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Pre 1940s dress hats

ofcoursemyhorse

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Fantastic blondie velour. The perfek felt from Joshbru is just amazing, Great couple of hats there.


Got my first velour today and i couldn't be happier. Its even better condition than I could have hoped. Looks like a brand new hat.





 

fashion frank

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Frank, I'm a size 7 LO. I have a good amount of vintage hats in size 6 7/8 because they serve as great examples for my collection, but they do not fit me. All hats fit different, now and in the past. People did tend to wear hats a bit higher on their heads pre-1920's and from vintage size charts I have seen, there does seem to be about 1/8-1/4 inch difference in circumference listed on the vintage charts. I have had vintage 6 7/8 fit my head very comfortably and modern 6 7/8 fit very tightly. It seriously depends. If your looking for pre-40's hat in size 6 7/8, let me know. I may have one for you.

Sorry for not responding sooner to your reply.

Thank you explaining the difference in hats sizes in regards to different era's .
I did hear somewhere that people used to wear there hats a bit higher on there
heads in days of yore ,I wonder what was the reason for that ?

Also thanks for the offer on a hat I might just take you up on that at some point ,but again thanks for explaining that to me.

All the Best ,Fashion Frank
 
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Fantastic early longhair Robert. Hard to tell the colors from the photos - is the ribbon green tinged and the liner orange?

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rlk

I'll Lock Up
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Liner is orange. Hat is a dark chestnut with slightly darker ribbon of similar hue. Head shot is best color.

Idiotic Google + no longer lets you link to an individual image -designed for social media now and the iphoto stuff gives an error with the FL upload.[huh]
 
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Some stylistic similarities to the old Hawes Von Gal, though yours is likely a higher quality hat. The $3 Hawes is a longhair finish, not velour.

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Brad Bowers

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Don't know if it means anything, Justin, but the factory label on the De Pinna looks a lot like a Dobbs label without the Dobbs symbol on the left. It's possible it was a Hat Corporation of America product.

Either way, both are terrific hats!

Brad
 

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