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Miller Hats Winston Homburg
Like I said, I pinched mine just to make mine fit better. It seems trickier to me, though, as a typically stiffer hat, as the process of messing around with it will tend to make it less stiff in spots? Not to mention the challenges involved in modifying a pencil curl. Of course, mine wasn't... -
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Brim Curls: Kettles, Pencill, etc.
Just another ill-informed surmise here, but I believe this style has been preferred by black men, who we can thank for the continued existence of the Homburg in the US. Hence the surprising range of light colors, for men who dress up for a broader range of social occasions than most in the US. -
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Miller Hats Winston Homburg
Also, if Meyer's in New Orleans is geographically convenient, they advertise a Biltmore, which I think is where the Miller hats usually come from. -
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Miller Hats Winston Homburg
Well, I can't complain about my Beaver, but I got it pretty cheap from someone who couldn't wear it due to change of hat size (!) It's just as well, as I had to mess around with it a little to get a comfortable fit. It's my size, but they're stiff hats and of course it doesn't conform exactly... -
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The International Wool Felt Consortium
I prefer my wool beret, to a hypothetical beret made of anything else. As to my wool crusher fedora, if I ever get it back, as it was spirited away to a remote Canadian island village shortly after I got it, I'll let you know. It is, or was, Golden Gate's "Softee" material. I suspect that fur... -
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Brim Curls: Kettles, Pencill, etc.
Well, I have little knowledge of this myself, but maybe if we make enough questionable assertions here, someone will be annoyed enough to offer some specifics. My impression has been that the hats you see in Westerns do indeed have more curl, than the European homburg, but by this I mean the... -
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Miller Hats Winston Homburg
It looks great to me. If you decide it suits you, I hope you'll follow up with your observations and maybe a photo or two. -
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The Long Oval Unfortunate's Club
I have a couple hats here at hand, and am trying to guess what kind of swoopy we're talking about? When I wear a hat that's a little rounder than my head, which is usually the case, it seems to exaggerate the `snap'. The worst case is actually the perfectly unswoopy brim - no snap, no... -
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Self-Conscious?
I'd be even uglier without one, so I feel somewhat compelled to wear it, for the sake of others. -
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Multiple things I would like to say
Just from the picture, and "crushable", if you hadn't said it was fur felt, I would have guessed wool. At any rate, it's a casual style, and if it suits you, for $20 it's a deal. For more of a "dress" style, that's where it gets difficult. It might be a good idea to look for something with... -
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Bowlers making a comback?
I'll be thinking of you when I put mine on Sunday. I believe I'll be playing tuba - I've tried my hand at the damned squeeze box, but it doesn't seem to be in me at this point. If our squeeze box player wears a hat, it will likely be a baseball cap. -
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Bowlers making a comback?
I'm not a big watcher of movies, but I think the bowler shows up in enough Westerns to have a little of that connotation, in the US. On town folk, as alluded to by rlk. But I think a more vivid image is `carnie' - maybe a very nice light colored suit with tails, or not all that nice with just... -
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Rabbits and Beavers
For what it's worth, I found your perspective on this point very interesting and informative. -
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Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest
In the "defeats" category: Nice looking 7 1/2 Borsalino, for just over $60 counting postage. I might have put up a stiffer fight, but am wearing a nice Dobbs Guild Edge that just came in the mail a few minutes ago, so it's easier to let one go. It has a kind of velvety look in the photos, so... -
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All You Need to Know About Hat Etiquette
Funny to see this thread drug back from the dead today. Coincidentally, this afternoon when I ventured forth, just up the block I encountered a gentleman who stops by once in a while to read the electric meter. Long hair, long beard, orange reflective vest and a red "ball cap". Along with his... -
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Sellers Guide for Dress Hats on Ebay
Math. I wish I could find an example, because I don't remember the exact wording, but I'm sure I'm not the only one who's seen it - the guy doesn't know the hat size, so rather than try to measure the circumference, he provides lengthwise and crosswise dimensions and claims that the... -
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Musician's hats
"Musicians as a whole" is a pretty broad category. Bagpiper? Symphony violinist? Lounge pianist? Kora player in Senegal? Still, they might wear hats more, just because as performers they would be apt to wear costumes, and a hat is an easy costume element. If we're talking about popular... -
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Berets, Anyone?
Of course, this is about the beret with no leather sweatband. The local hat shop stocks some French berets with leather sweatbands, very nice - I suppose that if the beret material doesn't also have to serve in place of the sweatband, it can be a little finer. But size was very tricky, and...
