This 1940s Dobbs is the quintessential fedora. Wide brim. Tall crown. Bound brim. Contrasting ribbon.
Wide Brim Dobbs
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Cheap Straw
There were a lot of straw hats made in the golden era of hat wearing and beyond. And there were a lot of cheap ones. Cardboard or vinyl sweatbands that crack and harden and warp horribly in heat and moisture. Floppy, saggy or rock-hard materials. This falls into that category. A one-seasoner.
Stingy Dobbs
This Dobbs was probably from the ’70s or ’80s. It has a pleated “shark gill” type ribbon, a stingy brim, and a surprisingly untapered crown for its dimensions. ’60s meets ’30s in the ’80s.
Champ Harmony Tone
I found this one in an antique shop in Fells Point, Baltimore, Maryland. With a name like “Harmony Tone”, it’s perfect for musicians. Stingy brim, low, tapered crown. A very 1960s hat.
Bee Hat
Bee’s answer to the Stetson Open Road. Thin ribbon, wind string, bound brim. Center dent. Fancy pleated lining. This hat’s probably from the 1950s. It claims to be “custom made” but just how “custom” it really was- who knows?
Jet Setting
1930s Lee fedora, Lee (different company than the hat), 91-J Jelt denim Jacket, buckle-back wide legged jeans, Chambray chinstrap shirt, American Optical sunglasses
Resistol Straw
A hip Jack Fox logo on a hip Resistol straw. You can almost hear the saxophone.
Tweed, glasses, hat
Long Hair Dobbs
Long nap ’50s dobbs with a rust colored ribbon. Cavanagh edge. Sold by Gilberts. Nice wide brim and tall crown on this one.
Stetson XXX
This hat, sold by the Outlaw Trading Post has a raw edge and a corded brim. It is somewhere between a cowboy hat and an open road fedora.
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