Recent content by Cuvier

Good afternoon gents! I received my Stetsons today. Two days early mind you. A brief report on them. The Shantung Gambler's hat I'm on the fence about. The hat comes in S, M, L, XL. I typically wear a 7 1/4 or 58. I ordered the large which starts at 7 1/4. It's expectedly big but some spacers...

....Whoa.... We're not worthy.

That's a lotta brim!

I've got two Stetson straw hats I'm waiting on. First a coconut Madrigal pork pie. The other they call a Brentwood Shantung Straw Gambler Hat from Stetson.

Thank you for your thoughts. I didn't know if this was worth the price even for the mechanism. I'll pass on it. I do have occasion to wear a top hat a couple of times a year. I just wanted something different.

I found this opera hat in the local antique shop. I don't know anything about them and wanted to know what you think of it. The mechanism works well and it somewhat fits. But that's about all I know.

I bought the summer 1941 as I'm down in Texas. They do run slightly large as it was expected that you're layered underneath. https://www.atthefront.com/Summer-M41-Field-Jacket-p/usujsm41.htm It's still a very comfortable jacket. There's a winter weight version as well.

I can speak very highly of ATF. Great people to work with. If you have a question they can answer it. Shipping has always been fast and the workmanship outstanding. I have their summer 1941 field jacket and enjoy it. Everything I have purchased I have been exceedingly happy with.

Thank Nobert as well. He came to the same conclusion and beat me to it.

They look a lot like the ones from my zoot suit. If yours was banana yellow with red pinstripes they'd be near identical. Mine are high waisted, super wide with a dramatic taper starting at the knees down to the ankles. Worn more like high waters. Matching jacket has exaggerated shoulders...

I have a teardrop in mine. The pictures are of a dry bash I put in. I later tightened it up with some steam. I also steam fit it to my long oval noggin. It hovers about 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch off my scalp.

Luckily that wasn't my experience. I'm still in my 30's and look young. She wanted to know where I got my Fed IV as she wanted to get one for her husband. That was a heartbreaker. She was my type in a retro-ish dress.

I'm fairly new to adult hats as well. My normal brimmed hats are westerns and I don't get a second glace while wearing them other than the occasional dust cloud choking someone up. I started wearing a straw Panama and fedoras late 2022 and more last year and this year. I felt I got more looks...

The mask is a Bauta mask which traditionally is worn with a cloak and hat. I don't need the hat, just wanted to wear it.

Yup. I figured that the lack of response was due to a lack of knowledge. The mask was inexpensive and replaceable so experimenting with it was fine. Now I learned something and was able to share it. Win-win in my book.