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Slouchy tweed caps

Neil

A-List Customer
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Maryland
So, I was in London a few years ago, and wandered into Adeney and Swaine, and bought a couple of their Herbert Johnson tweed caps. The "Bond," which is bigger and slouches a bit on both sides, sort of like a newsboy cap, but without the eight sections and the silly button in the middle. The other was "the Hawthorn," a slimmer cap known in the States as "Ivy" style.
Here's the website link:
http://www.swaineadeney.co.uk/products/herbert_johnson_hats/index.html
Anyway, somebody lifted my bond cap in a restaurant, and when I had a friend buy me a new one in London, it turned out that the new "Bond" cap is flimsier, and the peak sticks out, horribly, about an inch from the folded tweed brim.
I have been looking ever since for another hatter that can sell me a really good slouchy tweed cap. By which I mean Herbert Johnson level of quality. Or at least their old level.
I would post pictures, but I don't seem to have picture-posting privileges, to use the alliterative term.
Does anyone know where I can find a high-quality, generously cut tweed flat cap?
 

Not-Bogart13

Call Me a Cab
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2,501
Location
NE Pennsylvania
I know somebody who MIGHT know. I'll ask and get back.

Meanwhile, if you put pictures on a hosting site like flickr or photobucket, you can post a link here.
 

Mike in Seattle

My Mail is Forwarded Here
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Location
Renton (Seattle), WA
Do a search in the hats section for gatsby, 8/4, newsboy, etc. Those are the various names that style goes by. Apple and ivy are two others. There are many posts with several vendors who have what sound like the hat you're looking for. You could also go to the sites for the hat dealers listed in the vendors section. Off the top of my head, I believe Noggintops.com has what's probably what you're looking for, and there's another something like bwear (the exact name escapes me at the moment).
 

Nigel

One of the Regulars
Messages
240
Location
East Yorkshire, England
B!Wear Hat Co is who you are thinking of. Look here for their current selections. Brett is good to deal with and the caps are of good quality. You may also want to look at Hatpeople, though I don't own one of their hats I believe some members here do and recommend them.
 

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