What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

[DOUGLAS]

No J.T., I think this has got to be somewhere from the late Thirties or Fourties.It is very light weight and is vented.

 

[deanglen]

Very nice Douglas! As always. Here's my $7 wooly with my thin ribbon work,
wore it today in 93 degrees with 85% humidity and it was hotter than a $2 ******.

dean

 

[DOUGLAS]

It may be hot Dean but it looks good.

 

[deanglen]

Thank you, Douglas, I know you're being too kind, this cheap camera doesn't do justice to how I know it can look, but I just can't afford better right now and it's pretty much better than nothing. Thanks again.

dean

 

[J.T.Marcus]

Deanglen, It looks good!:eusa_clap Hot as it might have been, it was better than bareheaded if you were in the sun long. When something looks good, wear it with joy.

 

[RBH]

Dean, I like it!
You are more an artist than you know.

 

[deanglen]

Dean, I like it!
You are more an artist than you know.

Takes one to know one, R. Your appreciation means very much to me.

dean

 

[DOUGLAS]

Stephen L Stetson

... hot , muggy, no air, every subway flooded,traffic at a stand still and mini tornados too. Just another day in the Big Apple.

 

[deanglen]

Is that a vintage 20s Stetson? 30s? Great summer color!

dean

 

[DOUGLAS]

I think it is from the Thirties Dean but Twenties are possible. It is a Stephen not John Stetson. I really need to get it cleaned, the color is much lighter than what is shown.It has a lot of smoke and nicotine staining and it is a bit musty.

 

[BJBAmerica]

Another great hat, Douglas....Not to mention the shirt, tie and braces!!! Ever the true man of style!!! :eusa_clap

 

[jamespowers]

Another great hat, Douglas....Not to mention the shirt, tie and braces!!! Ever the true man of style!!! :eusa_clap

Wow! Coming from Mr. Howell, Douglas, that is quite a compliment.

 

[DOUGLAS]

Wow! Coming from Mr. Howell, Douglas, that is quite a compliment.

I know JP, Quite a gentleman he is with great taste in hats too. I hope I can live up to the compliment.
Thank you Barry, I am looking foward to seeing you under your Homburg.

 

[DOUGLAS]

ARTIS ET FACIENDO BOATER

PERFECTION, except it is a size too small. I will still wear it though.

 

[AlanC]

Fantastic! :eusa_clap

I keep being struck by how boaters dominate a lot of the pre-30s pictures you see.

 

[DOUGLAS]

True Alan, they seem to have been very popular. This one is in great shape but I am not convinced that it looks good on me though.

 

[AlanC]

I think they're so outside the norm of even what hat wearers are used to these days that there's a strong 'familiarity curve'. I think it does look good, but certainly more jarring to our modern eye than a fedora or Panama.

 

[Big Man]

Boaters ...

I recall quite well one of my great-uncles who always wore a straw boater. My memory of him was during the late 1950's into the early 1990's. I believe he was the only person I ever saw wearing a hat like that, but for him it was "normal" - that was just his own personal style. It never looked out of place or odd, even though no one (that I ever knew) wore a hat like that.

 

[DOUGLAS]

I like the way they look, I'm just not sure it looks good for my shape. I will get another that is my size and see how it looks. I definitely need the taller type though.

 

[metropd]

I think Douglas should start a fashion line.