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    Going to work in vintage apparal

    As an attorney, I have to be taken seriously by colleagues and jurors, so wearing vintage at work is not really feasible. Plus I'm too fat to fit in or look good in actual vintage clothes. Nevertheless, I wear a fedora or panama every day (not in the courthouse), and I try to find ties that...
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    Hey, what ever happened to....

    A few years ago, my wife, daughter and I were at the Renaissance Festival near NYC and I took my daughter into their "dungeon" where they would show you various devices and methods of torture using props and dummies. When we got to the fourth or fifth one, I looked over and saw that my daughter...
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    Your favourite smell

    I'm surprises no one has mentioned these, but -freshly popped popcorn -a home fire of Irish turf. Also, -sesame oil -vanilla -garlic sauteeing (I'm watching Food Network as I type this, so it is difficult to come up with something besides food.) -a book that is old but not musty...
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    All You Need to Know About Hat Etiquette

    I handle it the way Spats does except with court. Here in Ithaca, the courthouse is right across the street, so I just leave the hat behind. When I am going to court in other counties, which is much more often, I leave it in the car if I am parked in the building or across the street unless it...
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    Men/Would you wear these pants?

    It gets worse...
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    Court wear, the good, the bad

    As a lawyer, I wear suits to work. When I have to go to court I leave my hats at home -- they are not welcome in the courtroom. My own personal fashion quirk, which is decidedly not vintage, is to wear ties with animals on them, usually Endangered Species or World Wildlife Fund brands. As...
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    Wearing a fedora backwards?

    You'll also see a hat with front and back pinches on John Wayne in The Quiet Man (the scene where he meets Maureen O'Hara outside the church).
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    Radio Classics, XM 164

    Another show that I have enjoyed is Lux Radio Theater, where they recreate a recent movie for radio, often with the same stars from the film. I've heard Red River, Champagne for Caesar, and The Bachelor and the Bobbysoxer, among others. Some are better than others, obviously, but you can kind...
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    Radio Classics, XM 164

    That is my favorite radio station. I've been listening to it for a couple of years. I mostly listen in the car -- my afternoons at the desk would get pretty unproductive if I listened at the office, and I think it would be noticed. I do a lot of traveling around Upstate New York, though, and...
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    locations of good hat stores?

    Gary is very friendly and likes to talk about hats. I haven't yet bought one of his (I already had a couple on order from Art Fawcett so I wasn't really in the market at the time) or had him do any cleaning or reblocking, but I suggest you give him a call. As far as his website, his current...
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    locations of good hat stores?

    Hello from Ithaca That hat store on The Commons in Ithaca that Mulceber mentioned is closed. You might be able to find an inexpensive wool felt hat at the TJ Max, but there are no hat stores in Ithaca, or even nearby that I'm aware of. You'd probably have to drive quite a way from Ithaca to...
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    White Hat maintenance

    I have Art making me a new featherweight hat in off-white, basically a cream color. I know it will be tricky to keep it clean, but I just couldn't resist. I'll post pictures when I get it. Then I'll probably be back here looking for advice on how to remove smudges etc.:)
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    Art Fawcett VS Hall of Fame

    Another camel Here is another one of Art's hats in camel. http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?t=32909
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    The Prisoner

    Well that brings on the melancholy.:( I've been watching the old episodes of Secret Agent (a/k/a Danger Man) from Netflix. I like getting immersed in an earlier time period -- especially lately when our time seems so bleak. I was looking forward to getting The Prisoner afterward. Now it...
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    AUCTION #110: Stetson - Royal Weekender - Size 7 1/4 - C0000228922-- SOLD

    Thanks again. I know you would have loved to get this one, but I promise I'll give it a good home.
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    AUCTION #110: Stetson - Royal Weekender - Size 7 1/4 - C0000228922-- SOLD

    Thanks, Douglas. Sorry to be the one to snatch it away from you. It was hard talking myself into bidding that high, but I decided this was probably my only chance ever to get a vintage unworn hat this nice. It was certainly the best looking one I saw in my size. I watched a few other...
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    AUCTION #110: Stetson - Royal Weekender - Size 7 1/4 - C0000228922-- SOLD

    I guess I posted my question at the same time as the answer came up. Thanks for the info.
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    AUCTION #110: Stetson - Royal Weekender - Size 7 1/4 - C0000228922-- SOLD

    So... Do we have the final word on who the winner is? Congrats to Douglas if it is you. Otherwise, I'm looking forward to getting that beautiful hat.

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