Black and Brown leather jackets on a british-based chopper. New Orleans, LA, late 1970s. Photo by Michael G. Stewart
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Marathon
This marathon has a classic color scheme- gray and champagne. The ribbon is fancy, but somehow makes it more casual.
Knox Homburg
Not just fine- Superfine!
This hat runs the casual end of homburgs. Brown, front dents, rust colored binding. I got this and a similarly colored Stetson Flagship in trade for a thin ribbon 1950s Mallory, which suited, and fit the client much better.
Penney’s Porkpie
The casual hat. Short brim, fuzzy felt, knit band, sloppy porkpie crease.
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Wide Brim Dobbs
This 1940s Dobbs is the quintessential fedora. Wide brim. Tall crown. Bound brim. Contrasting ribbon.
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?
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