This past year has seen a hat explosion in Tokyo. You can't find a fashionable clothing store that does not have fedora style hats displayed. Again, most are small brim types, made of cloth, and a few wool felts can be seen here and there. And it goes without saying that these hats are appearing...
If the fedora style is associated with a front pinch, then we have a few clues from old photos.
The "Stetson Hats" book has photos of Sears catalog hat pages. The catalog from the 1920s has only side pinches while the 1938-39 catalog has mostly front pinches. So judging from this, front pinches...
Here's a recently discovered old newspaper photo from West Virginia around 1900. According to the accompanying article one of my ancestors is in this group (I hope he wasn't the one responsible for making sure the telegraph poles were straight).
Yeah, sweat will be a big problem since it won't be hidden and I do sweat a lot. I may just wear a bandana underneath for absorbing the sweat. There's just enough room for that.
I think a thin ribbon would look good, but leaving it naked makes me feel like I'm making some kind of rebellious...
The absence of ribbon shows off the crown's height better, too. BTW this was a fedora style Panama when I first bought it a few years ago, but it couldn't compete with my other fedoras. I restored it to its original shape and after I rolled it and packed it away, it decided to become an Optimo...
Here ya go. First, the panama on my head last summer:
And here it is today, naked in the December morning sun:
I confess the Panama is not my first choice in head gear, and I'm more likely to go out with a felt hat even in the summer. But a natural, care free travel hat that I can roll...
I've only worn my Panama hat a few times because that black ribbon never seems to go with anything I would wear in the hot weather, which is decidedly casual. It always had a jarring effect (in my eyes).
A while back I decided to reblock the Panama and removed the black band -- and the sweat...
I've only got one cap. bought it in the early 80s when I was in college. It's a black Greek Fisherman's cap. Hey, somebody just snickered; okay, I admit I'm not Greek, and not a fisherman. At least the cap was made in Greece. I bought it at a Greek restaurant where the owner wanted to hire me as...
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