Art Fawcett VS Hall of Fame

[tropicalbob]

Thanks, everyone, for your responses. The style of my one VS, a Milan straw, was taken from an old hat I saw on Etsy, but it looked so old that I didn't worry about it. I was just concerned in this case about asking Art to do something that might not be 100% kosher or that could get him in trouble. The source of my lust, by the way, is a little number in whiskey with a three-inch brim. And I think I've got it bad.

 

[bradlon727]

Just got my kit from Art. Looking at the felt samples I'm curious about coyote. Just wondering if someone could post a photo of a hat made with this felt.
Thanks,
Brad

 

[g.durand]

Brad,

I'm not familiar with it. It's not in the samples I got from Art almost two years ago and doesn't show on his website. I also don't think anyone has posted photos of it. It must be new. A photo would help.

 

[konadog]

here are the felts Art sent me a few weeks ago in different lightings...

 

[barrowjh]

Thanks, konadog, those samples help, helps me see where coyote 'fits' in the lineup.

 

[Simon82]

Don't know how to post it in the site's new format, but my high-crown 30s center dent Artlite (posted in this thread a few weeks ago) is in coyote.

 

[g.durand]

Simon--I went back and looked at it. Looks like a great color.

 

[Simon82]

It really is. Art described it as having reddish tones, as opposed to pecan's greenish tint and whiskey's golden, and it's a shade lighter than chocolate.

 

[shrek]

Very apt descriptions. I have Art's coyote. Beautiful grade of fel as is the hat he crafted for me. Sorry no pics as I don't have those skills.

 

[LuvMyMan]

Thanks everyone! This is my fourth piece of Art and I'm constantly amazed every time!

As great as it looks now, it looks much better in person! Art and I found that it is sometimes hard to capture the Cabernet felt color in photos, since it tends to look lighter in most photos like in mine and the photos Art sent to me to test different ribbon colors. The felt is dark, with the closest look being the pic where I'm wearing it and the ones on Art's site of the original inspiration, Round Minight.

The ribbon design was me unable to settle with one ribbon color out of the four Art picked out for me and deciding to re-use the idea I had from my previous Art fedora, but having him show the second color ribbon on this hat show more than he did on the previous hat.

Previous hat/ribbon design:



New hat/ribbon design:

WOW I sure like the color of that hat! Amazing hat ribbon work as well....a BEAUTIFUL hat you have! Art Fawcett did an amazing job!

 

[kaosharper1]

Wow. I've been out of the country for a month and the whole site's changed. Art: Hope all's well. I wore the midnight blue version of the Stendahl (the hat in my avatar) and received many nice compliments. Even in Milan!

 

[AMGbullitt]

Art I hope recovery is going well. Wishing you all the very best.

 

[konadog]

here are some pics of my attempt at rebashing my VS to a more tapered crown that suits me better. will send to Art to reband and rework professionally once i get the one he'll make me soon.

 

[Jauntyone]

Hi everyone! I just recently got this beautiful hat; it's Art's Confederate gray, has a 2 3/8" brim and a nice full crown. It's in dress weight felt and it's open-crown, so I play around with it before I decide on a definitive crease. The feather is my own addition!
Thanks Art!

 

[RJR]

It looks good,jauntyone.

 

[hatophile]

Beautiful, nice to see you around again Jaunty.

 

[Jauntyone]

Thanks, guys! I'm always around, just don't have time to post.

 

[moontheloon]

View attachment 38912 View attachment 38913 View attachment 38914 View attachment 38915 View attachment 38916 Hi everyone! I just recently got this beautiful hat; it's Art's Confederate gray, has a 2 3/8" brim and a nice full crown. It's in dress weight felt and it's open-crown, so I play around with it before I decide on a definitive crease. The feather is my own addition!
Thanks Art!

such a great classic look

I can't wait to own some of Arts work

 

[Art Fawcett]

Thank you for posting Jauntyone, you wear them well!!!!

 

[PapaDoc]

View attachment 38912 View attachment 38913 View attachment 38914 View attachment 38915 View attachment 38916 Hi everyone! I just recently got this beautiful hat; it's Art's Confederate gray, has a 2 3/8" brim and a nice full crown. It's in dress weight felt and it's open-crown, so I play around with it before I decide on a definitive crease. The feather is my own addition!
Thanks Art!

The hat looks very nice, you wear it well. I just ordered my first VS hat from Art yesterday in the Confederate gray, open crown. I'm not sure about the ribbon color yet and Art is going to send me some pics of different ribbon colors on the felt next week. I was absolutely sure of what I wanted to have made until I received the email saying my spot in the queue was coming up and then my thought process kinda went out the door. However, I knew immediately upon speaking with Art for the first time I was in good hands.