Christy's Trilby

[newspapercowboy]

I have about $60 to spend on a new hat..Looking at the Christy Chepstow brown Trilby...Any better ideas?

 

[Jauntyone]

I bought a Christy's Epsom a while back. The felt is very nice and nicely finished. The crown is quite low and tapered, but that's part of the style. The crown ribbon was tacked on about as well as any modern production hat. The sweatband was a very good quality leather, but was sewed in at the brim break through the reed. There was no "bell" to the sweat; the stitches rubbed against my forehead. The liner was glued in by with 'way too much glue--it had gotten all over the sweat and it was impossible to turn out the sweatband. If they would just sew in their sweats correctly, the Christy's hats would be great.