Miller Hats - Houston Texas

[RBH]

I was in Houston Friday and had a little time before I had to return home.
Hurricane Ike really did a number on that part of Texas but I thought with all the power still being out in parts of Houston I did not think about Miller Hats being affected.
I got there and alas they were closed because of no power. [at least the other business around them were also closed so that is what I think]

Boy I could have really had some fun there, and I really wanted to meet the fine folk that helped with my last hat from them.


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I wished I had gotten in the picture.... but I looked and I did! And I was wearing my LBJ milan with the RBH crease!!!


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[jimmy the lid]

I got there and alas they were closed because of no power.

Oh, brother! Getting to Houston, standing in front of a hat mecca -- and it's closed???!!! Brutal!!! Better luck next time...

Cheers,
JtL

 

[Absinthe_1900]

A good bit of inner loop Houston is in the same boat, due to all the old trees going down on the powerlines.

At least they didn't get major damage like some buildings.

 

[BobC]

I wished I had gotten in the picture.... but I looked and I did! And I was wearing my LBJ milan with the RBH crease!!!


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Sorry to hear you didn't get to visit Miller's but glad you had an opportunity to take a moment to "reflect" on all those hats. lol lol lol

 

[RBH]

Sorry to hear you didn't get to visit Miller's but glad you had an opportunity to take a moment to "reflect" on all those hats. lol lol lol

:eusa_doh: :eusa_clap

 

[Colby Jack]

Rusty...those are great pics...to bad you didn't get to go in and take shots of the inside...I'd love to see threads that show more of the hat sellers places...I was hoping D00r would get some shots of Bencraft and post those.
Great job Russ!:eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap

 

[RBH]

Rusty...those are great pics...to bad you didn't get to go in and take shots of the inside...I'd love to see threads that show more of the hat sellers places...I was hoping D00r would get some shots of Bencraft and post those.
Great job Russ!:eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap

Thansk CJ.. the place looked sooo cool! They also had what looked like a thin ribboned straw on the counter!!!!
Man I would have loved to have seen it up close!!!!

 

[Tomasso]

When I first visited their shop in 1980 they only sold custom fitted cowboy hats, nothing off the rack.

 

[DerMann]

Even though I lived in a suburb to the North of Houston, and saw the Miller Hats sign several times whilst entering downtown, I've only been to their shop once (this summer, actually).

The place is brimming with hats. There are counters with stacks of panamas and wool hats. The felts are mostly behind glass in displays (which are behind the counter). As if that weren't enough, the entire front wall has hats hanging from it.

Even though I didn't buy anything that day, I was pleased with the experience of the visit. It's a shame that they were closed, though.

 

[Colby Jack]

I'd have left drool marks on the windows.....

 

[indycop]

Rusty bring yourself down here and we will take you to the St. Augustine shop! And then roadtrip to Pleasure Island for Sosa cigars!

 

[RBH]

Rusty bring yourself down here and we will take you to the St. Augustine shop! And then roadtrip to Pleasure Island for Sosa cigars!

That sounds like panama hats and guayabera shirts time to me!