A green Borsalino which came to me rolled up in one of those little triangular Borsalino boxes.
Rollable Borsalino
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Borsalino Homburg from Brodt’s
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.
Brasiliano
Another Borsalino knockoff from Brasiliano. Here’s the other one.
THis one has loads of style, with a pleated ribbon, fancy exotic textured sweatband and colorful pleated liner.
Borsalino XXXXX Leo
I got this at an antique shop in Salisbury Maryland. It, and a nearly identical one were in a closed hat box under some other things. Looked like someone else had wanted them and hidden them to get them later.
Low Crown back bow Borsalino
This is an unusual style of hat. Wide brim, low porkpie crown, back bow, slightly fuzzy finish.
Borsalino rainproof roller
This is more modern, from Borsalino’s Rainproof line. It, like a number of vintage ones I have and have had, is designed to roll up to make traveling with it easier.
I don’t like the gold Borsalino script on the band- I find it pretty tacky.
Thin Ribbon Borsalino
I got this hat at a hospital flea market in Maryland a few years back. The quality and styling are exactly what you would expect from Borsalino- Top Notch.
Borsalino Velour
This fedora was made by Italian hat company Borsalino. It has a deep velour finish, with matching braided velour band.
Brasiliano
I got this Brasiliano hat shipped over from Italy. It’s a Borsalino knock-off, and while the quality isn’t AS nice, it’s still pretty good, with a very nice fur felt body. The sweatband’s not the best, but it is leather.
Borsalino Victor
It says Borsalino, but didn’t seen quite up to regular Borsalino standards, even for lightweight rollers. I had this shipped over direct from Italy from a dealer who had great hats and insisted on shipping them all in envelopes. Always required a lot of work to get them looking like hats again, and not like pancakes.
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