daddy-o
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- Brno, Czech Republic
I really don?Ǭ¥t know that much about hats and their history. I do know that I love hats despite the fact that most people think you are a bit of a loony when you turn up wearing a hat. I love wearing my 1947 Akubra Sportsman and I tend to prefer the 40s and 50s look with the appropriate hat. I never liked the porkpie hats or hats with a narrow brim in the past but recently I kinda got into them. On www.mybabyjo.com in the hat section they have a couple of nice porkpies, the vented version for 40 bucks and also the coconut version. Who knows a bit about the history of the porkpie.I do remember that the porkpie hat was worn a lot with the ska movement but is it essentially a 50?Ǭ¥s hat ? Did it originate in the early or mid fifties ? Or earlier ? I reckon I cant go wrong in the summer with a nice porkpie hat with a Sun Surf hawaiian shirt and a pair of gab rayon pants ???