What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

[buler]

"Up north" this weekend. We had to go to one of our favorite places, Soda Pops restaurant in Eagle River, WI. A charming little place with a restored vintage soda fountain. Great food and atmosphere. I have not met the owner but I like him already!



For more info on the restaurant visit www.soda-pops.com and click on "about".

MarkD, welcome to the lounge from a fellow Wisconsinite! Glad to see another here. Both lovely ladies have tremendous smiles!! Your daughter looks great in the cap. She needs to try out a fedora!

B

 

[The Good]

I wore my Federation while going on a brisk hike in the hills near my house. No pictures of the trails unfortunately, due to my lack of Mac skills. The hat still looks good despite all of the rough wearing near a whole year's time of ownership:

Natural lighting:

Desk, artificial lighting:

Whaddya think? Should I go for a tapered fedora like the acorn fawn Stylemaster, or the straight-blocked Federation in the tawny fawn color? I'm sold on the looks of the Campdraft and other Open Road style hats too, for that matter.

 

[Neophyte]

Your face says Stylemaster, your clothes say Campdraft...doesn't help much, does it? lol

 

[The Good]

Yeah, the clothes are a bit country looking, there. Flannel shirt with two pockets, jeans, hat even adds a certain something to the effect.

But the problem is, I'm so hung up over finding those perfect hat proportions. Outside of the Fedora Lounge and Chronicles, I have been complimented on it countless times. I think that says something; that the shape and style works. On the other hand, I'm dealing with small things here such as the subtleness of the taper, a somewhat low crown, medium width to wide brim, etc... Upon closer inspection of my photos, one thing I have noticed is that the height of my hat's crown is about the height of my face shown in the pics. Is that supposed to be the way a fedora sits on the head, or should it be proportionally lower for guys like me? Too tall?

 

[monbla256]

Check with Louise at Helmer Haberdasher's in Portland ( here's a limnk http://www.johnhelmer.com/level.itml/icOid/6 ) order the Stylemaster in a Mid-Brown ( it's a GEORGEOUS DARK CHOCOLATE BROWN ) and put it on your head and don't take it off till spring It will work for dress, with jeans and that leather jacket you have and most everything else!! The pic of it that really shows how it looks ( though it's dk grey) is the one on DM's site. The one on the Akubra site doesn't really show it well. Give it some thought !

 

[Bebop]

Upon closer inspection of my photos, one thing I have noticed is that the height of my hat's crown is about the height of my face shown in the pics. Is that supposed to be the way a fedora sits on the head, or should it be proportionally lower for guys like me? Too tall?

I know that people recommend cowboy hats to be the same height as your face but when it comes to fedoras, I personally think a shorter crown height than your face works best. Brim width also has a lot to do with how high a crown should be. I have a similar face shape as yours and I feel most comfortable with a crown that is in the 4 in. range. My face gets lost when I wear my Federation. I just ordered a Stylemaster because the numbers look good as far as crown height and brim width. I also just received a Stetson Roadster that has a 4.25 crown and a 2.5 brim and it looks perfect for my size face and head.
BTW, That Roadster is really a nice hat that I can't seem to take off. I'll leave the details for another thread.

 

[VitaminG]

J.B. I think the Stylemaster will work for you. A little more taper & a bit less crown than your Fed will suit the shape of your face. I tried on a mid brown and an acorn fawn on my lunch break today. Both were very nice, but man, I liked the mid brown.

I also tried on the Hampton in cedar brown (luuurve that colour!!) and while I love the colour & crown, the brim just looks too narrow on a guy my size. The Stylemaster brim just seems to feel right to me. I don't know that I could rock a 3+" brim, like on the CDs etc. and the sub-2" that I was attracted to when first feeling out this whole 'hat' thing now just seem disproportionately small over my 6'4 210lb frame.

One thing that became abundantly clear on my hat shop junket today - the two SMs I checked out had shallower teardrops, shallower side dents & subsequently less taper than my Stylemaster. My hat has been changing shape with use, as the crown seems to get subtly tweaked every time it gets caught in the rain. So now I want to rush home and play with the bash on my hat. Not sure how much the factory bash will fight the change though

 

[hatophile]

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Johnnyphi NOS Adam today. My picture skills are improving.

JB-- I think the Fed looks good on you. I don't really prefer tapered hats myself, but you could try one to see. I think a CD or OR would also work for you. I also like the "rugged" look.

 

[Neophyte]

Johnnyphi NOS Adam today. My picture skills are improving.QUOTE]

This is a much better pic. That's a great looking hat, as well. I really wanted a JohnnyPhi lid, but my head size is too big lol [huh].

 

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Johnnyphi NOS Adam today. My picture skills are improving.

JB-- I think the Fed looks good on you. I don't really prefer tapered hats myself, but you could try one to see. I think a CD or OR would also work for you. I also like the "rugged" look.

Hi Sir, You look fine, great and so happy, greetings from S.L.P., México ¡¡¡¡¡

 

[hatophile]

Thanks, Neo. The Johnnyphi hats are great, good price for nice vintage hats. I have about half a dozen, I think.

 

[Neophyte]

Thanks, Neo. The Johnnyphi hats are great, good price for nice vintage hats. I have about half a dozen, I think.

I hope you're not 59cm, because then I'd know where all those 7 3/8'' hats went......

 

[hatophile]

!Muchas gracias, mi amigo de SLP!

Actually, Neo, I'm size 7, so that opens a lot of opportunities for vintage hats.

 

[Torpedo]

Hatophile, I like that hat; the proportions look good on you, too; and you are on the good way with the pics .

The Good, I would suggest you to try a tapered crown before deciding. In my case, once I got used to the classic proportions, I have rarely worn tapered crowns; I have some, from my early hat days, and they do not get much in the rotation.

 

[Torpedo]

Last weekend we had a Medieval fair in the district.

They had some "hard hats"...

A dangerous-looking fellow:

...and his more attractive partner:

There was a little exhibition with some not bad looking armour replicas:

Hat is a Lee Adventure, by the way.

 

[hatophile]

Very nice hat, Torpedo. I like the black and tan combo you're wearing. That Viking girl looks cute, but very formidable. I wouldn't tangle with her.

 

[DRB]

Torpedo: Perfect styling. Nice colors.

 

[MarkD]

I like the color combination as well. Looking good!

 

[theinterchange]

Giving the Resistol San Antonio some much deserved head time today.

 

[Rodkins]

Giving the Resistol San Antonio some much deserved head time today.

Nice! The black and white is cool too.