Brim widths thru time

[Bruce Wayne]

Most people can tell you that stingie brims were pretty popular in the 60's & that brims were wider in the 30's. What I would like to know is how wide brims were at different points in time during the 20th century.

Thanx!!!
Charlie

 

[Dinerman]

1930s:

I've seen hats from the '30s with brims from about 1-7/8" to around 3" on fedoras, with flanges ranging from almost flat, to heavily curled.
I've seen dimensional brims (wider on the sides or wider on the sides and back), though most don't have this.
On a hat from this era, you will see hats with raw edges, bound brims, overwelts, underwelts, and cavanagh edges and stitched edges.
Some crowns are very tall and straight sided, others not so much.

It's really impossible to make a blanket statement of what a '30s hat looks like. The best way to date it is to look at the sweatband and liner.

 

[Mulceber]

30's hats - tall crown, variable width brim.
40's hats - tall crown, wide brim
50'-60's hats - progressively shortening crowns, stingy brim

At least, that's the way I understand it. I could be wrong. -M

 

[Cigarband]

Watch Jamey Cagney and Edward G. Robinson movies from the 30s, and you will find that they rarely wear wide brim hats, while many of the supporting players do.

 

[barrowjh]

Anti-Fashion Fashion

Stingy brims were an anti-fashion fashion and still are today.

 

[barrowjh]

Anti-Fashion Fashion

Stingy brims were an anti-fashion fashion in the 1930's and still are today.

 

[CRH]

Stingy brims were an anti-fashion fashion and still are today.

lol lol lol


From now on I shall refuse to give out brim width dimensions....

I'll just take bets.

Guess the brim width.

lol