The Keeneland was created for a client who lives on a tropical island off the coast of China. He didn’t say whether he has it all to himself. He did say the sun is strong. He wanted a special style. One he could wear to the club for lunch or to Hong Kong for...
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Exciting things are happening around here! We’re updating the main site to show more photos of individual styles. The goal is that, eventually, you’ll be able to see large photos of lots of variations of each style. The first style to be updated is the Optimo; we’ve added pictures of some of this style...
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Marcie Polo is the great, great, great, great, great, great—well, she’s really great—granddaughter of Marco Polo. Like her illustrious ancestor, she knows how to travel. And she knows a good idea when she sees one. Marcie wanted a high quality women’s travel hat. Asked me to design it. Said the Optimo just didn’t suit...
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This is a nice style that looks equally good on both men and women. Short and simple. The crown is about four inches tall. Smooth clean lines. Bold diamond shape in top of crown. Shorter brims suggested. Technically, this is a fedora with a completely different look than any of my other fedoras. No...
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Decisions. Decisions. Decisions. You want a skinny-brim Panama hat. But not one of those cheap, junk hats everyone wears that look like they cost all of $20. Because they did. You want a real hat. A skinny-brim Panama hat that outhats every hat in the room. Even if Brad Pitt is in the room....
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London-based designer Ashish showcased Panama hats as part of his Spring 2012 collection during his runway show earlier this week. His collection makes liberal (I would say excessive) use of flower motifs and bright colors. You can read the full story and see pictures at the Daily Mail. Personally, I’m not a fan. I’ve...
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In the early 20th century, September 15th marked the day when people hung up their straw hats for the summer and switched to felt hats. Anyone who failed to do so by the appointed day risked having their hat snatched off their head and stomped on, impaled, or otherwise wrecked. That’s a tradition I’m...
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Does Labor Day mark the end of summer for you? Time to put away your white clothes and hang up your sandals in favor of wool tweed and loafers? Where I live, we’ve just now started to have nice weather, so I’m not ready to admit defeat. I’m going to keep barbecuing! I’m going...
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Did you know: The earliest depictions of people wearing hats are found in a cave paintings dated to 15,000 years ago? (Although this is apparently somewhat controversial — learn more about the La Marche cave.) The term “old hat” originally meant something rather dirty? There’s no single accepted explanation for why hat-wearing fell out...
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