I purchased this jacket a little over a month ago. It's an exact repro of an AC Order No-W535ac21996 by Aero Leather Clothing Co. of Beacon, NY. The weight and hand of the Shinki horsehide is amazingly close to originals. It's been heavily tumbled to give it a really authentic look.
I only...
Let's say that I have a '50s vintage buckle-back ivy cap in wool/tweed fabric but it's a couple of sizes too large (I'm 7-1/8 and the hat in question has a 23" circumference) -- is there any way to have it adjusted 0.25" by a tailor and resized for my head, or would it not turn out right? The...
I'm new to custom flight jackets, but a friend of mine who resides in Italy sent me a text several weeks ago with pictures of a motorcycle jacket that he had made by Diamond Dave and mentioned that he came recommended via this forum. I visited his website and decided on a combat finish horsehide...
I picked up this contempo Dobbs straw at Meyer the Hatter in New Orleans two months ago. I wrapped the paisley band over the original brown grosgrain ribbon...
I really like the shape; it's the closest I've found in modern headwear to the classic silhouettes of my mid-century...
Hi everyone,
I'm desperately searching for a mid-'50s style cowboy hat like Glenn Ford or Audie Murphy would have worn, with a shorter crown and a slight upward curved brim.
I'm a size 7-1/8.
I really need to find something in time for Halloween (!!) and while I would not normally wear a...
Hello gentlemen,
Consider this my introductory post, as I've found my way to this corner of the web on the desperate hunt for a deadstock '60s Stetson straw; one of those dead cool summer/weekender trilbys like the Acapulco, Coronado, Merion, Saratoga, Tritone, Americana, Sabena, Continental...
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