Source of James Spader's hats {The Blacklist}

[suitedcboy]

James Spaders is the star of NBC's The Blacklist. His character wears nice fedoras. I get a Graham Thompson vibe from most.

Has there been any word of who his hat wardrobe is sourced from?

I did a little searching and it seems he is a hat guy and he was the one who insisted his character on this show would wear hats.

 

[Latoso]

Ever since I saw the first promo for this show I've been wondering the same thing. I have also been admiring his hat.

 

[RBH]

He wore a Borsalino last night.
JJ Hat Center was featured in one episode.

 

[RBH]

http://www.vulture.com/2013/09/james-spader-on-the-office.html


from the interview

"And you wear a lot of hats anyway.
I wear a hat every day.

What makes a good hat?
It has to have a great angle to it, a nice cut to it. And it has to provide shade.
I never understand those stingy brims.
There's that little stingy brim you see on fedoras a lot.
I like a big brim that creates shade."

 

[DJH]

I have no idea who this guy is, but I like his thinking!

 

[Lotsahats]

Too funny--I'd call most of the hats that he's worn pretty stingy!

 

[Landman]

Too funny--I'd call most of the hats that he's worn pretty stingy!

That's exactly what I was thinking too.

 

[hatsRme]

I concur.

 

[The Wiser Hatter]

This one has a crazy ribbon and the edge binding is sewn funny on the lefthand side.

 

[Tomasso]

When Spader speaks of his preferance for wide brims he may be refering to what he wears IRL rather than on the tv show.

 

[hatsRme]

I found the source, but he needs to break 'em in better...

 

[Chepstow]

David, James Spader is a great Actor, I guess he his well known also in Germany!

 

[HudsonHawk]

When Spader speaks of his preferance for wide brims he may be refering to what he wears IRL rather than on the tv show.

Spader IRL:



A decade ago...



More recently...



In "Lincoln"...hatless, but I thought he was terrific in that movie.

 

[HeyMoe]

from this series: http://www.fashionmagazine247.com/photos/34303/james-spader-leaves-la.php

 

[The Wiser Hatter]

That's a hat box he is carrying not a Drum kit as the photo caption says.

 

[The Chapeau Must Go On]

Latest Spader fedora photo on the cover of this week's TV Guide.

Hmm. Thoughts?

 

[The Wiser Hatter]

I would have gone with a darker grey brim.

 

[TomS]

I hope this guys good taste catches on!

 

[hatsRme]

I would have gone with a darker grey brim.

For sure... he may have broken the only restriction placed on (my) hats by my wife; "just don't look like a cartoon!" TOO BLUE! All the others have been fantastic, and have really done a lot for our lot, especially the scene at the hat store where he concludes his hat shopping by saying, "Roderick... BOTH!"

 

[AndyPFS]

Ever since I saw the first promo for this show I've been wondering the same thing. I have also been admiring his hat.

Hello everyone. It was this discussion that brought me to the Lounge, as I was curious what may have been said about Spader's hats from the show and a Google search landed this thread.

As RBH mentioned, JJ Hat Center (NYC on 5th Avenue just South of 32nd Street) is featured in one of the early episodes showing Spader's character buying a hat there. The hat he wears most frequently and appears to be the hat used in the graphic image used for the show (the one with Spader in a hat, trench coat, and seated in handcuffs), is a classic black fur felt Brosalino with a 2⅜" borderless brim, which JJ Hat Center happened to have in my size and was quickly added to my growing collection of Borsalino hats.