAAC
Have you ever been to a ball game and not noticed that the idiot players wear their caps with the neck protector up front? Sheesh. Buzz -
Dimensional brims
Between...what?...1970 and 1985 I must have bought seven or eight hats in the Herbert Johnson shop, Grosvenors and Poets. I can't remember anyone ever discussing proportional brims or offering it as an option, even at additional cost. Buzz -
Ok, so what's up here?
Not to undercut Gary White, but... I regularly buy custom hats from Gary and pay a fraction of $2,500. They're not cheap, mind you, but nowhere near $2,500, and he seems to provide the same services as the other guy. Okay, maybe Gary doesn't hire hunters to go out and kill kangaroos for... -
Summer Hat In Winter?
If its hot I wear straw, which in Baltimore, was well into autumn. If I am going to Fenway, I wear a baseball cap, even in April and October. I let the climate and occasion direct my choice of hat. Buzz -
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Appropriate times to wear a fedora
That would be a top hat with a tail suit and white tie...absolutely appropriate and perfect! But with a tuxedo??? Yuch!!! Buzz -
Appropriate times to wear a fedora
A top hat??!! With a tuxedo???!!! The shame...the SHAME! Buzz -
Bad Fortune
Thank you, Lefty, it is a comfort to know that this is a widely shared superstition. It also seems to be very grandparental, though our grandfathers may have been of the last generation to habitually wear hats. For what it is worth, I have instilled the same sense of dread in my... -
Bad Fortune
I am new here, so forgive me if this matter of hat etiquette has been covered in the past. I was brought up to believe that it is extremely unlucky to put your hat on a bed. In fact, my grandfather who was in the hat business insisted that putting one's hat on the bed was a death wish. Does... -
Appropriate times to wear a fedora
There are people out there...and you know whom you are...who believe that it is a faux pas ever to wear anything so informal as a fedora with a tuxedo. Buzz -
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Appropriate times to wear a fedora
Well, that really depends upon what time the party started the evening before... Buzz -
What I learned on a Saturday afternoon ...
It is what I used to say when I lived down in what I considered the South...at least south of the Mason/Dixon Line, in Baltimore... Life is too long to live in Washington! Buzz -
Appropriate times to wear a fedora
Except during straw hat season or at Fenway Park, I wear a fedora pretty much every time I leave home, regardless of my attire or the occasion. A fedora is a very versatile hat, especially when compared to, say, a Homburg, which is more formal, a bowler, which raises all kinds of etiquette... -
They all think I am mad
Oh, just to have enough hair anymore to ever again have hat hair! It is to dream (insert heavy sigh). Buzz -
They all think I am mad
I have worn a hat every day since 1975, when I walked into the old Herbert Johnson shop in New Bond Street in London and bought a Grosvenor fedora in dark grey. I fell hard for the salesman's spiel that it was the same hat that they had for decades sold to Bogart. Many people now think I... -
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To the hat aficionados...
Just off the top of my head I would suggest getting a job as a tour guide. Buzz -
How many hats do you have...?
I am fortunate that my wife likes hats, too. In fact, I have had a couple of my felt fedoras done up for her by Gary White...he'll put on a contrasting ribbon with a nifty bow treatment at the back rather than the side and my wife dents them herself and wears them a lot. I am further fortunate... -
In Support of Brick and Mortar Hat Shops
While I have never been in his brick and mortar shop in Buffalo, I am a regular Gary White customer. I have purchased four or five panamas from Milton Johnson at his shop in Santa Fe. Gary and Milton both have my size and preferences on file, so shopping with them via telephone is simple and... -
Gary White contact number
Gary White, The Custom Hatter 1318 Broadway Street Buffalo, NY 14212-1705 (716) 896-3722 In fact, I spoke with him just yesterday. Tell Gary, "Hello!" from Buzz. I just sent him two more felts to revive from their near-death experiences and he has a new fedora and two cleaned hats on... -
How many hats do you have...?
Alas, no. I prefer a raw edge on my felts so I cannot comment on Gary's other edge treatments. However, I can say that he has great ribbons! Buzz
