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Gibson Hat Company
To be honest, I have no idea. If I had to guess it would either be due to irregularities with the dove hat bodies from the supplier, or just a design choice. Art had a lot of problems with the color of that felt in the past year or so. If it was just a design choice, then you kinda just have to...- Mason Rudesheim
- Post #18
- Forum: Hats
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Gibson Hat Company
Maybe I worded my response poorly, I started in summer of 2017 and I continued until Art retired, so I worked on all of the off the rack hats (and occasionally some renovations when there were no more otr hats to work on). I live in Medford and am currently going to university. Unfortunately, I...- Mason Rudesheim
- Post #16
- Forum: Hats
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Gibson Hat Company
I interned at VS since summer of 2017. The process for the off the rack dove and chocolate hats was that Art would block the felts and then hand them off to me to finish them off (sweatbands, ribbon, etc.) so that I could learn the ins and outs of hatmaking. Art worked on the custom orders...- Mason Rudesheim
- Post #14
- Forum: Hats
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Vintage Silhouettes Custom Hats - Official Affiliate Thread
Congratulations Art! I'm excited for the new shop, it sounds really nice. Hopefully it won't be as hot in the summer as your current shop.- Mason Rudesheim
- Post #914
- Forum: Hats
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What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?
Art Fawcett at Vintage Silhouettes is always a good choice for changing and refurbishing hats. I've gotten a panama western redone to a plantation style and cleaned, and they are currently cleaning and putting on a new ribbon for a vintage Cavanagh boater my dad found at a yard sale for $1.- Mason Rudesheim
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- Forum: Hats
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Art Fawcett VS Hall of Fame
Maybe I'm a bit biased because green is my favorite color, but Forrest Green is a fairly versatile color. You can wear it with pretty much everything you can wear brown with as well as being able to wear it with black. Of course it is a little bit of an unconventional color by today's standards...- Mason Rudesheim
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- Forum: Hats
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What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?
I love the jacket Michael. What's it made out of?- Mason Rudesheim
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- Forum: Hats
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What are Shirt Garters and How Does One Wear Them.
I think they are used to keep the shirt from billowing up and making that sort of muffin top that happens with lots of movement.- Mason Rudesheim
- Post #10
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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What are Shirt Garters and How Does One Wear Them.
Oh so that's what they are for, I've always heard them called shirt stays. The ones that I have seen also are in a "Y" shape.- Mason Rudesheim
- Post #5
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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What are Shirt Garters and How Does One Wear Them.
I think those are called sleeve garters.- Mason Rudesheim
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- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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What are Shirt Garters and How Does One Wear Them.
I recently found these on a website. They call them shirt garters, I'm not sure how one would wear them but I figure it has something to do with keeping a shirt tucked in. Here is a link to the product page: http://fineanddandyshop.com/white-shirt-garters.html What I am wondering is what...- Mason Rudesheim
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- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Different Types of Hatpins
Exactly. I figure that most hat pins are probably similar to things like political pins with a horizontal pin. At this point I'm just wondering if, like safety pins, they fasten to themselves, or if they are just stuck into the hat band. But for the most part I am looking for how and in which...- Mason Rudesheim
- Post #5
- Forum: Hats
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Different Types of Hatpins
What I mean by defunct is that the last post was in 2008, while in general I wouldn't mind reviving an old thread, I feel 8 years is a little long. I am looking for hatpins for mens hats, when I search for hatpins on google images I get pictures of stick pins, mostly vintage women's hatpins...- Mason Rudesheim
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- Forum: Hats
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Different Types of Hatpins
I've been searching for some threads on this topics but the one or two that I have found seem to be long since defunct. That being said, I can't seem to find any pictures of the backs of hatpins unless they are stick pins and do not really have a back. So, I was hoping that through this post I...- Mason Rudesheim
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Art Fawcett VS Hall of Fame
My "new" straw hat. I picked up an old western hat with a cattleman's crease and I got it renovated at Vintage Silhouettes. Now it is a plantation hat with a paisley pugaree (ooh aliteration). I really love the wide brim.- Mason Rudesheim
- Post #9,878
- Forum: Hats
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Vintage Silhouettes Custom Hats - Official Affiliate Thread
I've been there but from what they had at the time it didn't seem they had any, but I suppose it's a good excuse to go down again.- Mason Rudesheim
- Post #748
- Forum: Hats
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Vintage Silhouettes Custom Hats - Official Affiliate Thread
Just a simple question, I've seen many of Art's masterpieces, but it seems that most are the "century" felt (100% beaver) and yet I am not aware of any picture of hats made with the "legacy" felt (beaver and mink blend). I have just been wondering does anyone own a legacy felt hat from Vintage...- Mason Rudesheim
- Post #745
- Forum: Hats
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Vintage Silhouettes Custom Hats - Official Affiliate Thread
I don't know if that pun was intentional but it is absolutely great.- Mason Rudesheim
- Post #742
- Forum: Hats
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What Happened....
I may be mistaken but from what I heard it was actually because of more attention to hair and hair styles that was common between the 60s-80s. Because the hat fell out of favor over perfectly kept hair, making the hat a style choice instead of part of the uniform of the average man. I remember...- Mason Rudesheim
- Post #2
- Forum: The Golden Era
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What th' heck is a "beaver silk" top hat?
True, very few Ebay sellers know anything about what they sell. I just figured that melusine, from what I understand, is made of beaver and looks like silk, and therefore may be confused with "beaver silk." Also, as a side note, in your Ebay lingo post you forgot antique: same as vintage but...- Mason Rudesheim
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- Forum: Hats
