Colour advice needed

[Alon]

I'm going to have the ribbon on a new fedora replaced due to fading and I'd like the forum's advice on colour. The fedora is a light gray. Typically these come with a dark gray or black ribbon (I prefer the latter) but I'm also considering a light colour, perhaps a beige or off white to give it a spiffier look, not so serious as the darker ribbon.

Any suggestions? I have yet to see an example of a gray fedora with a light ribbon.

Here's a photo:

 

[RJCNTX]

I have a gray hat I'm just finishing converting from a western hat. Haven't posted any pics yet but here are a couple sneak previews of the ribbon.

I was trying something different looking so I went with a hunter/dark sage green for the main ribbon and then a light sage highlight with the bow.

I'm still trying to decide on the ribbon so the bow isn't tacked down yet.

 

[fatwoul]

That's an excellent treatment. If I ever try a two-tone ribbon, I fully intend to plagiarise the bow design.

 

[Alon]

RJCNTX, beautiful hat! I don't know if it's the lighting or what have you, but my hat looks much darker. Yours looks white with a green ribbon.

I'd like to see a gray hat with a white/light coloured ribbon. Thanks anyways!

 

[anon`]

Earlier this year, I had Art make me a hat. He eventually decided on "steel" for the colour of the felt, and I'd say that it's roughly similar to the colour of your hat here. He put a burgundy ribbon on it, and it looks fabulous. Might want to look at something around that part of the colour wheel, as well.

 

[carter]

I have a gray hat I'm just finishing converting from a western hat. Haven't posted any pics yet but here are a couple sneak previews of the ribbon.

I was trying something different looking so I went with a hunter/dark sage green for the main ribbon and then a light sage highlight with the bow.

I'm still trying to decide on the ribbon so the bow isn't tacked down yet.

You have done a superb job with that bow! I think you should leave it as is and wear the hat a bit. It looks like a keeper to me!

 

[indycop]

I have a gray hat I'm just finishing converting from a western hat. Haven't posted any pics yet but here are a couple sneak previews of the ribbon.

I was trying something different looking so I went with a hunter/dark sage green for the main ribbon and then a light sage highlight with the bow.

I'm still trying to decide on the ribbon so the bow isn't tacked down yet.

Try that one for a while! it looks great!!:eusa_clap

 

[Alon]

Anon, do you have a photo of your gray & burgundy hat you can post?

 

[SinatraStyle]

I like the idea for burgundy. The hat would also look very good in a deep blue (although that isn't quite the light color you are looking for).

 

[anon`]

Anon, do you have a photo of your gray & burgundy hat you can post?

Sure, if you don't mind the disgustingly myspace-ish feel of the photo
I tried take pics this morning, but the flash makes the felt look like a much lighter shade of grey than it really is. This photo isn't even the best, but I suppose on second look, this felt probably is a bit darker than I first thought. And there's no green in the felt! No clue why it looks that way in the pic.

 

[duggap]

Alon, Art made me a hat out of his "blue smoke", which is a medium grey. I didn't specify a ribbon color so Art used a navy ribbon and it is wonderful. I did like the looks of the burgundy ribbon, but that may be just a bit restrictive as to what you can wear it with. But either way would look good with your hat. (Grey and burgundy are my ole high school colors.)

 

[Alon]

Thank you for that photo. The hat looks fantastic. I really like the combination but as duggap said, it really restricts what you can wear with it.

 

[anon`]

Thank you for that photo. The hat looks fantastic. I really like the combination but as duggap said, it really restricts what you can wear with it.

It does somewhat, but I find that this has is rather more versatile than the natural-coloured Wall Street (the one I'm wearing in my avatar), at least for my current wardrobe. The felt colour itself goes well with most navy, charcoal and grey stuff that I own (in fact, that's the very reason I ordered it--Art actually chose the colour based on that requirement). The ribbon lends a nice splash of colour that combines well with some ties and quite a few of those fun little accessories (pocket squares, socks, cufflinks, etc).

Just a thought, of course! One can never really have too many hats, anyway (though one can come close, I think)...

 

[RJCNTX]

If you found the right shade of a silver-blue ribbon, I suspect it would look wonderful with your gray hat.

 

[Alon]

One other question. I also love the big, fat ribbons. D'you think one of those would look well on this hat?

 

[Alon]

Visited my hatter today and decided to go with black. There wasn't much choice for the width I wanted. The original ribbon is 19 ligne, I went with 22.

Photos will come up next week. Thanks for your input, guys.