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I'm positive that my Grandmother purchased that outfit rather than made it as she was never one to sew her own clothes. Other than that, I don't know when or where she bought it. She always had lots of this type of summer wear for use at her summer cottage. They weren't on a trip, BTW. They...

Thanks for the offer, but after looking at my hat against the color of your puggaree, the colors just won't go together. My hat is more brown than I had originally thought (it's been in the back of my closet for years). Do you know of any websites that sell puggarees in a khaki or brown?

The outside diameter of my hat at the band is 23". It's a size 7 1/4 hat.

Excuse me if this has been asked before, but where can one buy a puggaree? I have a nice crusher safari hat I got from EMS that is screaming for one to be added. The narrow olive colored band it came with looks booooring.

Actually, my grandmother pronounced it lawb-stahs!!! :D

I just thought I'd share a picture of my grandparents in the summer of 1930 (the year they got married) at their summer cottage on Greenwich Bay in Buttonwoods, RI. My grandfather had just gotten back from a day of quahogging.

I found this blanket coat in an antique shop in Kennebunkport, ME a few years ago. It's styled more like a barn coat...

Thaks for the info. The date range you suggested sounds just about when I guessed my Father in law got the hat.

Hello folks. I just joined the Fedora Lounge specifically because I was hoping to find out some info on a hat I’ve recently acquired. My wife’s father passed away last summer. I came across this hat while my wife and I were helping my mother-in-law sort through his personal effects. It was...