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Posted: 9/22/2007 10:44:03 PM EST
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My then 6 year old LOVED the Indiana Jones movies, so wore a brown leather jacket, and fedora daily for almost a year.
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Posted: 9/23/2007 3:01:28 AM EST
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I have one, I hope they do indeed make a comeback. Classic Style!
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Posted: 9/23/2007 5:32:44 AM EST
[#3]
I will be getting a black or grey Stingy Brim Fedora, but can't decide on just how stingy, and what dentation to get, center/dent, tear drop/dent, pinch or no pinch.
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Posted: 9/23/2007 5:38:47 AM EST
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If they float your boat though go ahead and sport one. I kinda think there extra strength gay myself.
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Posted: 9/23/2007 5:53:45 AM EST
[#5]
Fedora's are the bomb, I wish they came back....
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Posted: 9/23/2007 3:47:14 PM EST
[#6]
Jack Abramoff
 It'll take better role models to bring back the fedora. |
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Posted: 9/23/2007 5:09:48 PM EST
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Okay, I went to that site that said what kind of what goes with which face, but am having trouble deciphering what kind of hat it says I should get. Here is the description:
1. Deep Full Face; For an individual with a Deep Full Face it is recommended a medium height full crown hat to carry out big facial proportions. A Hat band of narrow to medium width gives needed effect of added crown height. This type of hat will usually look good with a matching hat band. The wide snap brim (between 2 1/2" - 3) should be snapped fully across (almost ear to ear), adds to apparent width, cutting down length of face. This face usually looks well in a Homburg with a flat set brim. If you wear this hat on back of the head it would make the deep full face look too prominent. Therefore, avoid taper crowns and some of the hat crowns that are too high or too low. Avoid tilting your hat to the back too much, this would make the big face to prominent. Slight tilt to the side is O.K. (Quoted from www.millerhats.com/hatcare_index/hatfaces.html) Would this work with that description? I want to get a real hat, but don't one to get one that makes me look like a complete flipping idiot. www.filson.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2092241&cp=2069836.2064999.2118241&parentPage=family |
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Posted: 9/23/2007 5:31:32 PM EST
[#8]
I used to have an IJ fedora, but I've never been able to find it again after we moved. I loved that hat.
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Posted: 9/23/2007 5:47:52 PM EST
[#9]
I like the look a lot too. I bought a couple of fedoras, one black for more formal and one brown Indy-style. I wore them in the winter but here in the TX summer you really just can't wear them much 'cause they're so hot.
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Posted: 9/23/2007 5:58:46 PM EST
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Hat vocabulary can be difficult to decifer at first. This article is saying someone with a deep full face should wear a hat with a wide brim (2 1/2"-3") and a medium height crown (around 4") with little to no taper. For example, the two hats below would work well for you if you have a deep full face because (1.) they have wide brims, (2.) they are of medium crown height and (3.) their crowns have little to no crown taper (meaning the sides of the crown don't come in towards the center):   Also notice that these two hats have the front brim snapped down all the way across and they ride low on the forehead. This is how a man with a deep full face would want to wear it (though it depends from person to person). Here's what you don't want to wear:  Notice it has a low crown, has a lot of taper and a stingy brim (a brim less than 2"). This is the type of hat someone would have worn in the 1960s while the two above are more classic 1930s-1950s style. The hat you have picked out would make a fine 'outdoors' type hat for you. It seems to adhere to the guidelines. The guidelines will also work if you are looking for a more dressy felt hat as well. Feel free to ask any more questions if you have any.  |
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Posted: 9/23/2007 6:03:58 PM EST
[#11]
I like a "stingy brim" straw for casual wear.
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Posted: 9/23/2007 6:05:29 PM EST
[#12]
I like them. The last one I had has been captured by my son, who likes to wear it around the house.
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Posted: 9/23/2007 6:11:21 PM EST
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Posted: 9/23/2007 6:26:52 PM EST
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I'm usually not partial to stingy brims but I do like that one. THat ribbon gives it some color. Here's my vintage Stetson Panama hat. 
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Posted: 9/23/2007 6:32:11 PM EST
[#15]
I wanted my granddad's fedoras and other hats. Grandma sent them all off to goodwill before I had a chance to ask...  |
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Posted: 9/23/2007 7:29:11 PM EST
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Posted: 9/23/2007 7:54:37 PM EST
[#17]
This is an interesting thread.
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Posted: 9/23/2007 8:22:12 PM EST
[#18]
That's a shame. Like you, I wished I had my grandpa's hats but he died a decade before I was born and they got rid of them. Though my mom says some of my hats look like the ones he wore so that's sort of a link. Do you have any photos of him wearing them or do you know what they look like? Finding similar ones wouldn't be hard. |
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Posted: 9/23/2007 8:30:59 PM EST
[#19]
They are very popular up here in the Pacific Northwet during the rainy season. |
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Posted: 9/23/2007 8:44:42 PM EST
[#20]
I love the look of a fedora, but I look like a fucking tard in one.
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Posted: 9/23/2007 8:54:14 PM EST
[#21]
Naw, you just have to find the right one. And it takes some time to get use to. Experiment with it. If you haven't already check out this website to see what kind of fedora fits your face and how to wear it (there are variations of course but in general this site is good): www.millerhats.com/hatcare_index/hatfaces.html |
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Posted: 9/23/2007 8:59:48 PM EST
[#22]
I have a fedora-style Pendleton hat that I wear occasionally...
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Posted: 9/23/2007 9:12:13 PM EST
[#23]
Trust me, there's no traditional hat that's going to work. A: I don't dress to fit that kind of thing very often. B: I don't live in an area where they're even remotely common or seen, so even if I look great in one, it sticks out like a sore thumb and makes me look pretentious. Like I said, I like them but they just don't work for me. |
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Posted: 9/23/2007 9:53:22 PM EST
[#24]
Yeah, I have some pics. But the spiritual link isn't quite there...I would feel a deep connection wearing a hat my granddad wore on his way to work at Metropolitan Life, or that he wore when out to visit his clients in their homes. I'd want that even if all I did is sit in a chair at home with his hat on my head and his pipe in my hand, thinking about the times I spent on his lap in his easy chair as a little kid. He's been gone 21 years next month. I guess having a hat wouldn't bring him back any more than the memories do.
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Posted: 9/23/2007 10:00:29 PM EST
[#25]
OST - for a hat to match my Wested Radiers jacket made by Pete
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Posted: 9/24/2007 12:50:16 AM EST
[#26]
There is one real choice to go with your Wested: an Adventure Bound Fedora. These are the hat makers for Indy's hat in the upcoming fourth installment of the series. The guys who make the Adventure Bound, are completely dedicated to screen accuracy and top quality. Their hats were born out of an Indy forum much like arfcom. You will pay $300 or more for an Adventure Bound, but they are providing more hat than you would get for twice the cost from most other hatters. Another option is the Akubra Federation or Federation Deluxe. This is actually the route I went. The Federation Deluxe that I got is a very nicely made hat, and is priced under $150. The regular Federation is under $100. Both are close to screen accurate Indy hats and would go awesome with your Wested. |
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Posted: 9/24/2007 11:14:13 AM EST
[#27]
Here's a pic of me Sage Grouse hunting last year. This fedora is a Pendleton, sort of a cheap hat. I also have a black Mayser that I bought in Germany last year.
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Posted: 9/24/2007 10:32:51 PM EST
[#28]
This illustrates my point about Fedoras perfectly. That's a great picture, because in that setting, on you and with where you're at, the hat is just perfect. Plus, it's entirely functional. Looks great like that. Now, take a retro hat and stick it where it doesn't belong, and you look like a pretentious turd eater.  Both great hats, but the difference is one guy is hunting in the great north west, the other is a douche trying to look cool. |
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Posted: 9/24/2007 10:55:30 PM EST
[#29]
Interestingly enough, the Tilley guys have just started selling Fedoras this month.
www.tilley.com/detail.asp?gender=&extractBy=featured&catId=1&productNo=TF1 |
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Posted: 9/24/2007 11:03:11 PM EST
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Posted: 9/24/2007 11:09:05 PM EST
[#31]
You gotta love the little mini skirt look with that shirt - looks like a ladies figure skating costume. |
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Posted: 9/24/2007 11:19:50 PM EST
[#32]
Dude, don't sweat it...so does everyone else....exactly TWO people on the planet actually look cool in a fedora....Harrison Ford and Simon Lebon.....that's it. and I am certainly neither.....no fedora for me.
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Posted: 9/24/2007 11:36:17 PM EST
[#33]
I wear one daily.
I have a grey one and 2 black ones. |
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Posted: 9/25/2007 12:47:12 AM EST
[#34]
No, just a better coat. That one looks like he bought it on sale at Walmart. |
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Posted: 9/25/2007 4:23:40 AM EST
[#35]
My face is kinda like the deep full shape and I have that Filson hat...but in cover cloth. It looks pretty good, all things considered. Just FYI...the hat isn't really waterproof...it will leak at the seams a bit during a steady rain. The style/fabric goes well with casual clothing. I feel like it is about the only hat style other than a ball cap that I can get away with given that I wear casual clothing most of the time. dvo |
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Posted: 9/25/2007 5:31:47 AM EST
[#36]
This thread give me hope.
Maybe ar15.com can create a mens fashion revival and bring back hats and pocket squares at the same time. |
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Posted: 9/25/2007 5:48:26 AM EST
[#37]
 Mr. Abramoff wouldn't be so bad if he didn't look like a villian. Hmm... As for the emo/pretty boy...kill it with fire. This is how I like to dress at least once a week, sometimes more:  My thinking is if you're going to wear the hat you might as well go all the way. It's definitely not for everyone though, especially with the comment I often get (good and bad). But it makes it all worth it when the ladies give you a wink.  http://www.thefedoralounge.com/ http://mrlapel.blogspot.com/ |
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Posted: 9/25/2007 6:07:16 AM EST
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Around my area the popular style is carhart coats and balls caps.
In all honesty, the only people seen wearing fedoras are young college artsy type people. All honesty, I would not be willing to wear one out in public. I do hope they make a comeback. It would be something different! I would rather jump on the Fedora fad that the current tattoo fad! Fedoras are alot easier to remove!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
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Posted: 9/25/2007 11:25:53 AM EST
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Posted: 9/30/2007 8:24:21 PM EST
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I wore this today.
The jacket is from the late 1940s/early1950s. Hat is a Champ from the 1930s/early 1940s and looks a lot like a Stetson Whippet. The tie is vintage as well. Everything else is modern that is very vintage in style. 
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Posted: 9/30/2007 8:27:28 PM EST
[#41]
+1 and how |
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Posted: 9/30/2007 8:42:50 PM EST
[#42]
Few people can really pull off the look today. Hats off to you, so to speak. |
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Posted: 9/30/2007 8:54:03 PM EST
[#43]
Thank you sir.
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Posted: 10/1/2007 3:35:16 AM EST
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 OMG people, first it was knives. I was addicted to bladeforums.com. Then it was guns and now I'm here. The computers are an entire mess in themselves. Now hats? Will it ever end! Seriously, I don't have the money to get another hobby!  My dad has a few old hats around somewhere. I have to admit I like the fedora look. One instance in particular that stands out is a lovely shade of purple worn by Timothy Hutton in the Nero Wolfe TV series. I wish I had a good picture of that, I'll have to see if I can find the video and get a screen capture one of these days :D My mom says that I kinda look like him... OK, a bit heavier and dorkier  OK, silly question time. I have to wonder how well a fedora would go with a kilt(tartan or utilikilt)
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Posted: 10/1/2007 4:56:21 AM EST
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I have this distirubing image of some big trucker stepping out of his cab at a truck stop with combat boots, a "utilikilt," arfcom T-shirt, and a Fedora. |
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Posted: 10/1/2007 5:00:32 AM EST
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kinda like that cops episode where the trucker had his wallet stolen, and he was giving his story to the cops, while wearing his leopard print leotard... |
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Posted: 10/1/2007 5:27:03 AM EST
[#47]
I smell a photo shoot coming... 
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Posted: 10/1/2007 6:14:01 AM EST
[#48]
No one looks as good as Frank Sinatra wearing a fedora - I think he came out of the womb wearing one!
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Posted: 10/1/2007 6:15:12 AM EST
[#49]
Thats one of the best non-gun related collections I've ever seen (except for BOTD posts  . Very classy. |
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Posted: 10/1/2007 6:31:25 AM EST
[#50]
The following phrase immediately came to mind, completing your thought (I have no idea why): "...in Vancouver." |
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