Here is another question --> Does anyone know where I can get a paisley hat band? (Red, yellow and gold is the color scheme I am after.) I have never noticed a paisley band in the huge PHD lineup. Thanks.
I have searched for Panama Hats Direct, PHD and Casey to find a post that has the latest news about them. The last I knew from last year -- as I vaguely recall from posts here -- was that Casey had quit, there was a breakup, I missed a huge clearance sale, and hardly any hats were at the...
PS -- I have room for both, I guess! Two nice hats -- straw and felt. And a light and a dark jacket. The dark jacket is a brightish navy blue so not somber. The carry-on still isnt too heavy. Not sure how I will travel with two broad brimmed hats... I dont like to look goofy when I travel and...
I am in the mid-West right now and am going to LA tomorrow. I figured I would wear lightweight darker clothes because it is winter, but... Does sunny LA need darker clothes? Light wool sportcoat... Wool? I was also going to wear a dark olive fedora. Suddenly I am wondering -- is it Panama hat...
I love seeing hat ads in my FB stream. Hats are nice to see. The images look good. TOO BAD THEY ARE FAKE SCAmS! ...Spoils the whole thing. Why cant we have nice things? It would be nice if there was a renaissance of access for sellers of wonderful hats. Oh but they couldnt be listing them for...
The fake hat companies have really come on strong in the last month, i wd say. and they are proliferating. These arent just cheap hats or party fun hats. These are scam companies. People are not getting the hats that they order. Lots of ppl are complaining to online fraud sites. In short, theyre...
I don't do spacers. But I did do an all-around padding and fairing-out with paper towel and it worked great to snug up a hat. I folded it and tucked it inside the hatband. And there's it's been for years, making my too big hat just right. So there's that.
I just got a new-to-me nifty Montecristi Fino panama. It's sweet and the fineness of the weave is pretty to me. ...But it has several "dots" of darker straw. Not whole straws. Just one portion of weave. One. A dot. Of darker straw. 1/32" maybe, or smaller. I'd say there are 4 such dots around...
Berghoff is still happening. Looks nice. German food. Near there I also suggest Shaw's Crab and the Chicago AC. ...Similar vintage vibes. The AC has a semi-rooftop pub overlooking the Bean and Art Institute area.
Good guess! Similarly classic place. But I think mine has the edge. It's Musso's in LA. I enjoy the Berghoff in Chi. Solid Deutsch food. Nice premises. I also really like Shaw's Crab and the Chicago AC. All these have the oldworld styling.
Yes, Musso's is in Hollywood. Has been rated as having the best martini in the US. Oldest place in town. I visited last week. It's been a favorite place of mine for 40 years, so I'm always happy to gush about it. Many things have been on the menu for, like, 75 years. It's getting into more...
The rabbit hole! The rabbit hole! .... So do I just go by what pics look good to me on eBay? : ). I'm OK with that. I'd keep buying til I found something that showed up looking like what I want and that I end up wearing a lot! ... Not fur, but I have a cracked/busted old Optimo Panama and got...
So it might be a fairly complicated chart. But I've seen complicated charts before! ...I suppose you're saying you haven't seen anyone tackle sorting it out on a single page.
Is there a page/link to info on felt-fur quality markings? ...One place to rule them all? I'm into VINTAGE hats and would like to get a nice one but it seems there are many different markings by the various leading brands from back in the day. ...6X... XXX... No idea what it all means!
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It's been awhile! So what's the latest in good, affordable Panama hats? (Or hats in general?) It looks like PHD might be having issues. They seem to have almost no inventory at this time, for one thing. And I see a couple posts here hinting at issues. New players seem possibly on the scene...
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