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1950s Champ milan flat top straw hat
This is a vintage high quality milan straw summer fedora hat. It was made by the Champ Hat company in the late 1950s. It has a nice brown leather sweatband, flat top porkpie styling, with a super wide band and back bow.
Size: 7-1/4Brim Width: 2-1/8″Band Width: 2-1/2″Crown Height: 4″
1950s CHamp milan straw porkpie
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This hat was made in the 1950s by the Champ Hat company. It is a high grade milan summer straw hat, with a bound brim, teardrop porkpie blocking and a nicely executed wide ribbon and bow. There is a satin liner tip and a leather sweatband. The sweatband isn’t in very good shape, but the rest of the hat is. These old high quality milans are hard to come by (lots of cheap milans back in the day), and sweatband replacement isn’t very hard or expensive.
Size: 7-1/4
Brim Width: 2″
Ribbon Width: 2-1/4″
Mallory Premier Quality
This Mallory was probably made in the early to mid 1950s. It has a moderate width brim, much wider than later porkpies. Silver ribbon.
New York Hat Company Porkpie
The super stingy version. Padded cloth sweatband.
Genuine Cocoanut straw summer hat
Coconut and madras, a combination made in summer style heaven. The hat was sold in the 1950s by Duff- 27 South 16th St. Philadelphia.
Canadian Made Imperial Stetson
Canadian made Stetsons had gold foil tags. This one is also marked with a Canadian retailer’s stamp, so it’s easier to place the location of manufacture. It’s somewhere between a tyrolean and a pork pie in styling.
Resistol Straw
Resistol milans are my personal favorites. They really did a good job- high quality bodies, wild trimming, and good sweatbands.
Genuine Imported Braid Custom Made
“Custom Made”. Nice soft finely done milan on this. Cheap fabric covered sweatband. It dates from the 1960s.
Ventilated Genuine Panama
This panama dates from the 1950s. It isn’t a particularly fine weave, but it should breathe well.
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