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    What is it about Racing? Brit/Oz Help Needed

    Look at the descriptions of the Sandown and the Wetherby by Lock (and perhaps the Haydock as well) http://www.jameslock.co.uk/prod1.taf?catuid=100005&_UserReference=43B2CC6883AE9C024513BDB9 And the descriptions of the Fedora and the Flemington by Akubra...
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    Panamas: What are the benefits of quality?

    I've read the material on Panama Bob's excellent site, as well as the stuff on Brent Black's. So I think I get some idea as to WHAT constitutes quality in the world of Panamas. But as among Montecristis, WHY should one want to go for a better quality hat over a lesser one? Will it last...
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    Old Collars at Brooks Brothers

    Speaking of collars and Brooks Brothers (see "New Collars" thread), does anyone know roughly when it was that Brooks Brothers' "Polo Collar" -- better known as the button-down -- became pretty much the American standard for dress shirts? Sardou
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    And You Thought They All Wore Brown Derbies . . .

    This "Irish Dress Hat" gets my vote for 2005's most laughable e-bay item description: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8235306521&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1 Sardou "Gaahrmish, that'd be down by Limerick wud'nit?"
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    Terminology Qs?

    I'm new here, having found this forum as a result of re-discovering my old brown Trilby that Jay Lord made for me back in the mid-80s. Truth is, I first fell in love with hats almost 40 years ago when my mother started to bring home interesting specimens from the local church's rummage sales...

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