Cool vid. enjoy ! Colin Blair from JJ Hat

[moontheloon]

Not one for patience, I emailed Colin at JJ Hat Center and got the following kind response:



And even kinder follow-up:



Effectively a Hollywood snap as referred to in other threads on this forum.

awesome

Colin is a super cool cat ... these responses don't surprise me at all

he and Jose are the guys I prefer to deal with at the shop

 

[rogerstg]

rog--if you Google "mens street fashion new york hats" you'll get images of lots of men wearing all kinds of broad brimmed hats with big scarves. I like the look myself. We're just poking a little fun, no harm intended.

I was trying to be a little tongue-cheek too but it didn't seem to come off that way. More proof that I should not give up my day job to become a comedian.

 

[Zombie_61]

...Also, not to be a wet blanket, but didn't Brad Bowers dispel the "Fedora was a woman's hat myth" in a thread recently?

Can someone provide a link to this? I'd really like to read it.

I couldn't keep my eyes off Colin's hat. My first thought was it's a vintage Open Road or the like since it has wide brim and a wind trolley, but in an uncommon color. I expanded the view to full-screen and did some stop action to see the sweatband, where it says "Made in Australia". So it appears to be a Campdraft...

My first thought was, "Hey, he's wearing a Taupe Fawn Campdraft,", but almost immediately afterward considered the possibility that it might be an Open Road. When he removed it and unintentionally showed the sweatband where it said "Made in Australia", that confirmed it was a Campdraft for me.

 

[Brad Bowers]

Can someone provide a link to this? I'd really like to read it.

My particular posts were about the association of the name Fedora with the snap-brim hat, and begin in this post in the 1920s/early 30s Fedoras thread, and conclude in this post. Robert's original posts are in this thread.

Brad
~The Hatted Professor

 

[Zombie_61]

My particular posts were about the association of the name Fedora with the snap-brim hat, and begin in this post in the 1920s/early 30s Fedoras thread, and conclude in this post. Robert's original posts are in this thread.

Brad
~The Hatted Professor

Thank you, Sir! Interesting information. When I read the descriptions of early "Fedoras" having had a "rolled or curled edge" or "pencil-curl brim", in my mind I envision what would more commonly be referred to as a "Homburg" today. Is that reasonably accurate?