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  1. Hats Matter

    Movie hats

    From "Le Samourai", Alain Delon. This movie was recently shown on TCM's Noir Alley with Eddie Mueller. There are many fedoras in this movie.
  2. Hats Matter

    Optimo south side mobsters

    I keep them in the original hat boxes which are stacked up in my bedroom. The boxes are labeled.
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    Optimo south side mobsters

    And now for something completely different........... As I have written in this thread in years past, I have a fairly substantial number of Optimo Fedoras....19 to be precise. In the past two years or so I had a severe medical problem which resulted in a large loss of weight. The Fedoras I...
  4. Hats Matter

    Movie hats

    "42nd Street" is a great movie for hat lovers. I like the women's hats
  5. Hats Matter

    Movie hats

    Warner Baxter in"42nd Street".
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    How many hats does one man need?

    I try to distinguish "need" versus "want". I have 25 hats of which 5 are straw and therefore seasonal. I need the 20 felt hats but i want more
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    Optimo south side mobsters

    My Rush Street fedora finally arrived today from Optimo sans feather. I added my own feather for the purpose of this photo. I may remove it later on
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    Ancestor hat pics

    I would like to contribute this photo to the thread. This photo is of my Great, Great Grandfather, Ahab George Wilkinson. He was born in 1834 and died in 1922. He worked in the United States Patent Office in Washington DC as a principal examiner from the spring of 1864 until a month before...
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    What hat are you waiting for today?

    I ordered this hat from Optimo on November 25th. It is a Rush Street in Ocean. Delivery is scheduled for December 31st.
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    No Love For Black Hats

    In an effort to contribute to this forum I offer an Optimo Dearborn that I enhanced with a feather to add contrast.
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    Optimo south side mobsters

    It is new, the price comes from the Optimo web site and confirmed by Brady Leaf.
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    Optimo south side mobsters

    I just did a terrible thing. After vowing not to order any more hats, I saw this hat on Facebook, felt an irresistible impulse, and ordered it. It will probably be delivered in the new year. Posted price is $1,395
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    Your first hat

    In about 2003 and on the advice of my dermatologist I purchased an Optimo fedora in Canyon Gray
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    Optimo south side mobsters

    Optimo has finally updated their webpage. I need to keep exploring it as the content has changed a bit. Prices seem to have increased substantially and it is not clear if they offer multiple colors per style
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    Optimo south side mobsters

    Yesterday I sent an e-mail to Optimo regarding the dimensions of the Austin and the Aficionado. This is the response I received. Our apologies for not having the specs on the email. We have our new website launching in the coming month but wanted to get this offering out to our insiders before...
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    The social hierarchy of hat styles

    Aesthetically speaking I like the Bowler but since I am a rather large person I have always been reluctant to wear one for fear of being compared to Oliver Hardy
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    How many hats does one man need?

    I think what is missing from this Thread is the important distinction between "Need" and "Want". A person such as myself may "Need" about a half dozen hats but I "Want" more than the 24 that I have right now.
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    Why Hats?

    None of my relatives growing upo wore hats so there is no family connection. I just liked the fedoras I saw in the movies like the hats worn ny William Powell and Humphrey Bogart. Growing up in a single parent family there was not a lot of money to spend on clothing so my attire, while always...
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    Your first job

    Someone with a lot more talent than I do could make some money off of this by writing a screen play with this as a premise for a movie. It remonds my of The Sopranos
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    How do you keep your house neat?

    Interesting reading. My contribution is not going to be perceived as much of a help because my circumstances are markedly different from what I have read here. First of all I live in an apartment and not a house. I am retired and not married. I am a highly organized person who does not like...

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