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What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

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mmbarnes

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I love it when you bust out that hat.
 

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Thanks Stefan.

After reading your comment, I again read this great primer on the construction of the classic stiff felt. http://thehattedprofessor.bowershats.com/2010/07/?m=1

The D'orsay curl is one of my favorite things in all of hatdom. And the subtle variations from hat to hat are simply wonderful.

The elegant art deco look of the form makes it one of my favorites with which to mess around in photo shop. Just for self-indulgent giggles, here's this one from a couple of years ago (along with the original of the photo that provided the background).
Thanks, Jeff.

And yeah... the conditions on the lake were disturbingly beautiful and serene.

It took me a while to figure out that "leg" in your comment was likely an autocorrect mess-up of "lake". I spent a couple minutes racking my brain to figure out if a "leg" was a part of a hat that I had never heard of or forgotten.
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Very nice, Matt. I've noticed before that the bowler was the go-to hat for a great many people in the past. The image has a nice Magritte-like quality to it.
 
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A dusting of snow overnight and a few flakes still drifting down. Charles Knox longhair
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2 5/8" brim
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Looks like we are in for at least 10 days of solidly below average temperatures and heavy snow tomorrow. Oh yay.
2-4-2018 Today's Clothes by Michael A2012, on Flickr
Have a fine day.
Michael
That is a serious bunny there, Michael. Usually they are more well-coiffured so to speak. Extra fluffiness is good for the cold weather though.
 
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I had not yet seen Stefan's yesterday hat when I picked this '30s Crofut & Knapp, Knapp-Felt.

Thanks for all of the kind words about yesterday's Knox.

Enjoy the game (if you are into that).

I also post a "P.S." shot, just because. Yesterday, the boy and I went out to the Great Dismissal Swamp for some fun. Lake Drummond is one of only two natural lakes in Virginia. It was as still as glass.
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One fine Derby Matt. Is it 1920s or earlier? That panorama of the lake is stunning. You have the eye, my friend.
 
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Thanks Stefan.

After reading your comment, I again read this great primer on the construction of the classic stiff felt. http://thehattedprofessor.bowershats.com/2010/07/?m=1

The D'orsay curl is one of my favorite things in all of hatdom. And the subtle variations from hat to hat are simply wonderful.

The elegant art deco look of the form makes it one of my favorites with which to mess around in photo shop. Just for self-indulgent giggles, here's this one from a couple of years ago (along with the original of the photo that provided the background).
Thanks, Jeff.

And yeah... the conditions on the lake were disturbingly beautiful and serene.

It took me a while to figure out that "leg" in your comment was likely an autocorrect mess-up of "lake". I spent a couple minutes racking my brain to figure out if a "leg" was a part of a hat that I had never heard of or forgotten.
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+1 loved these images. I might have stolen them...
 

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Very nice, Matt. I've noticed before that the bowler was the go-to hat for a great many people in the past. The image has a nice Magritte-like quality to it.
Thank you, Stefan.

Yeah... It's cool to see the ubiquitousness of the hat in those old images.
A dusting of snow overnight and a few flakes still drifting down. Charles Knox longhair
DSCN8284 crop by Michael A2012, on Flickr
DSCN8283 crop by Michael A2012, on Flickr
2 5/8" brim
DSCN8281 crop by Michael A2012, on Flickr
Looks like we are in for at least 10 days of solidly below average temperatures and heavy snow tomorrow. Oh yay.
2-4-2018 Today's Clothes by Michael A2012, on Flickr
Have a fine day.
Michael
I really, really like that hat. I'd love to find one in my size.

Stay warm. If you can figure out how to do it, feel free to send that winter weather my way. I am envious of you but I'm also sorry that you find it to be a drag.
It was only a short walk, Mike. I still feel a bit self-conscious wearing one I admit.
Dude... rest assured... you wear the bowler well.
One fine Derby Matt. Is it 1920s or earlier? That panorama of the lake is stunning. You have the eye, my friend.
Thanks very much, Mike.

The derby comes to us from the mid- to late- 1930s. Brad Bowers dated it for the cat who sold it to me a couple of years ago.
+1 loved these images. I might have stolen them...
Thanks again Mike. It's enough for me that I get a kick out of making them. But it's icing on the cake that others find them diggable.

Have a happy day, brother.
 
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