What Hat Are You Wearing Today ?

[Blare]

That mid-sized ribbon makes the crown seem a lot higher than 4 1/2" ! I think that's the first bronze label I've seen, very nice hat Joe.

Thank you GG. I think Bronze was one step over their entry level at the time. But made for a very nice lightweight unlined hat. It is interesting how the mid ribbon creates a bit of illusion there. Especially considering the fairly wide brim.

 

[Blare]

Groceries and butcher shop this morning. A VS thin ribbon in sage felt was my fedora for the adventure.

A run, shower and then a cool down walk necessitated a change of hats. A VS art-lite "Wanderer" in silverbelly was the perfect chapeau for the task.

Cheer. Be safe, be strong and see you on the street soon, Eric -

Excellent Eric

 

[Blare]

I have a VS in black cherry. I like the shape of yours better. Mine has a Tuxedo underbrim, which I like.
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Whoa nelly!

 

[Blare]

That is a beauty, Joe. Nice proportions and colour and unlined too. As I keep saying: we don't see enough Lee hats here.

Thanks Stefan. agreed. They just tend to go galavanting off as Marathons and Pilgrims and such

 

[Blare]

German week three, day fünf.

Mylord Rein Haar (or Rein Haar Mylord; that's a bit unclear).

Colour is called "schiefer" (slate), which is a very nice blueish grey in this case.
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Oh Mylord

 

[Blare]

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3x Stetson

Looking good Perry

 

[Blare]

National straw hat day... at the home office, er living room. Resistol paja toquilla western straw hat.

That’s some brim Doug

 

[jonesy86]

Optimo Oxblood today. This is Optimo's "Public Enemies" model, which they provided for Johnny Depp, only it has a bit of a wider brim. View attachment 235214 View attachment 235215 View attachment 235216 View attachment 235217 View attachment 235218

Lookin good Doc!

 

[steur]

Oh Mylord

Thank you, Joe.

 

[jonesy86]

I have a VS in black cherry. I like the shape of yours better. Mine has a Tuxedo underbrim, which I like.
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Dang Doc, that’s slick!

 

[mayserwegener]

Another great looking hat Steve

Joe, Thank you! Superb looking Lee Water Bloc Bronze Label from you yesterday. Lee made great hats.

 

[Shadow1948]

Olive brown Dunlap

 

[Rumad]

So! 84 degrees today. I can finally post a different hat. This is a Stetson straw that I picked up in an antique shop years back, I cannot remember where. Jersey? South Carolina? It came complete with a few cracks and incomplete without a band. Yep, that’s a shoe lace on there. Works for me. I never wore it before because I couldn’t get the totally wonky brim to behave at all. Finally, last week, I took some steam to it, and then ironed it with a hot iron. It actually worked. Oughtta be good for working in the garden and sweaty walks, no? Yeah, that bus snuck up on us. Enjoy the day peeps.

 

[steur]

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That's a beauty!

View attachment 235358 View attachment 235359 So! 84 degrees today. I can finally post a different hat. This is a Stetson straw that I picked up in an antique shop years back, I cannot remember where. Jersey? South Carolina? It came complete with a few cracks and incomplete without a band. Yep, that’s a shoe lace on there. Works for me. I never wore it before because I couldn’t get the totally wonky brim to behave at all. Finally, last week, I took some steam to it, and then ironed it with a hot iron. It actually worked. Oughtta be good for working in the garden and sweaty walks, no? Yeah, that bus snuck up on us. Enjoy the day peeps.

Looks cool, Alan. Everybody needs a hat like that.

 

[Blare]

Joe, Thank you! Superb looking Lee Water Bloc Bronze Label from you yesterday. Lee made great hats.

Thanks Steve

 

[Blare]

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Very cool looking Dunlap, Shadow. Interesting the model “Champ Deluxe“ as towards the end Champ and Dunlap were basically one and the same. This example looks a bit earlier so may just be a weird coincidence.

 

[Blare]

View attachment 235358 View attachment 235359 So! 84 degrees today. I can finally post a different hat. This is a Stetson straw that I picked up in an antique shop years back, I cannot remember where. Jersey? South Carolina? It came complete with a few cracks and incomplete without a band. Yep, that’s a shoe lace on there. Works for me. I never wore it before because I couldn’t get the totally wonky brim to behave at all. Finally, last week, I took some steam to it, and then ironed it with a hot iron. It actually worked. Oughtta be good for working in the garden and sweaty walks, no? Yeah, that bus snuck up on us. Enjoy the day peeps.

Nice.. just in time for Straw Hat Day

 

[Redfokker]

Day 15 of 31 Hat Parade: In celebration of National Straw Hat Day, I felt compelled to wear the everyman summer hat from the last century. Strange, there were no other men in Safeway who were celebrating with me, so sad. This straw Boater is from the early 1950s and made by Dobbs. This type of hat has been in constant production for over a century, you can buy them even today. The tie matches the hat and is early 50s as well. For some reason, I was the only person out there with a tie as well. What is society coming to?

 

[DaveProc]

Bradford 3X Deluxe today.

 

[mayserwegener]

I'm imagining what that felt must feel like, Steve. Magnificent hat. The pictures make clear to me that the working conditions must have been gruelling a lot of the time.

Stefan, Thanks! Yes definitely some very hot + tight situations.

Super looking "Mylord Rein Haar"! Again another mystery on the company. The liner label reminds me of Dermotta Wien.