Vintage Silhouettes Custom Hats - Official Affiliate Thread

[Ybor City Dave]

I had the distinct privilege of meeting and breaking bread with Art when he came to Tampa to visit family over the Thanksgiving holiday. He is a true old style gentleman as well as an exceptional millenery artist. I hope the rest of you folks get to meet him and I look forward to seeing him again. I'm looking at a featherweight next to deal with our Florida heat. Just say no to Borsalinos!!!

 

[wcbrown]

i was surfing through all these responses last night and came upon ivansmith's entry, WOW!!! i ordered one of these 11/23, and i am, how can i put his, ummmm drooling. i cannot wait.........


http://www.thefedoralounge.com/show...w-Hats-Here!&p=1751776&highlight=#post1751776

 

[ivansmith1590]

Thanks WC Brown. You can't go wrong with the last man hat. Post a pic when you get it.


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[EliasRDA]

I'm so happy. Art has come up with another great hat (IMHO) that I love wearing for the past 2 days.

 

[wcbrown]

I'm so happy. Art has come up with another great hat (IMHO) that I love wearing for the past 2 days.

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Congratulations! Looks great. Patiently waiting on my order from Art, if it looks as good as yours, it will be worth it!.

 

[philosophy101]

It is my privilege to share with you all some photos of my first Art Fawcett/VS fedora!

I first want to thank all of you who have previously posted photos of your Art Fawcett creations on the FL. I’d have never heard of Art Fawcett/VS had it not been for the FL, and I don’t think I'd have been able to figure out what I wanted without the benefit of all of your shared experience. Especial thanks to Nik (Rabbit) for his painstaking curating of others’ photos, as well as his meticulously photographed color comparisons of his own VS collection.

Art was a pleasure to work with, and is a gentleman of the highest standing.

I chose to go with the Pecan beaver felt, standard weight (no light weight available), two inch under-welted brim. The finished hat is a much lighter shade than I had expected from the swatches—and I’m delighted with it! The color is very versatile, and seems to go well with almost anything.

Art sent me four photos of the completed hat body, each with a different ribbon color choice. I ended up going with Art’s first suggestion, what I would call a dark charcoal (I don't know what Art calls it). The charcoal has a hint of a dark navy cast to it. Art chose to go with a contrast stripe in (what to my eye looks like) silver with a slightly greenish cast to it.

I don’t know what the open crown height is (Art?), but as creased, the frontmost part of the crown is four inches tall, as is the back. I ended up creasing it into a sort of “long V” diamond with an inner “dome.”

Art got the fit absolutely spot on with his conformer system. Consequently, it's the most comfortable hat I’ve ever worn.

Thank you, Art, for your magnificent work!

(I've never tried to post photos before, so I hope I've done it right.)

 

[philosophy101]

P.S. The above-posted VS Pecan photos seem to be of a lower resolution than the originals. If anyone is interested, I'd be happy to post full resolution pics--if anyone can explain to me how to do it! (I'm a photo-posting neophyte, obviously.)

 

[gtdean48]

Sweet Work of Art for true! I have a couple of lids in Pecan, one ArtLite & one dress weight = GREAT color.

 

[emigran]

Great lookin VS (as usual)... now you'll be thinkin about what to get next...!!!
how about some head shots too...

 

[g.durand]

Now I'm thinking about what I should get next.....congrats philosophy101.

 

[philosophy101]

Thanks, gtdean48, for your comment. I'd love to have a ArtLight, too!

g.durand and emigran, I'll admit that, yes, I am already thinking about what the next one will be!

 

[ChiTownScion]

I'm so happy. Art has come up with another great hat (IMHO) that I love wearing for the past 2 days.

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Very nice hat.

 

[RJR]

+1

 

[Gromulus]

Very nice Pecan philosophy 101. I have been trying to get one made in that felt myself.

 

[The Wiser Hatter]

Wanted to share an article about Art in the South Oregon
http://online.flipbuilder.com/HAABentertainment/yzzd/mobile/index.html#p=28

 

[kstarr215]

This came in the mail today. My first VS Custom. [img=http://s6.postimg.org/4e863wbt9/VS_Custom.jpg]

 

[RJR]

Very nice,enjoy it.

 

[wcbrown]

This came in the mail today. My first VS Custom. [img=http://s6.postimg.org/4e863wbt9/VS_Custom.jpg]

what model is that or is it a custom?

 

[kstarr215]

It is a custom based on the University Ave.

 

[The Wiser Hatter]

Looks great