Woot!! WINNER!!!!!
Woot!! WINNER!!!!!
A stunningly scrumptious selection of superior straws, Eric!!!! Nice to see you back!It has been a minute! Lots of personal stuff and business stuff have captured my time. I have tuned in on rare occasions the past months and have really enjoyed the hat and cap sharing. While I have not tuned in and shared, I have continued to wear my hats/caps.
Cheers to all the posters on this thread! Great hat parade!
Let me correct my lack of sharing with a post. Below are some hats I wore the past week.
PHD. Spring 2026 I ordered this with "venting," 3" brim and a larger crown (extra 1").
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PHD.
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A different PHD.
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An Optimo panama hat.
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A Sun Body for hard yard efforts.
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Optimo made panama.
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A Supernatural panama.
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A VS panama.
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A Stetson Optimo.
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Cheers, Eric -
SWEET shark's gill Marathon, Joe!!!!Penney’s Marathon in Charcoal grey.
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The Stetson Twenty Texan, tell you what Stefan, that Stetson tops out your jacket, shirt and tie exquisitely. Fabulous!
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Gamble & Gu-nn was today's choice for church, along with Fox Tailoring for the blazer.
Another lovely Sunday mix of styles and shapes, Stefan! I'm going with the Stetson Twenty Texan as #1, the Borsalino as #2, and the Penumbra as #3. Thanks for sharing!Sunday is here and so are the hats of the week.
Borsalino Gulaita amiata in nutria
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Mossant Baku
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Penumbra
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Dunlap
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Stetson Twenty Texan
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Penumbra
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John Lofgren Monkey Boots Shinki Horsebuttt - $1,136 The classic monkey boot silhouette in an incredibly rich Shinki russet horse leather.
Grant Stone Diesel Boot Dark Olive Chromexcel - $395 Goodyear welted, Horween Chromexcel, classic good looks.
Schott 568 Vandals Jacket - $1,250 The classic Perfecto motorcycle jacket, in a very special limited-edition Schott double rider style. Thanks Joe... I think so too !That hat is breathtaking
Thank you Mark.SWEET shark's gill Marathon, Joe!!!!
Such a kind compliment, thank you, Mark, I appreciate that.Sartorially sharp as always, Robert!
Love that ribbon!
Love the crown height Rick.
perhaps too many among the target market for this hat model felt their masculinity somewhat threatened by a fetching shade of Lavender?
nothing wrong with a touch of lavender, you certainly pull it off.
I must admit I was more shocked by the sign saying that the train was on time, than the colour of your outfit- I hope that you have good weather and a great to to go with it.
/Mike
That is a great color and ribbon!Today I'm sulking because I wasn't willing to overpay for a hat that I didn't need, and I use the word "need" loosely to begin with.
To make myself feel better I pulled out all my Optimos and I think this will be an "Optimo week".
This one is interesting. It is a lord's hat with a shark gill ribbon and three rows of stitching on the brim.
I saw this hat on The Real Real app. To date, it is the only Optimo I've seen listed there, and it intrigued me because the price was relatively low. It also annoyed me, however, because TRR usually doesn't provide enough or accurate sizing information to make an informed purchase - absurd, in my opinion, for a site that expects you to pay top dollar for second-hand luxury goods.
This one was returnable, so I figured I would buy it just to look at it, expecting to either flip it or return it, depending on what I got. There was no liner picture of the hat, or any other information to prove it was actually an Optimo - though TRR is usually pretty good about brand identification.
To my surprise, when it arrived, it actually fit me! It has become one of my favorite Optimos, and probably one of the few that I paid a reasonable amount of money for.
Optimo "Lord's hat" in whatever color brown this is. I put a little pinch in it today, but I often wear it with just a clean center dent. I love this hat.
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... I noticed a couple specs of fluff on the underside of the brim after I took the photos; my apologies. I pulled out my hat brushed and made them go away.
That's a "real" find, especially for TRR.Today I'm sulking because I wasn't willing to overpay for a hat that I didn't need, and I use the word "need" loosely to begin with.
To make myself feel better I pulled out all my Optimos and I think this will be an "Optimo week".
This one is interesting. It is a lord's hat with a shark gill ribbon and three rows of stitching on the brim.
I saw this hat on The Real Real app. To date, it is the only Optimo I've seen listed there, and it intrigued me because the price was relatively low. It also annoyed me, however, because TRR usually doesn't provide enough or accurate sizing information to make an informed purchase - absurd, in my opinion, for a site that expects you to pay top dollar for second-hand luxury goods.
This one was returnable, so I figured I would buy it just to look at it, expecting to either flip it or return it, depending on what I got. There was no liner picture of the hat, or any other information to prove it was actually an Optimo - though TRR is usually pretty good about brand identification.
To my surprise, when it arrived, it actually fit me! It has become one of my favorite Optimos, and probably one of the few that I paid a reasonable amount of money for.
Optimo "Lord's hat" in whatever color brown this is. I put a little pinch in it today, but I often wear it with just a clean center dent. I love this hat.
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... I noticed a couple specs of fluff on the underside of the brim after I took the photos; my apologies. I pulled out my hat brushed and made them go away.