Howard Hughes

[Jay]

Jeez, right there, "Arrival for Hearing." Not to mention the sharp outfit. I should have known... Thanks Naphtali

 

[Benny Holiday]

Notice that the Amazing Mr Hughes does not have a belt on.

Of course not. Not wearing a belt was clearly the way of the future. The way of the future. The way of the future. The way of the future . . .

(Yes, I recycled my joke from an earlier Hughes thread, because, well, I can! )

 

[Dixon Cannon]

Here's my version of that 'look'.

The photograph of him arriving for HUAC hearings is what nearly all male members of the Fedora Lounge would like to emulate. And by the way, his last HUAC public interrogation was a doozy, giving new meaning to the word chutzpah.

Love that fur collar on the A-2.

 

[RBH]

He had some great looking hats.

Do you think he ever got 'Indiana Jones' comments?

lol lol lol

 

[Dixon Cannon]

Here is a fairly early shot of HRH in Hollywood - very young looking. How 'bout that high crown!?

-dixon cannon

 

[Naphtali]

Is it still an A-2 when the fur collar is present?

 

[indycop]

Here is a fairly early shot of HRH in Hollywood - very young looking. How 'bout that high crown!?

-dixon cannon

I like his bodyguards!!

 

[Diamondback]

I like his bodyguards!!

Ummmm, I don't think they were his "bodyguards"...lol

 

[Absinthe_1900]

Photos of the Fedoras, and Hollywood jacket, and aircraft here:

http://www.library.unlv.edu/hughes/index.html

 

[indycop]

Ummmm, I don't think they were his "bodyguards"...lol

Well I was just looking at their cool hats!

 

[renor27]

HH and a high crown

I really like the fact that his hats had such a high crown.
As a tall guy like HH though am a bit larger around the waist then he was durning the golden age the fact that he had his hats made the way that he did means I can copy them . Now just have to have the Money to have Art make one for me in that style.
David

 

[59 Blue Bomber]

So what Brands and models and colours are the hats Hughes is wearing in the photos?

I don't see an answer regarding this...They don't look like Strat's (band is too thin) in the pics, are they Whippet's perhaps?

 

[Mario]

Of course not. Not wearing a belt was clearly the way of the future. The way of the future. The way of the future. The way of the future . . .

lol lol lol :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap

 

[Mario]

I don't see an answer regarding this...They don't look like Strat's (band is too thin) in the pics, are they Whippet's perhaps?

So you think the hatband is too thin for Strats? Explain yourself! [huh]

 

[Mario]

Hughes with Ginger Rogers, 1933

The Aviator

 

[John in Covina]

I'd like to ask the people at the Spruce Goose exhibit what is the make and model of the hat?! In the film "The Aviator" HH burns his clothes and has his assistant buy a whole new wardrobe from one o the stores like Sears or JC Pennys. If they went to Pennys maybe it's a Marathon.

JC Pennys had their hats made for them and they tend to be pretty swell hats. The bluish fedora Jeff Bridges wears in Seabiscuit is a Marathon supplied by Art Fawcett if I remember right.

 

[jdbenson]

HH hat at auction

http://oregonwineandmusic.blogspot.com/2010/03/not-wine-but-cool.html

 

[59 Blue Bomber]

The hat in question is in fact the real deal. It never made it to auction per se. I contacted the Gentleman who owns it and he even let me hold it. I promptly began to repeat myself and had an acute desire to burn my clothes! What a sight and feeling it was to hold an actual piece piece of wardrobe from the man himself. This by far trumps sitting in Hughes' seat in the H-1 Hercules (I, too, detest the name Spruce Goose) after hours and was also allowed to go inside the wings of this mammoth aircraft. Anyhow..The hat did not sell and it is for sale with, ahem..a starting "bid" of $20,000, to even be considered. I was very close to tapping the 401(k) to make an "offer", but that was shot down faster than Howard asking Eva Gardner to marry him! I tried, I really did, but we can't have it all, I guess!!

 

[RBH]

Now we know. His hat was a Whippet.

 

[HeyMoe]

amazing thread!!