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What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

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GHT

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I don't think I can answer your question any better than Brent Black. But basically, it comes down to the time and talent spent to make a hat in 3 days versus 3 months, or more. Imagine how much it would cost to pay someone, even at our minimum wage of ~ $10 an hour, 4 hours a day, 5-6 days a week, for 3 months. At 12 weeks, the bill is already up to $2400.

Now, I wouldn't pay an amount that high without seeing the hat in person to make sure the weave was even and consistent, or without viewing a lot of high quality pictures.

https://www.brentblack.com/montecristi-panama-hat-prices-explained.html
Yes you are right about the labour cost, it was a silly question on my part because I get quite a few negative remarks about my shirts. My Aloha collection are hand made by my missus, when I explain to those who want her to make a shirt for them that sixty pounds just covers the cost of the paper pattern, the notions and the fabric. Add on twenty hours of skilled labour, and before I can finish I'm usually told that they can get one online for twenty pounds. To which my wife will tell them to do just that, I can never resist adding that the cheaper the shirt the longer some poor soul in a third world country has spent making it.

What I was really doing was expressing surprise that there's a market for hats at such a price.
 

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The Cavanagh I got from Mike this afternoon. Thanks, Mike!
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AbbaDatDeHat

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I wore my black Beaver by Dennis Brooks today. iPhone camera doesn’t like me when I wear this Black Beauty— usually washes me right out of the pic!

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A little better here maybe:

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What a perfect hat to wear to go on a bank vacation!! Pays for itself in a bank or 12!! Those sunglasses required as well!!
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I wore my black Beaver by Dennis Brooks today. iPhone camera doesn’t like me when I wear this Black Beauty— usually washes me right out of the pic!

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A little better here maybe:

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This hat is supernatural! It makes your aura glow. Cool pics.

Quickly running out to the store in my Robert Hall porkpie
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That porkpie looks great from this angle, have we seen the crown in an image? Cool hat Johnny.
 

Just A Hat Rack

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I wore my black Beaver by Dennis Brooks today. iPhone camera doesn’t like me when I wear this Black Beauty— usually washes me right out of the pic!

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A little better here maybe:

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Try tapping the screen on where your face is before you snap the pic. It will help balance the brightness and colors based on the point you touch. Nice hat!

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