How many hats do you have...?

[Aureliano]

I feel for you Daizawaguy. I have another one on it's way and hopefuly one from ebay. I'm going to get hanged.

 

[daizawaguy]

I always tell my wife I have more ordered than I have...that way she can`t get more #"$#%&"$%&$ ... but it never seems to work...any suggestions anyone???

 

[Mario]

I always tell my wife I have more ordered than I have...that way she can`t get more #"$#%&"$%&$ ... but it never seems to work...any suggestions anyone???

A tiny Mexican divorce maybe?

 

[munchausen]

Short of cutting down on hat purchases?

[huh] I cannot wait until my wife sees what I've bought off the bay. And I've still got my eye on a couple more.

 

[Aureliano]

I'm planning on bribing the concierge of our building so he doesn't log the shipments into the computer. That way she won't get a delivery email and I can just hide them amongst their other siblings

 

[memphislawyer]

Ten days ago, no hats other than ball caps and one Tilley Edurable for yardwork and the beach.

Now, a Stetson Saxon (though I have to decide between black and caribou in color) and later this week, a Panama Bob Diamante panama hat will be awaiting me. Probably a second felt, like an Akubra, and then something for casual and year round, a newsboy or a light felt?

 

[HungaryTom]

I'm planning on bribing the concierge of our building so he doesn't log the shipments into the computer. That way she won't get a delivery email and I can just hide them amongst their other siblings

Now it is time to start another thread - how to bootleg your hat acquisitions into your own household?

Tom

 

[M6Classic]

I always tell my wife I have more ordered than I have...that way she can`t get more #"$#%&"$%&$ ... but it never seems to work...any suggestions anyone???

I am fortunate that my wife likes hats, too. In fact, I have had a couple of my felt fedoras done up for her by Gary White...he'll put on a contrasting ribbon with a nifty bow treatment at the back rather than the side and my wife dents them herself and wears them a lot. I am further fortunate that my wife spends more on her panamas than I do!

Buzz

 

[gtdean48]

My wife is just glad they are hats & not firearms or motorcycles!

 

[Aureliano]

Now it is time to start another thread - how to bootleg your hat acquisitions into your own household?

Tom

I know there is a thread out there already that deals with this issue.

 

[billyspew]

30+ for me. Don't dare actually count.

Hmmm... must sell some...

 

[AlphaP]

3 in less than two months. The most recent purchased a couple of days ago at an antique store. I tried it on and couldn't believe it fit me so well... Talk about destiny or something.

So that makes:

1 Maidana dark green fedora
1 Lagomarsino pale green Australian Flexi (a wide-brimmed Akubra-type)
1 Romer green fedora with a bit higher crown than the Maidana (this is the vintage one, from the mid '40s)

 

[cookie]

BsAs

AlphaP are there many hat shops still operating in BsAs?

Are the vintage shops at San Telmo etc still alive?

 

[AlphaP]

Long offtopic post ahead. I lowered the font size to take less space so apologies in advance.

fftopic:

AlphaP are there many hat shops still operating in BsAs?

Are the vintage shops at San Telmo etc still alive?

Yup, there are quite a bit.

I didn't have much time to scavenge the different places but Espacio24 is still here and they carry some nice hats. There are a couple more around too. I'll investigate soon.

Sadly, real 'real' hat stores (implying old, traditional names) left are pretty much three: Lagomarsino (in Once, an old acquaintance in this site too apparently), Maidana (no site, in front of the Congress, aka, Plaza Congreso) and Romer next to Av. Santa Fe and the Grand Splendid Palace, no site either, these two are way too traditional.

The vintage hat I have is a Romer. It's amazing but the owner (Luis Romer, a living piece of history) is not only alive and well with his 95+ years but he keeps working in the store and he's awesome. I went to talk with him yesterday and he pretty much lectured me on colours and how to be a gentleman.

It's a pity but when he's gone I fear his daughter and grandchildren will probably shut down the place. They are far from interested in the hat making business despite having a regular flow of clients. In fact, a couple bought a tweed cap and a wool hat when I was in the store.

I'm planning to get a black fedora from him sooner or later.

Maidana is pretty much the only place left where you can take a hat for repairs/fixes. I guess there might be some hidden places around too but that's the "one". It's also one of the most respected outside of the city as they carry the hats used by gauchos, they have nice chambergos and created that hat I always see in the province. I think it's the "Corazón de Potro". They have some cool Homburgs and Akubra-types too.

Then you have Tango8 (however, I'm not sure how they make their hats so that's why I don't put them with the "real" ones) in Abasto and the other store whose name I can never remember (same deal with this one), besides the cataract of antique stores around. Heaps of funyi hats for the tango lovers as well as odd rarities.

There is also the Compañía de Sombreros but I found a bit unnerving that some of their fedora-type hats are named JUSTINs. They also have more moderns hats, especially those super-short brimmed '60s ones.

Hopefully, this year I've seen a lot of people with hats (the unexpected cold helped) besides the regular tango lovers so I'm promoting them too. Heck, I realised we even have a good vintage hat rack at work, brought by one of the former presidents. Time to start using it!

 

[Aureliano]

Good info Alphap. By the way mi viejo was from Rosario. I'm mitad Argentino mitad Ecuatoriano por el lado de mama. Bienvenido! y aguante Boca!

 

[cookie]

AlphaP thanks for the update....buena suerte! Are the Largomarsino hats in Argentine pesos or USD?

 

[Garrett]

Where are all of the heavy hitters? Gene, JTL and several others I'm talkin to you

Very well, I'll say that I have 160+ which is way too many and I'm trying to get rid of many so keep checkin the classifieds!




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[Aureliano]

great images Garret. I think Gene posted earlier on. But I agree with you. JTL, Dinerman, Douglas. We want to know!

Edit: 160+ wow!

 

[munchausen]

Where are all of the heavy hitters? Gene, JTL and several others I'm talkin to you

Very well, I'll say that I have 160+ which is way too many and I'm trying to get rid of many so keep checkin the classifieds!

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Holy Shmackerel!!!

 

[billyspew]

Very well, I'll say that I have 160+ which is way too many and I'm trying to get rid of many so keep checkin the classifieds!

I guess that might be called the curse of the smaller head, so many fine examples at affordable prices that you end up with a collection that size!