What was your first fedora?

[fedoracentric]

What was your first fedora? Do you remember? Mine was a black Adam Executive from the 1950s. It was beat to heck when I first got it, but I really loved it. Wish I had a photo of it, but I do not.

 

[T Jones]

My Grandfather gave me either a Whippet or a Whippet clone when I was a High School senior in the early '70s. It was medium grey with a wide brim and with a black hat ribbon and black brim binding. I can still remember how soft the felt was. If only I had known.........

 

[1mach1]

A Stetson Indiana Jones fedora in 1984. I wore the snot out of that thing.

 

[gtdean48]

1950's era Open Road from my grandfather in the late 1970's. Had plenty of westerns until then but this one was first sub-3 inch brim...

 

[Joao Encarnado]

I don't have not I had a Fedora.
My first hat was a black western 4x beaver Resistol model Dilon. Still have it.

 

[MCrider]

I remember my first fedora. I bought it in 1980 and it was a brown Foreman and Clark



and yes I still have it, plus it's still in rotation and worn regularly.

 

[tuco1963]

a stetson cloth fedora from beals clothing in new castle indiana sept1979 im looking for pics of it ,

 

[Greyryder]

Scala New Yorker. I'm relatively new to felt hats. I just wanted something cheap to start with, because I was afraid that I'd be too self conscious to actually wear a fedora. I'd only ever worn baseball caps, before.

First fur felt is my Biltmore Camden Ark 214.

 

[splintercellsz]

Modern Borsalino Alessandria

 

[g.durand]

Banana Republic safari hat, most likely made by Beaver Brand, purchased in San Francisco, 1986. I replaced the original pug a couple of years later. I still have it.

 

[Zombie_61]

Mine was an Akubra Fed IV in 2008. The photo is from some time last year:

 

[Landman]

Mine was an old Stetson Open Road (probably from the 50's) that had a teardrop crease. I found it in a Goodwill store in the early 1980's and I can remember being surprised when I looked inside of it and saw that it was an Open Road. Until then I had assumed all Open Roads were Cattleman's creases. Living in an area where westerns are the standard I caught so much grief from my friends about it that I ended up giving it away. I wish I had that hat back now!

 

[KingAndrew]

Mine was a stiff brown wool Indiana Jones knock-off I bought at Burlington Coat Factory in 1982-83. It was a great looking hat and I continued wearing it regularly until it succumbed to moth attack last year. It's place in my wardrobe has been taken by a brown longhair (thoroughbred is the official color) from Optimo.

 

[Retro Spectator]

My first fedora was a panama, and I got it when I was either 9 or 10 years old. I don't have it anymore, because it got ran over by a car. It was a Scala, and it was white. For some reason, it didn't have a snap brim. It just was flat all around. I can't take a picture of it, because I don't know where it is. Funny thing is that I wear the same size (extra large) back then, as I do now.

Kind of unrelated: When I was either 9 or 10, I liked wearing suits everyday. I bought them cheap at Marshalls.

 

[VetPsychWars]

Black Stetson with a raw edge, center dent, and a wide ribbon, circa 1994.

Tom

 

[ChiTownScion]

First real fedora was my Art Fawcett silver belly, a recent purchase. I have an Orvis "knock around" that I'm currently having cleaned and re-ribboned: when I get it back I'll post the Before and After pics.

 

[Landman]

ChiTown, beautiful hat. You are going to be spoiled by starting off with one of Art's hats!

 

[Big J]

First fedora?

A beaver Penman Raider.
Have one of his Casablanca's now- love it.

 

[Macbeth]

Shame to say my first fedora was last year at 70! Grandkiids helped me pick one out at Herbs Hat shop in San Antonio. Stetson Chocolate Brown (Tom Landry) Downs.
My brother liked it so gave it to him. Then gambled on a EBay Borsalino Vintage from seller in Italy. Paid $169 for it and found it was wonderful.
And recently Ordinary Guy (thanks Harry!) kindly sold me his Art Fawcett Pecan which I really consider my first great fedora.

 

[Seb Lucas]

I started wearing an Aussie slouch hat when I was a boy 1971. In 1978 I bought proper gentleman's hat, a mint 1930's grey, velour finish Borsalino for - I think it was 50 cents at a flea market. You used to be able to find the best hats for under $5 over here. I stopped wearing hats for a while in the early 1980's because of the Indiana Jones films. I disliked the calls of "Hi Indy" when my hat wearing owed nothing to that character.