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I used to like the '20s look of the brim down all around; Indiana Jones certainly ruined that for me! I've never liked the brim up all the way around except with a homburg or a derby. A little too much Popeye Doyle, certainly not a maven of style. So I have to go with the traditional snap...

I think the bottom line here is that, since you're from NJ, you've gotto be longing for a time and place to wear your panama, and SD seems made to order for it. I had to force myself to go to Florida last week just so I could wear my panama and my spectators.:cool2:

Sadly, kids still do, even with all the disease causing elements intact and known. On a related note, I just saw "Good Night and Good Luck", which so well captured, among other things, the smoking culture of the 1950s. If there was a single scene without everyone smoking, I must have blinked...

With the right ribbon, it can be quite easy. I'v bought several "hooked" ribbons from J&J Hatters in NY over the years, which consists of a proper length of ribbon, determined by hat size, with a bow on one end and flat on the other. If the hat has some age on it, it is important that the new...