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    Hats in a pool room, Mulberry Street, New York, ca. 1943.

    An iconic Weegee photograph... http://www.slate.com/slideshows/arts/weegee-murder-is-my-business-at-icp.html#slide_9
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    What Do You Think of This Ribbon Treatment?

    I'm not in love with the electric-blue on dark brown color combination but what do you think about the style of ribbon on this Borsallino Gazella? There's presumably not a whole blue ribbon behind the brown one but that's sort of the appearance it gives. I kind of like the thin line of a...
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    Dark Blue Hats (Midnight, maybe Navy) with Dark Red/Burgundy Ribbons?

    I've browsed around the archives and saw a fair number of really dark blue hats. Like starting at a good, deep Navy blue and going darker. A couple of them have had red ribbons but none dark red. Anyone got a pointer to a photo of a burgundy or deep blood red ribbon on a dark blue hat?
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    Hat Colors (Blue vs. Grey vs. Brown)

    I sometimes don't choose according to the "conventional wisdom" about clothing colors but I do want to at least know what is the "convention" before I decided to ignore it. :eusa_doh: My best hat is a taupe color that mostly plays as brown. I find it works great with brown or tan or white...
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    My Hat Helped "Sell" My New Glasses

    It's about time for a prescription upgrade on my bifocals. And I'd been wanting to get some plastic frames instead of the rimless titanium pair I've had for a couple years (they are too easy to tweak out of shape). So I went shopping at the eyeglass store. I found a pair that seemed very...
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    Cool Photo in the Media (Current Day)

    I like this picture... http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/.a/6a00d83451c45669e20147e31c079b970b-popup (Photo: A man looks out at the New York Stock Exchange on February 15, 2011 in New York City. By Spencer Platt/Getty.)
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    1959 Fedora Styles

    What type of hat would have been worn in 1959, let's say in Chicago or New York, by a middle-aged, middle-class professional man on a business workday? Basically what type(s) would have been reasonably stylish to wear with a suit each morning when he leaves home to commute to the office...
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    Hey, That Guy's Got A Nice Hat

    I met my mother for lunch today and parked my Alessandria on the empty chair beside me, as usual (only because my mother finds it offensive to leave it on as I do when dining alone or with my wife). After I finished eating I excused myself to the men's room and told my mom I'd meet her in the...
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    Borsalino Astuccio (from Bencraft)

    I had asked in a couple other threads about "rollable" Borsalino hats that I could take with me on my occasional trips via airplane. After a bit of online shopping and discussion I settled on the Astuccio that I believe is a specifically Bencraft model. Here's their photo of it in Navy Blue...
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    Non-Leather Sweatband: Size Implications?

    I may be acquiring a second fedora, one that is a) rollable and b) as close to being a "summer" hat as practical. Since I love my (modern) Alessandria so much I'm considering one of the unlined hats that Borsalino makes with either cloth or grosgrain sweatbands. Here's one thing I'm...
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    Navy Blue Christy's Marlborough (Size 61/62-ish)

    I bought this hat here on the Lounge classifieds a few weeks ago. Here is the original for-sale post by carldelo which has the photos he took of the hat. It is a lovely hat, very dressy looking to my eye being navy with matching navy ribbon. Factory blocked into a nice teardrop. Unlike Carl...
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    Light Grey Hats with Grey Beards?

    My formerly salt-and-pepper beard is now 90% salt, if you know what I mean. And it ain't getting any darker. Makes me look older, blah, blah, blah. Is a hat of light color considered a no-no with a grey beard? I have a dark brown cheapie and nice, dressy navy blue hat but I really want a...
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    New Hats and Rain

    Is there a rule that says when you get a new hat, you'll wake up the next morning and see rain pouring down? I am now a two-hat man, having yesterday added a dressy navy blue Christy's Marlborough to my cheap but cheerful dark brown wool-felter. How many people would have worn the new fur...

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