Recent content by WideBrimm

I really do like black fedoras, of which I have at least a couple. They tend to go with any clothing. Either short or wide brim hats look good. They've only got one drawback: PET HAIR. Black hats are a magnet for pet hair, especially cat hair. It's hard to get rid of the pet hair, even...

What I like about them is that they appear to be good solid wearable frames, as well as being a good looking style.

Agreed. I can vouch for the Rimways. I've been wearing them for over twenty years. Rimways are semi-rimless, drill mount frames. I've got them with cable temples. They are very comfortable to wear and are very durable. To illustrate, I picked up my glasses one day to put them on, dropped...

For me it's always Wide Brim hats, brim down in the front and down in the back ;)

I tend to like the last two the best. (But then I've got something similar to those.) The shape of the frames are more natural than the round ones, and the gold color blends in well with hair and skin color. The good thing is that just about any glasses style at all is actually "in style"...

Great thread Dinerman, enjoyable to read of your adventures. I get a kick out of those photos of you with your loot and the big grin on your face! :D We should all be so lucky. Way to go! Next time I'm in Billings, I'm just going to have to stop by some of the antique stores.

Or even a baseball cap! Better to lose a ball cap than a nice (expensive) fedora:eeek:

Just wear a snug hat and keep a hand free and you'll be fine! If you've got a real nice hat and it won't stay on your head in the wind, then carry it! A snug wool fedora tends to fit better on the head in the wind than does a felt fedora!:cool:

I don't often wear really nice gloves, but if I've learned one thing about gloves it is to NEVER wear a pair of fine leather gloves for activities such as driving a car or shoveling snow :eeek: They'll be ruined in no time at all .

If all else fails you can always wear the shirt for very "casual" wear, perhaps with a favorite beater hat :cool:, or just donate it to a thrift shop.

Yikes! I'm speechless :eeek:

Way to Go! Congratulations. Once you get started, there's no stopping this addiction:eeek::D

Pleats with cuffs for me. I just think they look better on me, and I like the look.

bombin: "I certainly like the cable temples better overall - my old specs with skull temples always slip down my nose." BINGO! This was always my problem with the sixties retro black plastic frames which are so popular right now. My solution was to frequently take a clean handkerchief...

I've been trying to figure this out for the last ten years or so, ever since I got seriously interested in hats! Experience is right! I'll look over the hat, smell it, feel it, and decide I know the answer. Then, if I can somehow find an identifying label, almost inevitably I'm wrong :eeek...