What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

[Short Balding Guy]

Early morning flight back to Minnesota this morning. I am sleep deprived and working to stay on a "normal" schedule. Dog soiree in a Knox Vagabond. The current 73'F temps are accompanied by 90% humidity. I am not surprised by having low energy and generally feeling lethargic. I tip my hats to folks who experience this frequently. You folks rock. Now give me some snow and cool temps.

Remembering the "good times."

 

[TheOldFashioned]

Maiden voyage for this Knox:

 

[fabiovenhorst]

Vintage Cury for today

 

[scottyrocks]

I know I’m of a minority persuasion here, but I can’t help but think that the original pinches/creases in hats came not from balancing each element with the cheek and jawlines of every wearer, but precisely from grabbing it where it felt right.

I agree with you here. When hats were merely just a piece of everyday wardrobe, I'd lay odds that men picked out a brand/model that they liked best, put it on their head, squashed in a pinch, and went about their business.

These days we are an outlier/minority/hobbyist/collector sort of folk who obsess over these pieces of animal felt, some more than others, and in different ways, of course.

While I treat most of my hats like royalty, I have a couple that I deliberately grab and wear hard. For those (such as my falcon park Lawless repro), if I should be so lucky as to wear a hole in the crown, then I will have made such an achievement and will wear the hole proudly, like my favorite pair of jeans whose holes in the denim were caused by my own blood, sweat, and tears— not those pre-ripped ones you buy at thirty times the price from haute coteur department stores!
Essay finished. Bowler out. ‘Murica.

I have a couple of hats that have developed a small hole, and I find that I am just as likely to not grab them by the crown as my other hats (the majority) that do not have holes.

One of them is my Fed III, and the other that comes to mind is a 1950s Royal Stetson. The funny thing is that the vintage Stetson is more easily replaceable than the Fed III.

 

[Dlaniger]

Looks like you might be going camping, Reggie, with that hat at an Orvis store!

No camping. Just checking out some of the sale items and killing time while waiting for my wife.


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[Vera Godfrey]

Dobbs Deion for morning coffee today.
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Have a great 4th,
Michael

Nicely patriotic!

 

[hatsRme]

Well, at the risk (hope) of offending Ol' Krap-or-nick, my RED, (off) WHITE and BLUE-ribboned Dobbs Milan, circa 1970(?)...



Here's to the red white and blue!!! Have a safe, enjoyable day!

 

[hatsRme]

Maiden voyage for this Knox:
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SWEET!!!

 

[hatsRme]

Dobbs Deion for morning coffee today.
IMG_2787 by Michael A2012, on Flickr
IMG_2801 crop by Michael A2012, on Flickr
IMG_2803 crop by Michael A2012, on Flickr
7-4-2019 Today's Clothes by Michael A2012, on Flickr
Have a great 4th,
Michael

DANG, Michael! That darned Dobbs Deion's a definite delight, dude!!!
Have a great forth.

 

[hatsRme]

Biltmore Milan this Wednesday.

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Superman colors, Reg!! Terrific!

 

[Frunobulax]

Well, at the risk (hope) of offending Ol' Krap-or-nick, my RED, (off) WHITE and BLUE-ribboned Dobbs Milan, circa 1970(?)...

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Here's to the red white and blue!!! Have a safe, enjoyable day!

Lookin' good, Charlie! Happy Independence Day!

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[Tukwila]

Well, at the risk (hope) of offending Ol' Krap-or-nick, my RED, (off) WHITE and BLUE-ribboned Dobbs Milan, circa 1970(?)...

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Here's to the red white and blue!!! Have a safe, enjoyable day!

Looking downright sporty on this Independence Day, Chas!

 

[Hat and Rehat]

I’d say stiffer is more difficult! A soft open felt— just pinch and lift!


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Yes.
But before you know it, it isn't open anymore!

 

[Trenchfriend]

Wegener hazelnut traveller hat.

 

[Hat and Rehat]

Further ruminations, I suppose, on the possible selective forces in the evolution of hats.

"By gad, Harry, you look like the gardener! Try this hat from the Bowler brothers, old man."

 

[BobHufford]

Limited hat choice down on the farm. Tried to tie in a bit with the red/white/blue.

 

[Hat and Rehat]

Limited hat choice down on the farm. Tried to tie in a bit with the red/white/blue.

Nice job.
No time wasted cadging that band, I'm thinking.

 

[AbbaDatDeHat]

No camping. Just checking out some of the sale items and killing time while waiting for my wife.


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Darn Reggie: i was hoping you were picking up a nice Orvis 6’6” Flea (bamboo please) fly rod for hat trade bait!! Darn!
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[Yamahana]

Well, at the risk (hope) of offending Ol' Krap-or-nick, my RED, (off) WHITE and BLUE-ribboned Dobbs Milan, circa 1970(?)...

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Here's to the red white and blue!!! Have a safe, enjoyable day!

Well hatted and well said. Happy 4th.....
God bless the Red, White and Blue

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[deadlyhandsome]

Vintage Cury for today
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Love the look. The coat is spectacular! It reminds me of one Hugh Fraser wore on Poirot:

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