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This vintage hat was made in the 1950s. The milan straw body was made in Italy, and it was finished and sold by Resistol. It has porkpie styling, with a wide grosgrain ribbon, with a back bow. This style was popular for a period in the mid to late 1950s. Despite being marked a 7-1/4, the hat has shrunk and measures and fits as a 7-1/8.
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Resistol milans are my personal favorites. They really did a good job- high quality bodies, wild trimming, and good sweatbands.
I got this big 5X Resistol at a yard sale at a horse farm in Maryland. It’s not the style I generally go after, and not from the era I generally do, but the price was right.
This Resistol cost $30 new. It dates from the mid ’60s-1970s
This was the first vintage hat I bought. I got it at a shop in Arizona right around easter when I was 14 years old. This is the one that started it all- and it’s all been downhill (uphill?) since.
A hip Jack Fox logo on a hip Resistol straw. You can almost hear the saxophone.
Airplane themed hats were popular. This one dates from the 1960s.
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