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I might be the last person to have known this but I just saw an advert in my Weekend Herald to the effect that Hats: An Anthology by Stephen Jones is starting its six-year round the world tour in Brisbane at the Queensland Art Gallery. I saw it in London at the V&A, it's amazing, and I'm...

First podcast posted Thanks again for all the questions. The first podcast recorded in Strand Hatters went up this evening on the Open Crown blog (also in iTunes). It features Rosie Boylan and Robert Carroll (Strand Hatters) finding the perfect hat for a new hatwearer. The idea is to illustrate...

Thank you all There are some terrific questions here and I thank you all for taking the time to ask them or comment. We're not recording till this time tomorrow so still time for more :) Many of the questions are perfect to put to Akubra directly. I've been looking for a good opportunity to...

The second episode of the Open Crown podcast has been a long time coming but this week I'm speaking again to hat maker Rosie Boylan and also to the manager of Strand Hatters, one of the oldest and best hat shops here in Australia. Unsurprisingly Strand Hatters specialise in Akubras, a...

I have an Akubra Fedora from The Hattery (Hats Direct to online buyers). The brim is too wide to suit me and I would like to trim it from 2.5" to about 2". I apologise because I'm sure this would have been covered elsewhere in the Lounge but I haven't been able to find it using the search...

I agree that an English businessman is the stereotypical owner of a bowler hat but if you were to see someone coming towards you in a bowler hat today is that what you would guess they were? I've lived in Britain and the only people wearing bowler hats I saw were the custodians at Christ...

Send in the clowns :) This thread has certainly brought out the wags :) Interesting that flat caps say "low class" to some and certain styles say CEO to others. I guess I should also try to find an additional forum to ask people who aren't hat-lovers what conclusions they draw about those...

I wrote on my blog recently about how the picture of a young man in a top hat drew me to the advertising postcard for a play in Sydney. I speculated that the hat probably wasn't even in the production. Having now seen the play, I know that it wasn't. Obviously the stylist for the shoot...

I got round to writing my review of City Hatters tonight. If you don't feel like wandering over to the Open Crown blog to read it, I'll sumarise here: what a treat to visit -- lovely shop, friendly staff, must-visit.

I went into City Hatters for the first time today. What a great shop. I spent a happy, untroubled hour trying on hats and talking to the two staff on duty, Christian and Tess. They had the best and most interesting range I've seen in a long time. I took some pictures and put them on Flickr...

Your avatar needs protection from the weather, Dalexs? Ho, ho, ho :) But seriously, Miss_Bella_Hell, bless you for working on this and not just telling him to get a baseball cap. Speaking as someone who has had a lot of difficulty getting the right hat and finally resorted to going to a...

I didn't like the article at all: I thought it was flimsy with obvious holes. The motorcar as an argument for the decline in hat wearing? We don't need hats to shield us from the element anymore because we're either indoors or in a car? Have umbrella sales similarly declined? And hats...

I agree but I think they should work on a longer-term relationship. Don’t sell me something that will make me regret visiting your shop. Get me on your mailing list and tell me when new stuff comes in. I was delighted with the price, as I feared I’d be in for a fortune. It’s not what anyone in...

LOL :) It really does grow on you. Even my hat-sceptical fiancee likes it!

Trying out a little something in felt that I picked up today that Rosie made for me to experiment with. Not quite sure how to wear it yet but it grows on one. The words Cossack and Russian have been mentioned around the office and by my fiancee. What would you call it?