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That Optimo is easy on the eyes. Thanks for showing it around.StylinLA said:Got a new one in from Optimo.
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Wanted to try out a Homburg- so got a ready made from Worth & Worth. I guess it's technically a Guerra.
Nice photo and all... but seeing that hat just makes me want to
run out and get vanilla ice cream. A favorite bow style, too. Really nice.
The homburg, on the other hand... that brim binding should
be returned. It's not really a homburg binding (though I grant
you there were a few done that way in the day). It should
be wider on the outside. But mostly it should be sewn straight.
The brim block doesn't seem quite right, either- no angle on the
edge. I wonder if this was a fedora before it was "converted'?
Definitely makes me doubt the positive claims here made for
Guerra and today's W&W. Note the binding and edge curl on this nice
(and randomly selected) homburg: