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    Bowler hats anyone?

    I actually think that bowlers today look best when they are worn outside of the traditional city-gent look. They will go with anything --- best to find one with a low crown though. Jeans and a bowler - perfect!
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    The most expensive hat in the world?

    I saw this today - interesting conversation beginning. http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/stephen_hough/blog/2009/06/10/is_this_the_most_expensive_hat_in_the_world
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    Bowler hats - then make-up

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    Men wearing make-up

    If the first lady is Barbara Cartland, as one of the comments suggests, then it's definitely not 60s or 70s as she died in her 80s about ten years ago. Those English accents disappeared soon after the Beatles strummed their first chords.
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    Bowler hats - then make-up

    http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/stephen_hough/blog/2009/06/04/men_in_makeup_or_smelly_tweeds
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    Men wearing make-up

    This might interest you all - a clip from the 1940s, but seeming as old as the 1840s! http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/stephen_hough/blog/2009/06/04/men_in_makeup_or_smelly_tweeds
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    Stingy brim hats

    That is a GREAT porkpie!!!
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    Art Fawcett VS Hall of Fame

    Gorgeous!
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    Wool felt bowler appraisals?

    Yes, I was puzzled, Charlie. I didn't ask about the price of the fur ones, but perhaps the high cost of their wool bowlers comes from the shellac structure and the personal fitting more than from the covering.
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    Decline of hat wearing - What Makes a Man Wear a Hat? - Article

    conformity Hats were a sign of conformity so were thrown away in the 60s when people started to resent authority in all areas of life. Now they are a sign of non-conformity, so young people are wearing them to the bemusement of their parents. It's all cycles ...
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    Wool felt bowler appraisals?

    Interestingly I phoned Patey's (the most exclusive maker of bowlers in the UK - £400+) and their normal bowlers are made with wool not fur felt. They said they could make me one in fur but it would not be their normal style. That brown one is fabulous though! Where did you find it?
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    Irrational hatred of hats

    To blend or not to blend All very interesting thoughts. It doesn't bother me in the least, but it struck me how strange a few decades make. 50 years ago I would have provoked horror for NOT wearing a hat. Then the wearing of a bowler was one way to blend in with the crowd, now the opposite is...
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    Irrational hatred of hats

    There are a few people in my life who seem to have the strongest reaction against hats. Has anyone else had something similar? Not just, "I don't like hats" but "Get that off, it looks ridiculous ... I'm not walking down the street with you wearing that"
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    Brim curl

    Strange - I thought fedoras were meant to be stored on the brim rather than the crown - if not (ideally) on a hook.
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    Bates Hats no longer British Made

    Hi Zeropositive, I live in London and have been into Bates many times and knew nothing of this - so thanks for the tip. They told me only a month ago that business was better than ever - more hats sold in January 2009 than in the whole of 2008. So this is a great shame. Hornet's is a good...
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    Head wear for formal wear.

    Fascinating! Also interesting to see the black waistcoat with the white tie (forerunner of the black cummerbund?) and the fancier variety on the right with tails. I'm afraid I gave up on tails a few years ago.
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    Head wear for formal wear.

    I was under the impression that white marcella bow-tie was only to be worn with tails.
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    Anyone wearing s Fez these days?

    But no one in this forum is doing what was 'meant to be done' when these hats were invented! Landed gentry and above would only be able to wear a topper, you couldn't leave the house without some hat on your head etc. None of the women on here would have had a vote, and I'd be in prison for...
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    Anyone wearing s Fez these days?

    Try downstairs at Turnbull & Asser. Some wonderful colours. I have a couple of smoking caps from Locks, but I had them remove the tassel. Then they are perfectly wearable on the street. My black one was admired (at least to my face!) at Glyndebourne last year.
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    Show off your Porkpies

    Fantastic It looks much better as a porkpie - especially with the brim up!

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