Start 'em Young

[Flyboy]

Here's lookin' at you, kid.

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Hat is a Stetson Sovereign, Mode Edge that I wear most days. I scored it on eBay a few years ago for about forty bucks. I don't have a date on it, but there are a couple pieces of paper inside the sweat that have the original owner's name and address, so I could probably trace it if I wanted to.

 

[handlebar bart]

lol Great picture. Its nice to see the younger kids going back to the tall untapered crownlol lol lol

 

[duggap]

And i swear he's developing that Douglas swagger.

 

[avedwards]

Children have the advantage that a lot of vintage hats will fit them, since people had smaller head sizes then. I know a vintage clothing shop where almost all the hats are smaller than size seven, perfect for young hat wearers.

 

[Flyboy]

He's only fourteen months old--he absolutely swims in that hat.

Fits me fine, though.

 

[carouselvic]

My granddaughter My hat



My great nephew



They come from a long line of hat wearers...myself

 

[Wolfwood]

Not sure that this pic shows, but this is my daughter at around 3 months old:

I'm wearing my old DP fur felt and my daughter is wearing my even older DP wool felt (shame on me for having owned it).

 

[animator]

Kyle... three hours old... sporting a VS.

 

[carouselvic]

Them's some fine lookin' youngin's

 

[avedwards]

Kyle... three hours old... sporting a VS.

That doesn't count as a hat for someone that size - more of an umbrella .

 

[animator]

Avedwards -for sizing issues talk to Art! I didn't make it...

 

[David Conwill]

Funny, somewhere I have a picture of my daughter in nearly that exact hat. Only, watch out, she pulled the lining out of mine!

-Dave

 

[greatestescaper]

My sister, sporting a stetson I got from a friend who found it in his mom's attic and my great grandfather's army issue shirt which is from the 50's.

 

[avedwards]

My sister, sporting a stetson I got from a friend who found it in his mom's attic and my great grandfather's army issue shirt which is from the 50's.

I wish I had friends who found Stetsons in their attic and gave them to me.

 

[WildCelt]

My son Liam at about a month old . . .

 

[greatestescaper]

I love the hat. When I got it, it was crushed and smelled of hundreds of old cigarettes. I took it to JJ Hat Center on 5th Ave in Manhattan. For 10 minutes of waiting and 5 bucks for a new ribbon, they reshaped it and cleaned it. That was before I found the lounge. I think the hat is about 30 years old. Or at least close to it. Unfortunately or fortunately, not sure which yet, it is my sisters favorite. I will have to dig out my old Disney Indy hat for her for now.

 

[WildCelt]

Here we are coming in from the first snow of winter. Liam's hat belonged to his grandpa when he was a baby (mid-50s).

 

[yoonie]

I think most of these hats need a good soaking. A few weeks should tighten up that fit!

 

[thecoolmiester]

cool pics, maybe I'll post a pic of my brother in my PB Indy hat.

btw how can you find good fedoras on eBay?
i search every now and then but have no luck. [huh]

 

[bolthead]

It's a gift.....

cool pics, maybe I'll post a pic of my brother in my PB Indy hat.

btw how can you find good fedoras on eBay?
i search every now and then but have no luck. [huh]

....and a trade secret around these parts.