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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
Grades of Stetson dress hats felt? - The Fedora Lounge I'm somewhat familiar with Western hats and their grading systems (10x, 5x, etc) but was wondering what the hierarchy of Stetson dress hats I've seen Royal, DeLuxe Royal, Soverign, Pinnacle, etc but I'm foggy on what, if anything, they mean? Did this change over the years? Any info appreciated
List of Custom, made-to-order, Fur Felt Fedora hatmakers and hatters Hopefully this isn't redundant, but I've done some looking around on the site and for some reason failed to find a 'definitive' list of custom, bespoke fur felt Fedora hatmakers There is some crossover with "Western" hatters, but for this list, I'll try and stick to the ones that make fedoras
Busted Hat Company - The Fedora Lounge I have the distinct honor to introduce Busted Hats, a new hat brand by our own @Darrell2688 Darrell has been making and selling hats online but this is his first branded hat It has been years, decades if fact, since I went all-in on a wide brimmed western, and Darrell was up to the
Akubra vs Jacaru hat - The Fedora Lounge Black leather hats are either boxed-n-buried, or gone, but I still have this, from the Winfield Cover Company, that I purchased back around 1990: The conch band is not original to the hat, although it was purchased the same day The brim shape, pinches, dents, and patina developed over time
New Indie Magazine Column on Hats | The Fedora Lounge I write for a small indie magazine run by other teens called Blotted Ink Conspiracies So far I've had a comedic poetry column, but with the plans to relaunch the expanded magazine next year, the editors have agreed to let me have another column in which to indulge my burgeoning new interest in
Mothballs - The Fedora Lounge I was looking at a website for Baron's Hats in Burbank that insisted that fur felt hat should always be stored with mothballs wrapped in cheesecloth Is that the general consensus of those of you on this forum? Are there alternatives? Thank you, RHY
Vintage Fedoras by Decade - The Fedora Lounge A rough guide for dating vintage fedoras Remember- details varied manufacturer to manufacturer, price point to price point, and country to country Having a hat with stylistic elements that are common from a particular decade does not necessarily mean that your hat is from that decade
THE STEVENS SPOTLIGHT - The Fedora Lounge Hello Everyone I have yet to see a thread solely dedicated to Stevens hats There are threads for Borsalino, Dobbs, Stetson, Mallory, ETC I thought since Stevens had been around for quite a while, it would be nice to see all the hats they produced throughout the 20th century and maybe if