Bone Colored Borsalino

Matt Deckard · Sep 13, 2004

We'll find you your William Powell hat.

jamespowers · Sep 13, 2004

Originally posted by Matt Deckard
When it comes to Borsalinos, only the vintage are aces with me.
Borsalino used to make fantastic hats...Used to!

I agree wholeheartedly. The felt is just not the same. The workmanship is also not the same. That is why I draw the line at Borsalinos made after the mid seventies. It keeps my searches simple.

Regards to all,

J

Matt Deckard · Oct 24, 2006

So who else has white or off white hats?

Dinerman · Oct 24, 2006

I saw a couple in antique stores in NJ over the summer. I loved them. I wanted them. They were 6-1/2's.

DOUGLAS · Oct 24, 2006

I have a white Knox Vagabond. I have a few light colored borsalinos and two or three tan,cream and off white non Open Road fedoras

K.D. Lightner · Oct 24, 2006

I have a silvermist "Manhattan" fedora that Art made for me; it is a wonderful hat, the lightest gray I have found. The band is not dark, however, it is a light pewter color. Makes the hat more feminine, which I prefer.

Also have an ivory cream colored fedora (GH hat), which I rarely wear because I am afraid of getting it dirty. It also has a lighter band.

Have an Akubra Campdraft that is a bit lighter than silverbelly, has a matching band and a trolley strap.

I have a white Akubra cowboy hat -- a Snowy River style. Also a big Tom Mix open crown hat that I have yet to get styled. It is also a silvermist, about the same color as Art's custom fedora. I doubt I would ever wear it but might display it -- you have to be awfully big and/or tall and/or striking to pull off wearing that hat.

karol

Brad Bowers · Oct 25, 2006

Matt Deckard said:
So who else has white or off white hats?

Count me in:

Brad

MattC · Oct 26, 2006

I love 'em

I've got an off white Borso with a cav. edge, a cream Boso Allesandra style on the (not modern), a very light grey Stratoliner, a Silverbelly open road and a light grey whippet. Maybe I'll post some pics at some point...

Marc Chevalier · Oct 26, 2006

That would be great! Share some photos, we've love to see them!

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Tony in Tarzana · Oct 28, 2006

Still looking for a white or off-white myself, but I ought to thin the herd a bit first.

RBH · Oct 28, 2006

Brad Bowers said:

Very dapper my friend!!!
Thanks for the pic..

MattC · Oct 29, 2006

Offwhite Borso

I posted pics of this hat in a new thread:

http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?t=13242

The open road and the Borso Allessandra are both being worked on. I'll post 'em later.

Matt Deckard · Nov 28, 2006

She was stolen on the QM while I was dancing.

A return to the scene of the crime was no help other than a lady telling me that a woman in a black dress placed the hat on her head and walked out the door.

Literally my favorite hat.

She will be missed.

Borsy
2002 -- 2006

Marc Chevalier · Nov 28, 2006

WHAT???!!!!! :rage: :rage: :rage:

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Matt Deckard · Nov 28, 2006

And they wonder why I have a black beret on in my avatar

WEEGEE · Nov 28, 2006

OUCH

Matt,

My deepest sympathies

WeeGee

Marc Chevalier · Nov 28, 2006

Matt, I am so sorry to hear that! I hope that luck sends an even better Borsie your way.

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Matt Deckard · Nov 28, 2006

No more luck. I've had my share for the year so keep the mojo charms away. What's good for you is Kryptonite for me.

If luck were a lady she'd be Phyllis Diller as a blind date.

I need suspects... who was wearing a black dress that night?

Wild Root · Nov 28, 2006

The crew I was taking around on a ghost hunt the night in question can tell you that soon as ITG told me about Matt's loss, I became very bitter, I cursed like a sailor and was easy to upset... well, I was wearing a sailor suit at the time so, it fit I guess. I kept my eyes open for this "Devil in Black" and no luck, she must have taken it to her room or, maybe left with some friends off the ship... either way it's gone and I'm very sad to see it go. I know how it is to loose a hat... it's happened to me pretty much in the same way.

Keep the chin up Mr. Deckard, don't push your friends away because it's friends that REALLY matter in life, hats and vintage clothes are great fun but, we're all just keepers of these fine items for a short time.

=WR=

Baron Kurtz · Nov 28, 2006

What a horrific tale.

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