jazzncocktails
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- Long Beach, California
Good news/bad news yesterday:
Good news: My Adam Premier Executive from Johnnyphi arrived in the mail yesterday...I've been waiting in anticipation.
It's a beautiful hat--the gray is somewhat darker than the photo, but it is still light--very much what I imagine the Moonstone to look like from the photos. And the ribbon and bow is incredible, the lavender color complementing the gray tones nicely.
Bad news: it doesn't fit. Not anywhere close.
While the tag says 7 3/8, it fits like a 7 1/4 or smaller. Normally, a 7 3/8 is a hair big on me in a new hat, and some shrinkage is necessary during initial wear for it to size to my head. This lid, unfortunately, is already a size or more too small.
So, first, do you recommend stretching this vintage hat? There's a Village Hat Shop location in town, so I can easily pick up a Hat Jack. But given the vintage, unworn nature of this hat, I'm concerned about damaging it.
And if I do stretch it, do you recommend steaming and drying the hat band while the lid is being stretched? That's the advice offered on the VHS website. I've done some searching on FL but haven't come up with a whole lot more than the knee-tug method of stretching.
Thanks for any advice you can offer,
Steve
Good news: My Adam Premier Executive from Johnnyphi arrived in the mail yesterday...I've been waiting in anticipation.
It's a beautiful hat--the gray is somewhat darker than the photo, but it is still light--very much what I imagine the Moonstone to look like from the photos. And the ribbon and bow is incredible, the lavender color complementing the gray tones nicely.
Bad news: it doesn't fit. Not anywhere close.
While the tag says 7 3/8, it fits like a 7 1/4 or smaller. Normally, a 7 3/8 is a hair big on me in a new hat, and some shrinkage is necessary during initial wear for it to size to my head. This lid, unfortunately, is already a size or more too small.
So, first, do you recommend stretching this vintage hat? There's a Village Hat Shop location in town, so I can easily pick up a Hat Jack. But given the vintage, unworn nature of this hat, I'm concerned about damaging it.
And if I do stretch it, do you recommend steaming and drying the hat band while the lid is being stretched? That's the advice offered on the VHS website. I've done some searching on FL but haven't come up with a whole lot more than the knee-tug method of stretching.
Thanks for any advice you can offer,
Steve