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What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

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Celia

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Hey people!
The sun has returned and the wind has died down to a gentle breeze. Wearing my Borsalino Como and an Italian polo to enjoy not being hailed on.

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Have a great day!

Sent from thin air using electricity and other wizardry.
Very nice Borsa, perfect with that polo shirt. That nice weather still hasn't arrived here, we're in the middle of a storm!

Barbisio Hommie for a trip to my Haberdasher, he has a sale going on. It's my wife's fault, she saw his post on Facebook. I've got my eye on a couple of blazers and a grey suit to go with this hat.

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That Barbisio homburg really is something special. And it looks like it was made for you :)

Good afternoon. I headed out in a vtg. Stetson Playboy. In the mid-day partly sunny weather the blue-gray felt seemed to be topped by a blue shaded ribbon. Love the color hues and their changes!

The hat waits with my other "supplies" in the backseat. (r-l: Cordova Cap,Gannon, Playboy, Stratoliner and a Stormy Kromer.)

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Best, Eric -
I love that picture or all the hats together on the back seat of your car. In fact, I always enjoy your hat photos!
 
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Michael A

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Very nice hat, great outfit, very well coordinated. Hope you managed to keep yourself warm!
Thanks Celia. It wasn't that cold, but it was chill and windy with occasional showers. The hat and leather long coat did admirably in deflecting those.

Thanks Sergej, Roger, Celia and Fruno! (and thanks to everyone for the likes and well wishes).
A somewhat late in the day happy birthday Bob. Enjoy, now that work should be near done.

Michael
 

GunnerTarkington

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Klee Bros. was a department store in Chicago (but you knew that). Quite clearly, whomever made their store branded hats did a beautiful job!

Here's a pic of their building.
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And a little info about the company for anyone else who might be interested:

"Built in 1931, the five-story art deco Klee building takes its name from Klee Brothers, a men's clothier that trumpeted its retail amenities almost as much as the garments it had for sale. "The equipment of our stores, their lighting, their ventilation, their generously apportioned salesrooms, their homelike atmosphere--all these we consider second only to the high class of merchandise we handle," read an early Klee advertising pamphlet. The flatiron-style building boasted elevators with wrought-iron dials, wide stairwells, terrazzo floors, and marble wainscoting--luxurious for the working-class neighborhood.

With office suites above the store attracting dentists and other professionals, the building prospered into the 1960s, when Klee Brothers sold out to the Rothschild's clothing chain."

Beautiful building right? Thanks for sharing this information, a lot of which I hadn't seen before. - Forgive the late reply, still picking up on notifications and alerts. :)
 

moehawk

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Very nice Borsa, perfect with that polo shirt. That nice weather still hasn't arrived here, we're in the middle of a storm!


That Barbisio homburg really is something special. And it looks like it was made for you :)


I love that picture or all the hats together on the back seat of your car. In fact, I always enjoy your hat photos!
Thank you Celia! Sorry about your lousy weather, I know how you feel! We have had a bunch of storms in a row hit us here in Northern California. Hope the blue skies get there soon!
 
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