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What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

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The first Dalton I ever found.

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PH. Möckel Hutfabrik, Homburg vor der Höhe, Official Supplier to his Majesty the Emperor & King and Official Supplier to his Majesty the King of England, possibly early 1900s. PH. Möckel Hutfabrik, Homburg vor der Höhe made the first Homburg Hat for Edward VII King of England. This Stiff Felt has great form and wears feather light. It's very difficult to find original PH. Möckel Hutfabrik, Homburg vor der Höhe because the company went out of business in 1931.

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PH. Möckel HofHut (Court Hat) Fabrik, Homburg vor der Höhe, from the Gotisches Haus (Gothic House) Bad Homburg , Germany hat collection.

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Thanks Stefan. I do love this hat. Is the trachten style where the popularity of back bows in the late 50s originated?

Lovely tone to that felt. Is that a British brand?

Thanks,
Michael
Steve could tell you more, but the combination of black felt and green ribbon with a backbow is called an Ausseer hut. A hunting hat style from Bad Aussee. Not unlikely that the style was copied as a fashion style in the fifties.

The Eres-Kent is a German made hat. Indeed a lovely felt. English style was very popular in the fifties and sixties in Germany, so many English sounding brand names popped up at that time, even though the manufacture was German.
 

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Steve could tell you more, but the combination of black felt and green ribbon with a backbow is called an Ausseer hut. A hunting hat style from Bad Aussee. Not unlikely that the style was copied as a fashion style in the fifties.

The Eres-Kent is a German made hat. Indeed a lovely felt. English style was very popular in the fifties and sixties in Germany, so many English sounding brand names popped up at that time, even though the manufacture was German.
Thanks for the history lesson, Stefan.

Feeling almost like spring this afternoon. So I had to see how my new Macy's Men's Store Panama looks.
IMG_8497 by Michael A2012, on Flickr
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Ready to hit the links.
3-19-2019 Today's Clothes - Spring Preview by Michael A2012, on Flickr

Have a good evening,
Michael
 
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PH. Möckel Hutfabrik, Homburg vor der Höhe, Official Supplier to his Majesty the Emperor & King and Official Supplier to his Majesty the King of England, possibly early 1900s. PH. Möckel Hutfabrik, Homburg vor der Höhe made the first Homburg Hat for Edward VII King of England. This Stiff Felt has great form and wears feather light. It's very difficult to find original PH. Möckel Hutfabrik, Homburg vor der Höhe because the company went out of business in 1931.

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PH. Möckel HofHut (Court Hat) Fabrik, Homburg vor der Höhe, from the Gotisches Haus (Gothic House) Bad Homburg , Germany hat collection.

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Very cool, Steve. Was the brand continued after the original factory went out of business? I spotted a Möckel last week and it didn't look that old to me.
 
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Very cool, Steve. Was the brand continued after the original factory went out of business? I spotted a Möckel last week and it didn't look that old to me.
Stefan, Thank you! Fantastic Wormser and Penney's Marathon from your today!

Yes Ernst Köln had the trademark from 1966 to 1998. I can't remember who had it prior maybe F.W. Schneider Köln. Here you will find information on the original PH. Möckel Hutfabrik. Also anyone that wants to read probably the most accurate account of the original Homburg Hat.

http://germanaustrianhats.invisionzone.com/index.php?/topic/14-ph-möckel-hutfabrik-homburg-vor-der-höhe/#entry1764
 
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To think a few days ago you had snow! Excellent looking panama, Michael.
Ha ha, might have some snow again tonight. But at this time of year 53 degrees feels like a heatwave. Nice enough to try a new panama in any case.

Two very similar hats today. First the Wormser (it finally gave in)

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after that the Penney's Marathon
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The Wormser does have the looks, but the clear winner on all fronts is the Penney's.
Two very nice looking hats, Stefan. I would give it to the Wormser on looks, but I understand the felt is not so nice. I think the felt on my Wormser is quite nice. Seems they may have had a lot of variability from grade to grade, or hat to hat.

Michael
 

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