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How popular is the fedora in 2011? Are hats seeing a resurgance finally?
But - you're in Brooklyn, where they never went totally out of style. Or, at least they connoted old neighborhoods and not just old men. -
How popular is the fedora in 2011? Are hats seeing a resurgance finally?
And you can surely get a much higher-grade ballcap for $75 than you could a fedora. -
Stetson Nostalgia Discontinued?
Some of the info has to be considered proprietary. Especially so since Hatco is a privately held company. if they insisted on moving 3,000 Nostalgias a year, or even 300,000, there's little we can do to convince them except cough up the cash. (I did.) -
How popular is the fedora in 2011? Are hats seeing a resurgance finally?
I'd say they're reaching marginal acceptability - they're beginning to lose their outgroup connotations but they're not yet common. To hop on my pop music hobbyhorse, it's like hearing a 1930s recording in a tv spot - it's okay to do now, but not quite a trend. This, I think, is a good thing... -
Who gives hats a bad name?
Whose clock? He's a hired gun IMO. But it's a living. -
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What are you listening to?
You can bring Lizzie if she isn't too busy, but Don't Bring Lulu - Kay Kyser & Orch., 1935. The band right before their success, holding onto an intimate early '30s sound. The Ol' Perfesser, still awaiting appointment, and Sully Mason write out their invites including phrases of several "girl... -
Cedric Gibbons House for sale
Amazing how she can articulate it so well. Nobody over here in America could, or would. We threw out a world of stuff "just 'cause it's old." I guess as leaders of the free world, we didn't need a reason.- Fletch
- Post #12
- Forum: The Golden Era
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What are you listening to?
Fletch would like to apologize for the next selection. Is it at all crass or insensitive at this time to have a swing instrumental called Tidal Wave running thru one's head? I suppose you could call it Artichoke Number Three, or Harold Teen on Benzedrine, or anything, really. Fletcher... -
NYT piece: Hat-wearing minority gets no respect!
If journalism today is less of a calling and more of a bottom-line operation, then stereotyped fluff feature writing is a highly efficient revenue builder. It's quick, it's easy, it goes down smooth with the masses and can be counted on to snare the eyeballs of curmudgeons. -
Who gives hats a bad name?
I'm not in favor of shaven heads. The head is symbolic of reason, intelligence, and humanity, but when shaved, it resembles a blunt instrument. It always squicks me to see women with nice-looking hair next to men whose heads look like phallic weapons. But manliness today is performative, so... -
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BBC News - Boutique business: can a men's clothes shop thrive?
I think a men's clothes shop can thrive in a very rarefied market. It would benefit that shop today to be serious about e-commerce. That's very hard for a lot of traditional, quality-minded retail people. However, it can be and is being done.- Fletch
- Post #8
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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NYT piece: Hat-wearing minority gets no respect!
You made the point I didn't want to. I actually wouldn't give up my tilt and push-back for anything. -
NYT piece: Hat-wearing minority gets no respect!
Then we'll have to start wearing them like Hollywood badasses or military drill masters. Dead level, low in front, and stiff as a tin pot. That nonchalant tilt to the side that so many of us cultivate impresses nobody but us and certain, rare women. -
Conn 30M
Sadly, no...I can't let go of my 30M. I just had the cracked pinkie rollers replaced and it's doing things I never heard it do before. Mine's named Sandra, BTW, after someone I met in Vancouver years ago.- Fletch
- Post #2
- Forum: Classifieds
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Unpopular music opinions
There's a theory, which I don't necessarily endorse, that says the way to develop good taste in music is to first have lousy taste in music, and learn from it. -
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Stetson Nostalgia Discontinued?
Wasn't gray/black ribbon the only color available for the Nostalgia? That could actually have been part of the problem. -
Who gives hats a bad name?
Matt Drudge, who probably doesn't think he's Walter Winchell (anymore), but wouldn't object to anyone else thinking so. -
Leather Jackets from Noble House in Germany
Reading about their "Lost Contract" A-2 (supposedly based on the 1938 Aero 1711) makes me think they are making it too short on purpose, which is a shame.- Fletch
- Post #9
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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What are you listening to?
music to recover from bass saxophoning by Three Guesses - Ruby Newman & Orch., 1932. Boston's favorite society leader hits New York for a session and spots the snappy novelty trio The Funny Boners (sic). Mister Magician (Bring My Baby Back to Me) - Sam Robbins & Hotel McAlpin Orch., 1934... -
Popular songs from 1930-1940s
Oh, should you ever. A "definitive" list would be 1,000 songs or more, and even then you'd get folks kicking that their favorites were missing. It was a rich era for good quality music - either that or it just attracts lots of cranks. Maybe both!! lol
