Recent content by Chascomm

Lots of advice given already. I haven't read it all, but it's up to you to decide which to pay heed to. Not much I can add given that it seems like there's probably a whole lot of stuff for you and your mother to work through somehow. So I'll simply say you have my sympathy.

I reckon I'm turning stingy with age. What I'm wanting is a hat with a crown blocked like the Federation IV (tall, untapered) but with a 2" snap brim like the old Akubra Warwick. I want more height, less width.

I wish it were true. I wear a fedora every day and it never bloody rains :(

Strangers on the street on numerous occasions: "Love the hat!" A friend's colleague announcing my arrival at the front desk : "Wyatt Earp" A jovial one-legged blackfella: "Stick 'em up, Brudder!" A derranged derelict getting off a train: "YEEHAA!" A child at my son's school...

It's rare to see that style done right. And it suits her perfectly. A very stylish lady, your missus.

That seems like a fair description of what passes for a trilby in the 21st century, but even within my lifetime I can recall the word being used to describe what we would now commonly call a fedora. In other words, the meanings of the words trilby and fedora have changed over time throughout...

You might be entirely wrong, but I've more or less come to a similar conclusion. The only other term that needs to be worked into this thesis is "slouch hat", which I've seen in British writings of the inter-war period seemingly referring to an American-style fedora/trilby with a broader brim...

In spite of the summer weather, my panama is having a break today. Instead, I'm wearing my Nepali topi ...just for something different.

Does this qualify for the cap faction? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhaka_topi

A well-defined pinch and a decent swoop are the only constants for me over the last 20 years. I blame those old RKO B-Studio movies. Early on I favoured the brim down at the back which seemed to harmonise well with my long ponytail, but since I did the big shave, I prefer it turned up. A...

Sadly, as my hair has got thinner, I can no longer wear a centre dent unless my hair has been recently cut. Otherwise a centre dent puts a dent in my hair that looks absurd when I take off my hat. Akubra CEO had to go to the thrift shop, but I guess I was kind of over it already. There is a...

You've just got too much confidence. I don't know what it says about me when I've been looking about for a smaller-brimmed hat for the first time in my life. Personally, I'm disappointed by the shortness of the crowns of that lot in the photo. The civilized world needs taller hats.

Here are a couple of flat caps: Unlined felt from Target: Genuine English tweed:

1950ish Australian made Royal Stetson Resort

Certainly true in my case. I used to have big hair, wild and curly, so in spite of the climate I never wore a hat in the sun (probably not smart). Then I inherited my great-uncle's fedora and tried it out for fun. That meant tying my hair back (Jimi Hendrix looked great with a 'fro under a...