This homburg is as soft as butter. Brodt’s used to be a great hat shop in Washington, DC. It closed before my time, but I’ve had several hats that they’ve sold, and they were all phenomenal.
Borsalino Homburg from Brodt’s
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Dobbs Homburg
Soft black fur felt homburg. With all my talk of casual homburgs, here’s the classic formal one.
Porter Clothing Company derby
This one dates from the early part of the century. It still has the original tags.
Stevens – The Royalist
This is a nicer quality milan straw by Stevens. Leather sweatband, liner tip. Soft, flexible milan straw.
shoes
pointy black moc-toes with half leather heels
Vintage Greek Suit
1930s Greek suit. Extremely heavy black wool. 2 button notch lapel. Button fly, flapped rear pocket. Selvedge in pockets. Reinforcement at cuffs.
Sears fedora
There was a time when Sears made great stuff. High quality leather jackets, high quality shoes, high quality hats.
WWII Peacoat No. 4
Off to sea!
1930s Black Borsalino
This big, black pre-war Italian Borsalino was sold at Jenkin’s Arcade in Pittsburgh, PA. It’s a hat with a lot of presence.
Stetson Select Quality Homburg
1920s Stetson Select Quality Homburg. Sold by Holt’s of Los Angeles. Twisted knot bow, deep, crisp imprints on the leather sweatband.
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