What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

[Miamibruno]

Mayser – Gorgeous velour. I have one similar, I think it’s 30’s, it is American made (Boston), but your felt seems smoother. I’ll try to post a picture or two later. My crown is unbelievably soft and blockable. Is yours the same?

Michaell – Welcome! What a beautiful color.

Hato – Beautiful as usual.

Esther – Great ribbon.

Strapped – Gorgeous hat. Whippet worthy.

Java – Sharp indeed. Very nice.

Dave – Wow. I am jealous. That is a stunning hat.

Nicely done, Fruno!

hatsRme – You look the part, brother. NYC is perfect for that hat.

Casechopper – Looks like Paris is the place for you (no intent to bring up the obvious horror that happened, just the art for which it is famous).

Mmbarnes – Very cool. Beautiful trim on that hat.

Mach1 – That hat can cut it’s so sharp.

For me, my favorite lid, a 40’s Champ.

 

[alanfgag]

Saxy Stetson windbreaker today.

 

[moontheloon]

Penman on top today
...always proud to be part of the fold

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[Miamibruno]

Alan - What a cool hat. The stingy brim of its day.

Moon - Beautiful hat. Love the lines on it.

 

[Bob Roberts]

@BobRoberts

Is that nice scarf made of wool, cotton or viscose?

Thank you. I wish I knew. It was a gift from a friend. Feels a bit like there's cashmere or silk in the weave but I can't be sure. Unlike many scarfs I've seen.

 

[moehawk]

Hey everyone!

Thanks for the likes on yesterday's posts.

Still no Whippet, so I'm going with a dinky Dobbs Guild Edge in brown with purply undertones. Not a lot of sun to block today.

I guess this works for whippetless wide ribbon Wednesdays.
Whatever you wear, wear it like you mean it.

 

[Knotten]

Pandora, I LOVE Mallorys, and yours is beautiful, especially with that contrasting ribbon.
Moon, the Penman is awesome. I'm wearing mine again today. Didn't want to bore people with a photo similar to yesterday's.
Alan, what a gorgeous early Stetson.
Moehawk, you rock the stingies.

Too many other great hats to mention. Thanks for giving me a reason to goof off at work.

 

[mayserwegener]

A. Breiter München, back bow, probably 1930s

 

[vmtrevino2]

New car new hat... weather finally starting to "sort of" cool down in Houston, TX....

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[moontheloon]

New car new hat... weather finally starting to "sort of" cool down in Houston, TX....

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is that the Stetsonian ?

looks fantastic

 

[mayserwegener]

Mayser – Gorgeous velour. I have one similar, I think it’s 30’s, it is American made (Boston), but your felt seems smoother. I’ll try to post a picture or two later. My crown is unbelievably soft and blockable. Is yours the same?

Thanks! This one is not a floppy Velour. It has some stiffness but takes to hand shaping. I am not sure about the age. It could actually be from around WW1. I would like to see your American example. American Velours are a mystery to me. I have seen ads for them in The American Hatter but nothing about the process used. It would be interesting to know if any American hat company made manual (ended around WWII) or machine (not sure when or if this ended) hot wet brushed Velours like you see in Germany and Austria. I know many hat bodies and finished hats were exported by Austrian makers like JHS and BB.

 

[vmtrevino2]

is that the Stetsonian ?

looks fantastic

yes sir... thank you

 

[Miamibruno]

Mayser - Here are a few pictures of the velour. Interestingly enough, it has the European size on it as well. Tell me what you think.

 

[moehawk]

TY Knotten. The biggest problem that I am having with the nice vintage stingies is that there's just too dang many of them on ebay that need love.

 

[vmtrevino2]

Stetson Premier Vita-Felt homburg

cool Hommy. My fave kind of hat

 

[moehawk]

Miami...that's awesome. Need a "I'd give my left kidney for it" button next to the "like" button.

 

[vmtrevino2]

Saxy Stetson windbreaker today.

Wow. That is a bad ass Homburg.

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[javadave61]

Writing a paper tonight. Taking a selfie hat photo break featuring the D'Aquino.

 

[Bob Roberts]

A. Breiter München, back bow, probably 1930s

Woof. Love the dog too!

 

[mayserwegener]

Mayser - Here are a few pictures of the velour. Interestingly enough, it has the European size on it as well. Tell me what you think.

I found Moore - Smith Co. Boston was a wholesale house so my feeling is this hat was sourced from Europe. My guess would be a Austrian / Czechoslovakian hat company like JHS, AP or BB. The eagle in the Genuine Velour logo is very similar to some of the ones that appear in my recent liner plate collection (from the Czech Republic) that includes JHS, AP and BB. The whole situation back then was murky so hard to take things at face value. Here is an obit for Fitz Henry Smith one of the founders that apppeared in The American Hatter (1918).

https://books.google.com/books?id=XvlYAAAAYAAJ&dq=moore smith co. boston&pg=RA2-PA92#v=onepage&q=moore smith co. boston&f=false