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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Want to have the most beautiful skinny brim hat anyone who encounters you has ever seen? You know where to look. Available in the Classic Fedora: And, my favorite, the Havana Fedora: Personally I like the look of a wider ribbon in a unique color on a skinny brim hat. A skinny brim has...
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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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I’ve been watching quite a bit of Dexter on DVD lately, and I find myself wishing one thing: that Sgt. Angel Batista would get a better hat. (I always wished that of Gil Grissom, too; I notice weird things when I watch TV, I guess.) David Zayas looks great in every episode; Batista is...
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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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Kentucky Smith™ may not be as famous as that Jones guy from across the river in Indiana, but he wears a better-looking hat. There are other differences. Kentucky Smith™ maintains a tropical state of mind at all times, in all places. Almost like a religion. Makes Jimmy Buffett look like Nanook of the North....
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The Breton is the Panama hat equivalent of the simple black dress. All occasions, always appropriate, casual or elegant. Simple rounded crown. Narrow ribbon. Gently scooped brim. My most popular women’s style for nearly two decades. Note: the brim on the hat in the photos is unusually wide. Photographer error. Yes, I am the...
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