What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

[T Jones]

Donning my own refurbed black Borsalino again this early A.M. for a Noir effect. I've learned that you don't want to discount black hats. I used to hate them with a passion but if done right they can turn out to be a pretty impressive lid...tall straight crown and a 3 inch snap brim on this one

 

[Tukwila]

Playboy

Have a wonderful day

I don't have a Playboy yet. Maybe next year when finances allow. I love the lines and details of the hat. Simple, classic, handsome styling.

 

[Redfokker]

Some hat play. Couldn’t settle on one today so I wore two: my Tim Bender beehive bowler (on which I have just modified the brim and reworked the crown to remove some crease marks that show the sweatband line), and my Optimo Manhattan.
I’m sort of fascinated by how the Bender went from a kind of civil war looking hat to something I might have seen in the film “Gangs of New York.”

Before:

After:

And the Optimo:

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That Derby does have the look of 1880! I need one like this, super cool Jeff. Nice Optimo colors.

 

[Desert dog]

Donning my own refurbed black Borsalino again this early A.M. for a Noir effect. I've learned that you don't want to discount black hats. I used to hate them with a passion but if done right they can turn out to be a pretty impressive lid...tall straight crown and a 3 inch snap brim on this one

That is one beautiful black hat! The dimensions are perfect!

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[Tukwila]

Early Friday for me. Baling after today to take a couple days before the long weekend.

Unlined, lightweight Playboy for the unseasonably warm first week of October.

Another Playboy this morning, and it's a beaut as well. Great lid, Jim!

Donning my own refurbed black Borsalino again this early A.M. for a Noir effect. I've learned that you don't want to discount black hats. I used to hate them with a passion but if done right they can turn out to be a pretty impressive lid...tall straight crown and a 3 inch snap brim on this one

You wear it exceedingly well, Terry. Great work on this one, as usual, ans the noir look really works. You could be a modern day Phillip Marlowe.

 

[Redfokker]

Mike, Thanks! The Crease clip was missing. I also have a C.G. Wilke Velour that once had a Crease Clip. I only have 2 hats that came with Crease Clips. Probably the only 2 on the FL. Here is one of them.

EMS "Gloria"

These clips were a fascinating fashion accessory from the early century. I have a box of them if anyone wants one. I tried putting one in a hat that was not very "soft", it pulled the sides out and changed the fit drastically. I think the hat needed to be more "weathered." To see this one with the clip intact is a treat.

 

[Redfokker]

Playboy

Have a wonderful day
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Beautiful Playboy Richard. The color is so...creamy!

Early Friday for me. Baling after today to take a couple days before the long weekend.

Unlined, lightweight Playboy for the unseasonably warm first week of October.

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Two great Playboys this morning! Yay! Great color on this one too Jim. Nice.

Donning my own refurbed black Borsalino again this early A.M. for a Noir effect. I've learned that you don't want to discount black hats. I used to hate them with a passion but if done right they can turn out to be a pretty impressive lid...tall straight crown and a 3 inch snap brim on this one

Another convert to the Dark Side... Sure is purdy!

 

[T Jones]

Another Playboy this morning, and it's a beaut as well. Great lid, Jim!


You wear it exceedingly well, Terry. Great work on this one, as usual, ans the noir look really works. You could be a modern day Phillip Marlowe.

Thank you Tuk! Trying to do Dick Powell proud!

 

[Tukwila]

Thank you Tuk! Trying to do Dick Powell proud!

I was going to say Dick Powell, but my old brain couldn't retrieve it from memory!

 

[T Jones]

That is one beautiful black hat! The dimensions are perfect!

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Thank you, buddy. I appreciate that. I have a black thin ribbon Resistol that I converted last year with similar dimensions but it's finding a new home with a new owner. I'm on the look out for another black hat now.

I'm going to miss this hat...but I know it's going to a good home

 

[T Jones]

I was going to say Dick Powell, but my old brain couldn't retrieve it from memory!

He was the best Philip Marlowe, IMO.

 

[Daniele Tanto]

I continue with the series of heather felts bought in France

This magnificent example has no name only bears the inscription inside the dome "feutre de poli" which signifies fur felt

Like the others it seems to have been partially finished

The seller attributes it to one of the great producers, Bouteille, of Chazelles sur Lyon, historical disrtict of the French hatters

The felt, long-haired, is a melange of fur and wool with the shades you see well in this photograph

The felt is thick and very malleable and the ribbon of exquisite workmanship, even if a little curled by bad storage

Buon mercoledì!
A great thank for your likes on the yesterday heather felt

 

[DOGMAN]

A day late Fed IV Carbon Grey

 

[Frunobulax]

Another Playboy this morning, and it's a beaut as well. Great lid, Jim!


You wear it exceedingly well, Terry. Great work on this one, as usual, ans the noir look really works. You could be a modern day Phillip Marlowe.

Thank you, Doug. When you do get your mitts on one, you'll be amazed at their softness. They have a terrific hand.


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[Frunobulax]

Beautiful Playboy Richard. The color is so...creamy!


Two great Playboys this morning! Yay! Great color on this one too Jim. Nice.


Another convert to the Dark Side... Sure is purdy!

Thanks, Mike!


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[Wyldkarma]

Donning my own refurbed black Borsalino again this early A.M. for a Noir effect. I've learned that you don't want to discount black hats. I used to hate them with a passion but if done right they can turn out to be a pretty impressive lid...tall straight crown and a 3 inch snap brim on this one

That's an impressive fedora Terry, great look. Black hats sure do have their place.

 

[T Jones]

That's an impressive fedora Terry, great look. Black hats sure do have their place.

We're going to have to start a new thread. "The Black Hat Brotherhood"!

 

[Michael A]

Summer's last hurrah here today. Supposed to be 86. Sadly, with a very hat unfriendly gale force wind. This morning, before the winds arrive, it's the Wormser,
DSCN5424 crop by Michael A2012, on Flickr
DSCN5417 crop by Michael A2012, on Flickr
DSCN5418 crop by Michael A2012, on Flickr
A lovely bit of 10 Star felt.
10-3-2018 Today's Clothes by Michael A2012, on Flickr
Have a good one,
Michael

 

[drmaxtejeda]

Crofut and Knapp today

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[Wyldkarma]

Guess it's gonna be a Playboy kinda day.....