dhermann1
I'll Lock Up
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I'd like to see a pic of that flexible boater. Mine, and every other one I've ever handled, is as stiff as a board.
I'd like to see a pic of that flexible boater. Mine, and every other one I've ever handled, is as stiff as a board.
Hi Dave, that's the term I wanted to use and couldn't work out. Wicker Furniture. It was like wearing a straw helmet.
Later
Hi Dave, that's the term I wanted to use and couldn't work out. Wicker Furniture. It was like wearing a straw helmet.
Later
The only vintage boater I've ever handled was my grandfather's which came from Worth & Worth c.1930. It was stiff as a board.In modern boaters at least, flexible comes with lower quality (Jaxon, and Scala), Stiffness is higher Quality (Olney, Lock & Co.).
The only vintage boater I've ever handled was my grandfather's which came from Worth & Worth c.1930. It was stiff as a board.
Here you go:
I’m not saying it’s buttery supple like an expensive Panama (I hear they’re almost like linen), but it’s definitely not cardboardy like it seems some posters are implying. The crown on mine has a definite springy quality to it and isn’t in any respect less comfortable to wear than a panama.
I just don't want people to get the impression these are like wicker furniture. They're hats, not helmets.
-Dave
You should switch those out for circular ones!
I assume you mean glasses. I'll pass unless I lose another ten pounds. I used to wear round frames, but my face shape is/was too round for them.
-Dave
That's very similar to what I wore from 5th grade until high school, actually. I'm pretty happy where I'm at, though. Thanks.
-Dave
I'm afraid I have always associated boaters with either posh "public-school" (in the UK sense) types, or with butchers and fishmongers - and even at my advanced age am still having to learn that such associations should not be a reason for not adopting the garment concerned.I too am amused at the idea of anyone in these parts considering a boater "dated".