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Spotted this in a size 40. First time I’ve seen one outside of a museum exhibit. Any interest in it for your archive @RegisDB9 ?
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Anyone else getting into hats? Lately I’ve been getting into custom Nick Fouquets and I have a Gucci straw
Wow, I would be very interested in this partly because I love making things for myself but also because I have a larger, oddly-shaped head.I just took a hat making class, and if you really like hats, it's not that hard to make your own flat-brimmed felt hat. You'll need to buy a block for your head size (one-time cost of ~$100-150), and you'll need an iron. Instead of buying a steamer, I think you can jury-rig something out of a teapot, or a clothes steamer if you have one. Get whatever ribbon, leather, accoutrements you want for the outside, and some sweatband material for the inside. Each felt blank will run $50-100. A butane torch if you want to go for the burned look (do it outside, it smells terrible!). I'm sure there's many tutorials on Youtube.
I think hats are the single hardest piece of traditional men's fashion to pull off. There's so many bad vibes associated with wide brim hats and the infrastructure of life in general is not hat friendly anymore. That said, I wear wide brim hats every time I go outside during the day and haven't owned a ball cap as an adult. I'm all in and I love it.Anyone else getting into hats? Lately I’ve been getting into custom Nick Fouquets and I have a Gucci straw
When I search for specific item, often I see an item that I might be interested in but then I check out the brand and find out that I do not like where their items are made or maybe their ideology or I just don't like the vibe or even their social media feed/activity and I put that brand on my "Nope brands" list and go on with the search. Anyone else ever doing something similar?
For example at the moment I am in search for a few more camp collar shirts and I am having a hard time finding shirts that I like made by brands that I am happy to give my money to. I found a few but I am a bid shocked and sad how short is my current list of brands that I think are worth paying for.
Also I am in a phase that I might not buy anything or have a very hard time buying anything that is not Made in Japan, USA, UK, Italy or Portugal.
It is all absolutely subjective and not many people might agree with me. I was just curious if there is more people doing the similar or having similar thoughts or majority just buy the item if they like it and do not care about where it was made and by who etc.
I think hats are the single hardest piece of traditional men's fashion to pull off. There's so many bad vibes associated with wide brim hats and the infrastructure of life in general is not hat friendly anymore. That said, I wear wide brim hats every time I go outside during the day and haven't owned a ball cap as an adult. I'm all in and I love it.
Straw hats are the easiest to wear.
The brim size is a big deal. 2.5" I'd say is the minimum for actually doing anything and 4" is the limit of what you can get away with. Now that cars all have headrests in the seats you'll notice driving comfortably with a hat is largely determined by brim size and whether it's stiff or floppy. Plus a locker at a gym or at a work site will probably only be able to hold a 2.5" stiff brim hat. Places to store hats in businesses do not exist anymore.
Felt hats are very, very hard to wear if you're under 40. I just rocked one today but I can only pull it off with a blazer. I can't imagine looking genuine in a t-shirt and felt hat. Maybe if it was like ochre or something wild. I see some neat indigo dyed ones from time to time. But you're putting in the work to make that jive.
Anyone looking to experiment, definitely do some sort of textile or weave and do it with a ~3" floppy brim. It's also less likely to blow off. I live in a windy city and the wind factor of the day is a large factor towards the hat I choose.
Goorin Bros is fine but overpriced. Bailey is good value if can find a style you like. Tilley has a couple of cheap made in Canada models that are good if you need packable. I like Eric Javits because he has a cool proprietary synthetic straw that's fully sun blocking. I've never tried Nick Fouquet because I'm not rich and know I can't pull it off. I've never even touched beaver felt. I'm stuck with rabbit, like a pleb. But the step up in feel between even rabbit compared to a wool or synthetic felt is real. But can you actually wear it? Only you can decide.
I was thinking of buying some kind of comfortable, flowy, silky black pants to go with this shirt. I found some women's pants, but they're all flare pants with tight thighs and ass, which won't work for my bottom heavy build.
Can't find any for men. Would also prefer not to drop $200USD+ on them.
Any ideas or recommendations? Also no idea what shoes I'd wear, I wonder if my dark brown Birk thong sandals would work?
Yeah I love the 108 hat, very versatile and IMO, and surprisingly durable.I have a couple of those Yellow 108s for the beach. They’ve held up nicely even as a toddler loves to stomp on them and try to turn them inside out
These aren’t silky per se but the cut might be what you’re looking for minus dat price