Although John Stetson died in 1906, his company followed men's fashions into the twentieth century, manufacturing top hats, bowlers, homburgs, fedoras, and trilbys, as well as straw hats in both western and dress styles. By the early 1950s, there were fewer dress hat wearers, and Stetson has since focused primarily on their western hats.
- Their hats are rather cheaply priced but seem to get good reviews. 3. The crest inside just says Jaxon, but the website says Jaxon and James. 4. Neither founder was named either Jaxon or James. 5. They size their hats S, M, L, etc. instead of by (what I consider) the more typical 7, 7 1/2, etc. or 58, 59, 60.
On occasion the question of Jewish hats comes up, and since an off-topic post I made in a different thread generated a little interest, I'll share more here. Ignore it if you want; ask me any questions you want. :) Realistically, when we're talking about black hats worn by Jews, we're talking...
Although these hats are a bit different, they are all basically the same, having a wide, nearly flat brim and a relatively short crown height. Like Eastwood, they are less-is-more, with a tough, weathered appearance.
My interest in hats and the golden age comes from much reading of hardboiled detective stories. I listened to them on recordings of the old radio shows. What literary characters inspire you and your hat choices? Personally my influences are (in no particular order) most of Max Allen...
I just wanted to make this tribute thread to the hats in the NBC TV series, The Blacklist. In this thread, I will show some of the hats that James Spader's character Raymond Reddington wore in various episodes and list comparable hats that you can buy on the market today. I've noticed that Spader mostly gravitates toward teardrop Fedoras and ...