I normally hang out in the hat forum but now I have a sunglasses question, and please excuse me if this has been answered before. I want a pair of prescription green sunglasses lens in a pair of vintage AO frames, but I want the old green color one sees in 50's, 60's lenses, almost emerald...
Velour Conversion
I saw a velour western on the Bay so I got it and did a conversion just to see how it would work....Came out quite good... I used a vintage maroon grosgrain ribbon and trimmed the brim to 2 3/8 for that 20's-30's look that I like. It is amazingly light and...
Polyester will sag and stretch .....with cotton in the mix, you can wet it and it will tighten and form to the hat.......100 percent cotton will probably be ok....
I think the ones from PD will be the Panama hat variety that look good there but probably won't look right on a felt fedora. I have gotten quite a bit of good hat ribbon grosgrain on EBay and Esty by searching for "vintage grosgrain"....look for rayon and cotton mix so it will tighten up and...
I see your location is NYC.......thought you might be out west somewhere......no problem!..wear it in good health. But really, those glasses just don't go with that hat...I would go with some gold round frames or maybe even some aviators.....
Getting real, how about getting a classic style...
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