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  1. Bird Lives

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

    Thanks 'moon'....thats a great compliment, especially coming from you....you are always styling....I agree with 'mm' about this Gannon....You are "Rockin it," Period! I've always loved deep bashes, and this one would hold a couple litres, I love it! It's like the "Laura Hat" on steroids...}8^))...
  2. Bird Lives

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

    So the original Homburg was made for Edward VII.....Man, your posts @mayserwegener are treasures.....
  3. Bird Lives

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

    Looks like Stetsons and Biltmores ruled the day....All look really nice...I want that Whippet.....And it looks like Reese Whitherspoon did deliever Fruno's hat...and stayed long enough to pose for a couple shots....;) And Bob, that NOS Canadian Biltmore has me drooling....schweeet! Today I wore...
  4. Bird Lives

    The BORSALINO BROTHERHOOD

    I agree....words fall short....these are like Jazz needs to be heard....and these just have to be seen....or preferably worn....They can't be discribed...
  5. Bird Lives

    How To Pull Off A Fedora/Trilby Dress Hat

    You know Connery always loved Guerlain's Jicky and Habit Rouge....I share his afinity for Habit Rouge but have never found any Jicky to try....I'm dying to, I hear it's one you never forget, you either can't live without it or you hate it, but you'll never forget it....}8^))
  6. Bird Lives

    G.B.Borsalino Fu Lazzaro & C. <1936

    Simply Resplendent....and you look great wearing it....what a timeless design...If I hadn't read this, I probably would have thought a Lord's Hat...but from now on, "Mode Hut".... Tks....
  7. Bird Lives

    How To Pull Off A Fedora/Trilby Dress Hat

    I concur with the above sentiments....Bob in that Camp Draft is killin....somthing about a thin ribbon, and BR knows how to rock it! A hat like that does require being comfortable in your own skin...and Bob definitely is....and when you are, they look fantastic. A little about getting...
  8. Bird Lives

    More Akubra advice please

    I second BR's sentiment, although I would have to give preference to the thin ribbon...};^))
  9. Bird Lives

    All You Need to Know About Hat Etiquette

    One thing I noticed, the tables have hat hooks and the counter doesn't....and counters have always been a hats on environment. I learned that from Gary Cooper movies...}8^)). :D....thats funny and clever too....And I agree, I've always thought ladies looked great and little girls cute in a...
  10. Bird Lives

    Lock & Co.

    This quote is 9 years old...And I have seen NEW Lock & Co. unlined Fedoras on sale ftom $170 to $235 at several merchants this past Holiday Season...This would include the Sandown, Wetherby, and a hat that looked very much like the Chelsea.... Repeat, this wasn't a resale price but a sale price....
  11. Bird Lives

    Restaurant Hat Issues

    Nows thats rare, and does deserves recognition, praise and applause...
  12. Bird Lives

    Restaurant Hat Issues

    I can see, you guys have some pretty clever ways of adapting the rooms environment....lol I try to do the same...But some lessons that I have learned the hard way... 1. If I have set it on the table, someone ALWAYS spills something on it! It's a law of nature... 2. If sat on a chair, someone...
  13. Bird Lives

    Restaurant Hat Issues

    I'd have to ask....You can't trust them these days... Once I had a waitress in an upscale resturant in Istanbul ask me if she could take my hat, and I thought it was cool....I went to wash my hands and saw her throw it in an open space under the cash register....After leaving the Wash Closet I...
  14. Bird Lives

    Lock & Co.

    Since I'm trying to reboot this Lock & Co. Thread...I'm including this link to a thread here at the Lounge intitled "Lock & Co. Video" This tread contains several vids...The one I posted is an interview with Sue Simpson the managing Director of Lock & Co..I think it's a great interview, and very...
  15. Bird Lives

    What UK hats are still made in the UK

    I stumbled upon a blog about products made in the UK...Here is the link to the part about hats... This was published in 2014...I know this tyoe of info changes every so often...maybe too fast these days....Please pardon me if this has already been posted...
  16. Bird Lives

    Lock & Co.

    I was going to start a Lock & Co thread but I see there is one....and not with much activity, last post 9 years ago....Maybe this is silly but....Maybe there are some folks that would enjoy it... It appears many of Locks Fedoras and Trilbys are blocked and made in Manchester... There is a tag...
  17. Bird Lives

    Lock & Co.

    I found a stumbled upon a blog that lists various products that are still made in the UK and if not where...Here is the link concerning hats: https://ukmade.wordpress.com/2014/02/03/british-made-hats-and-british-made-scarves-hats-made-in-the-uk-scarves-made-in-the-uk/ Pardon me if this has been...
  18. Bird Lives

    Show us your Guns!

    Same way here in WA...thats how it should be I believe....If you have the CCP, then that permit is validation of the extensive background check...If anything contrary to those results had surfaced or happened since, that card would have been revoked....Sounds to me like the right way to handle...
  19. Bird Lives

    Lock & Co.

    Wow, Mike that Lock is perfect! I bet you have gotten scores of compliments on that one! Thanks for sharing this one again....What vintage would this one be ? The design is timeless...
  20. Bird Lives

    Lock & Co.

    ;) I second that....And I am knocked out with the hat....I bought it on sale just after Black Fri. a year ago at Brooks Bros for just under $170, reg. Marked price $388....and wore it into Bernie Utz Hat shop in downtown Seattle. There were several $300 hats there that I have liked in the past...

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