Wide Brim Fedoras

[jamespowers]

For me the wider the better. I have a hat that has a 4" brim but it is more in the cowboy hat configuration. Dress hats can go up to 3 1/4" as far as I am concerned---then again I am in that 6' and weight class so the wide brim fits the rest just fine.
Oh and that hat from Van Helsing is actually not felt. I think someone here mentioned that it is really leather with decorative stitching.


Regards,

J

 

[Jerekson]

Wide brims are all that seem to work for me. The widest I have at the time being is 3 inches (not much, but enough).

Typically I find that anything under 2 1/2 inches makes me look like a jackass.

 

[tinmanzzz]

For me the wider the better. I have a hat that has a 4" brim but it is more in the cowboy hat configuration. Dress hats can go up to 3 1/4" as far as I am concerned---then again I am in that 6' and weight class so the wide brim fits the rest just fine.
Oh and that hat from Van Helsing is actually not felt. I think someone here mentioned that it is really leather with decorative stitching.


Regards,

J

Well, I am a FULL BODIED MAN myself and I even wear a 5" Plantation Hat from time to time.
And Yes, the V.H. is leather but I was looking at the effect.
I had hoped I could get some of our members to show us their WIDE brimed hat (non-western). to see just whats being worn out there.
come on Guys show me your Hats......

 

[Bebop]

Unfortunately, no special brim width keeps me from looking like a jackass but I do feel comfortable with a 2 1/2 to 3 in. brim.

 

[Fatdutchman]

The brim needs to compliment the crown too. A big, tall, straight crown generally "needs" a bit wider brim, whereas a somewhat smaller crown looks better with a narrower brim. Normally, on an "Indy-sized" hat, I think 2 3/4" is about perfect on me, with 2 1/2" bare minimum. 3" (generally) looks too big on me...or at least it begins to no longer look like a Fedora. The little straw hat in my avatar (a Bailey Lite Straw that got somewhat crushed in my recent auto accident....:rage: ) has a 2 3/8" brim, that I think looks pretty good on me, but the crown is not nearly of Indy/Federation/Bushman/Squatter proportions. (by the way, I just ordered a Squatter from David Morgan AND another Federation from HatsDirect, both in "Tawny fawn". I wish I could get brown...I mean REAL brown, like a Hershey bar, not dark, grayish brown, but it seems no one makes felt this color anymore!)

 

[Bud-n-Texas]

Is this one wide enough?

Well, I am a FULL BODIED MAN myself and I even wear a 5" Plantation Hat from time to time.
And Yes, the V.H. is leather but I was looking at the effect.
I had hoped I could get some of our members to show us their WIDE brimed hat (non-western). to see just whats being worn out there.
come on Guys show me your Hats......

How about a 3 7/16" Borsalino

 

[Bud-n-Texas]

This is my Stetson Vogue with a 3" brim

 

[Bud-n-Texas]

3 1/4" Cuenca

 

[Erik]

Looks like an argument for wider brims to me.

 

[jimmy the lid]

Bud -- I am LOVIN' that Stetson Vogue!!!:eusa_clap

Cheers,
JtL

 

[tinmanzzz]

Bud-n-texas

I spent 7 years north of the Red River in a little cowtown, OKC
Could you get me some shots of the crown on the Borsalino ???
That is looking Good.
TIA

 

[Bud-n-Texas]

I spent 7 years north of the Red River in a little cowtown, OKC
Could you get me some shots of the crown on the Borsalino ???
That is looking Good.
TIA

tinmanzzz, I will try and get a photo tomorrow in the daylight


jimmy - thanks, the Vogue is one of my favorites, here is another view as well as some of the sweat and liner.

 

[jimmy the lid]

jimmy - thanks, the Vogue is one of my favorites, here is another view as well as some of the sweat and liner.

Gorgeous lid.

Cheers,
JtL

 

[J.T.Marcus]

I seem to remember there used to be a rule that the width of the hat brim should compliment the width of the suit lapel, wide with wide and narrow with narrow.

 

[Bud-n-Texas]

I spent 7 years north of the Red River in a little cowtown, OKC
Could you get me some shots of the crown on the Borsalino ???
That is looking Good.
TIA

 

[mingoslim]

It looks great in the movies . . .

As far as head size, I am a 7 5/8, 6', 250lb Guy. I guess I was thinking of something like this:
Tinman Monster Hunter.
I will try to re shape it myself and if that fails I will call in the pros from Dover.

But if I were going to wear it, I would really need a dark and stormy night, and a Transylvanian landscape . . . a couple of monsters to fight wouldn't hurt either . . . and really, how often am I going to find myself with those conditions?

 

[Undertow]

But if I were going to wear it, I would really need a dark and stormy night, and a Transylvanian landscape . . . a couple of monsters to fight wouldn't hurt either . . . and really, how often am I going to find myself with those conditions?

Evidently you haven't been to Chicago's south side recently!

 

[jamespowers]

Evidently you haven't been to Chicago's south side recently!

He said he wanted to wear a wide brimmed hat, not a hat and be armed to the teeth.

Regards,

J

 

[D00R]

heres my hat, the brim is 3 1/4

 

[tinmanzzz]

Attn: Bob-n-Texas & Door

Thanks for the pic's
Come on Guys (and Dolls) Show me your W-I-D-E Brimed hats