Notable event means a new hat - Dobbs bound-brim Milan...

[Snrbfshn]

For more than 30 years, I have honored milestones in my life with a new hat which forever connotes that event for me - my marriage, birth of my sons, big promotions, that sort of thing.

I recently got a new job, and to mark this occasion, I went with something a little different. Here is my russet Dobbs Milan, which is likely NOS, showing no signs of ever having been worn:

http://new.photos.yahoo.com/jtban1/album/576460762394648225/photo/294928804290780634/0
http://new.photos.yahoo.com/jtban1/album/576460762394648225/photo/294928804290797687/3

Brim is 2 3/16" wide, crown is 4 5/8" tall at the side. It is the only one I've seen with a bow and bound brim, which accents the ribbon. I have a number of other Milans, but most have pugarees instead of bows and none are bound. Here's the brim edge, top view:
http://new.photos.yahoo.com/jtban1/album/576460762394648225/photo/294928804290805558/5

It's got a ventilated sweat:
http://new.photos.yahoo.com/jtban1/album/576460762394648225/photo/294928804290788960/2

...which helps make it way cooooooool:
http://new.photos.yahoo.com/jtban1/album/576460762394648225/photo/294928804290814327/7

 

[Razzman]

Very nice indeed. I like the ribbon and bound brim. :eusa_clap

 

[AlanC]

Congratulations on the new job and new hat. :eusa_clap A timely choice as the temperatures are already rising in Dixie.

 

[spiridon]

Very cool indeed!:eusa_clap

 

[Feraud]

Congrats on the new job and hat.

The hat and suit are a perfect match.

...which helps make it way cooooooool:
http://new.photos.yahoo.com/jtban1/album/576460762394648225/photo/294928804290814327/7

 

[Wesne]

Nice looking hat. I like it.

 

[Dinerman]

That band is great.
Nice one.

 

[Tango Yankee]

Very nice!

Sweet hat. I'm working on adding straws to my collection to get ready for spring. Most I see on eBay tend to be stingy brims, though.

Congrats on the new job!

Cheers,
Tom

 

[jamespowers]

I see you found one of these babies eh?:

Not bad at all. Now if I could find myself one of the gray or blue ones....

Regards,

J

 

[Leading Edge]

Sweet lid!

- and you wear it well! :eusa_clap

Congratulations and good luck with the new job. May it suit you as well as the Milan.

 

[RBH]

WOW...S, that is a neat straw!
Although I am more fond of a wider brim, that hat looks really good. I like the bound edge!!

 

[scotrace]

Excellent choice and very celebratory! I like the Milan straw I have more every year.
The ribbon is fantastic on yours!

 

[Snrbfshn]

JP - that's a kick-butt ad...

Damn, I'd like to have one in each color. What does the copy say where it's pointing to the sweat? Does it give this style a name? Do you know what year that ad published?

 

[JCBurns]

Love the new hat! That ribbon is really sweet!

JCBurns

 

[Fletch]

The hat is actually more impressive than the ad, which put me in mind of a cheesy old-guy-sitting-on-a-bus-bench kind of hat. The real-life Milan is actually quite sharp!

 

[maxhogan]

Re: New Hat

Very nice, hope your new job suits you as well as the hat!

 

[jamespowers]

Damn, I'd like to have one in each color. What does the copy say where it's pointing to the sweat? Does it give this style a name? Do you know what year that ad published?

The ad is hard to read as I only have the picture. It mentions Throughbreds and also mentions the ventilated sweatband where the arrow points. The ad was supposedly from 1955. Sounds about right for your hat as well.

Regards,

J