GamaH
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Ok, based on the posts a few pages back, I gathered that most Straw Stetsons are shantung straw, unless explicitly stated otherwise, and that Milan is a braid, so there isn't a "Genuine Milan Straw."
However, I was looking through hats online again, and I came across these two Stetsons: Stetson PORTOFINO and Stetson PALAZZO. Two distinctly different hats, with a similar design, but the Portofino has a brim of 2 1/2, and the Palazzo has a brim of 2 1/4.
Here's is what confused me a fair bit. The description for the Portofino, was "the Portofino of Stetson is made in the USA of shantung straw." That's all well and good, except that the description for the Palazzo was this, "the Palazzo by Stetson is made in the USA of genuine Milan straw." Another website listed the Palazzo as made of "Venetian Milan Straw." I get that everything is mostly marketing and whatnot, and that different websites might use different terms, but the whole "Shantung Straw" and "Genuine Milan Straw" came from the same website.
Based on the fact that they have different brim widths, I would assume that they're NOT the same hat. Could anyone provide me an insight on this?
For pictorial reference, this is the Portofino (Shantung Straw):
and this is the Palazzo ("Genuine Milan Straw"):
However, I was looking through hats online again, and I came across these two Stetsons: Stetson PORTOFINO and Stetson PALAZZO. Two distinctly different hats, with a similar design, but the Portofino has a brim of 2 1/2, and the Palazzo has a brim of 2 1/4.
Here's is what confused me a fair bit. The description for the Portofino, was "the Portofino of Stetson is made in the USA of shantung straw." That's all well and good, except that the description for the Palazzo was this, "the Palazzo by Stetson is made in the USA of genuine Milan straw." Another website listed the Palazzo as made of "Venetian Milan Straw." I get that everything is mostly marketing and whatnot, and that different websites might use different terms, but the whole "Shantung Straw" and "Genuine Milan Straw" came from the same website.
Based on the fact that they have different brim widths, I would assume that they're NOT the same hat. Could anyone provide me an insight on this?
For pictorial reference, this is the Portofino (Shantung Straw):
and this is the Palazzo ("Genuine Milan Straw"):
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