RE: This thread.
What do you think it is? I tried looking it up online but couldn't find any Borsalinos called "Garrett." I did find a "Como II" which looked very similar to this once, except instead of "Garrett" on the sweatband it says "Como II" which, I suppose, is a fairly hefty difference. It also says "Imperiale."
When I came home today and saw the size of the cardboard rectangle on my porch, I sincerely hoped it was NOT this hat because it was about the size of a shoebox. Alas, it was, the hat discourteously mangled to fit into the thing. I just spent about 40 minutes steaming the thing and have brought it, at least, to a somewhat respectable shape.
Photographs below. Help me identify it? I do not believe that it is vintage; not because of experience, but because the inside markings are so similar to the Como II. Thanks everyone! Either way, I can't wait for my wife to get home so that I can give it to her. Regardless of what it is, I like it a lot -- I just hope she does!
What do you think it is? I tried looking it up online but couldn't find any Borsalinos called "Garrett." I did find a "Como II" which looked very similar to this once, except instead of "Garrett" on the sweatband it says "Como II" which, I suppose, is a fairly hefty difference. It also says "Imperiale."
When I came home today and saw the size of the cardboard rectangle on my porch, I sincerely hoped it was NOT this hat because it was about the size of a shoebox. Alas, it was, the hat discourteously mangled to fit into the thing. I just spent about 40 minutes steaming the thing and have brought it, at least, to a somewhat respectable shape.
Photographs below. Help me identify it? I do not believe that it is vintage; not because of experience, but because the inside markings are so similar to the Como II. Thanks everyone! Either way, I can't wait for my wife to get home so that I can give it to her. Regardless of what it is, I like it a lot -- I just hope she does!
