- Hats - The Fedora Lounge
Everything from fedoras to five panel caps If a guy doesn't have a lid, he is not worth talking about
- Lets talk about hat shrinkage | The Fedora Lounge
New hats made by the same company or the same custom hat maker often fit differently even when made on the same block Sometimes the differences can be significant
- 4X beaver question based on the mid 90’s | The Fedora Lounge
When was the date they used X’s as 10% fur? because I have a 4x beaver hat from the mid 90’s that feels pretty dense and thick so I suspect this might be 40% beaver, therefore I hypothesize that the 90’s was the date that the X’s were used as 10% fur for each X but I might be deceived because if
- Classic Hat Makers List - The Fedora Lounge
Although John Stetson died in 1906, his company followed men's fashions into the twentieth century, manufacturing top hats, bowlers, homburgs, fedoras, and trilbys, as well as straw hats in both western and dress styles By the early 1950s, there were fewer dress hat wearers, and Stetson has since focused primarily on their western hats
- Dyeing a Hat - The Fedora Lounge
I remember a thread about coloring a hat with Rit fabric dye, which requires boiling water But I wonder Has anybody tried dying a hat with HAIR COLOR (any of the popular brands on the market)? We can all speculate about whether it might work, but has anybody tried it?
- Dating Vintage Stetsons by Price - The Fedora Lounge
I thought it might be interesting to put together a little data base detailing the price of various models of vintage Stetsons through the years When a hat shows up with a price tag intact, this may be one way to place it in time, and other attributes of the hat (sweatband, ribbon, dimensions
- Dating Vintage Stetsons by Liner: A Field Guide - The Fedora Lounge
The Royal Stetson is presented in two weights: the 'Fallweight ' and the 'Vita-Felt,' the latter being a lighter weight for men accustomedto the finest of foreign hats " I have a Stetson Concourse with the same logo on the liner The Concourse was first advertised in the New York Times on Nov 5, 1953 and last advertised on Oct 31, 1955
- The social hierarchy of hat styles - The Fedora Lounge
Hats do have a system of prestige but there is the scenario of working class head wear, like the cloth cap, being worn by nobility; at game bird shoots for example Does the Lord like to display his working class credentials, or is it a case of inverted snobbery? Personally I'm with the, "if the hat fits, wear it sort "
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