Wormser Way Into Your Heart

[barrowjh]

I was in Chattanooga yesterday and took a walk over by where the former Wormser store was; it is definitely gone. However, just one block away (on Market St. instead of Broad, and 8th or 9th) is the 'Downtown Mart' and they apparently purchased the entire contents of the Wormser store (including the display cases) and you can still see some Wormsers from their final inventory still for sale, with the original Wormser price tags. They are from the 1970s, maybe 80s, I presume. There is a 7 1/8 (my size) if I wanted a white bowler, but I do not. Mostly the inventory is newer stuff (cheaper), wool felts. Most of this 'Downtown Mart is like a drugstore, minus the prescription drug part.

[Neophyte]

That's too bad. I live in Chattanooga, so it would've been nice to have a hat shop around.

[barrowjh]

No change, really. It is now just a small part of a larger store. The selection was not so great before, anyway.

[HatsEnough]

I had an ebay seller sell me a nice Wormser in a silver/gray. It was a beautiful hat. It was sold as a size 7... the seller was SURE of it. When it came in... size 6-5/8 was clearly on the re-order sticker inside the hat. Fortunately they refunded my cash. But, seriously. That's a pretty big jump from a 7 down to a 6-5/8!

[The Wiser Hatter]

Here are two shots of the Wormser hat store in Louisville,KY.
First is from 1923 in its first location on 4th street the main shopping district in Louisville a long time.




Now at some time the store moved down the street to the corner of 4th and Liberty and here is a photo from 1939.


The first one shows all the great caps and hats boy what a store. I have seen a lot of Wormser hats in the local vintage shops though never found any in
my size.

[Chepstow]

Ed, great finds!

[randooch]

Enjoying my soft Wormser bowler today.

[EggHead]

Randall, looks very cool on you! (and shades too)

[randooch]

Randall, looks very cool on you! (and shades too)

Thanks, Egghead.

Funny, this picture made me decide to sell the shades! They can be found in the Classifieds.