This hat was designed to be packable. Fold it in half, roll it, and stick it in a tube. Super thin, soft, lightweight felt.
Rollable Borsalino
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Tag Archives: 1950s
John McHale custom captoes
Another pair of John McHale captoes, this time with Cats Paw Heels instead of leather suicide heels.
And a family portrait of two pairs together.
Funeral Hat
This ’50s Lee homburg originally belonged to someone who worked at the Bush Funeral Home in New York. Dark hat. Dark business.
Woods “Canada Goose” Mackinaw
This Woods Canada “goose brand” shawl collar sheepskin lined canvas mackinaw has seen a lot of use, and has aged nicely.
1950s Allied Clothiers cotton ricky jacket
I’ve never seen the little zipper aid tab before. Talon zip with leather pull, button cuffs, yellow cotton shell, rayon lining.
House Of Stone 1950s suit
Single Breasted, Peak Lapel. Made in Canada. Three piece. Nailhead fabric.
1950s Rogers Peet Sportcoat
Not the most exciting jacket – a pretty typical early ’50s cut, but in a nice houndstooth.
The Blue Blazer Part II
The classic blue blazer, this one with from Eatons, with a Nova Scotian patch on the breast pocket.
Vintage BSA hat
This old Boy Scouts scoutmaster hat has shrunk up to almost nothing. That’s just what wool felt does when it gets wet, and why, if you can, you should buy fur felt. But what a band. Hand tooled (wonder if someone got a merit badge for that?) with a roller buckle.
Without the sweatband, it’s pretty much impossible to date the hat itself, other than to say “old”.
Lee Leisure fedora hat
Blue fur felt with decorative spiral stitching, rope trim, welted brim edge, thin leather sweatband, silkscreened crown with sporting scenes.
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