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Posts Tagged ‘ hat care ’

Where to wear your Montecristi fino when the mercury starts to drop

November 4, 2011

Brrr! This whole “temperate climate zone” thing is just stupid. If you’re not as clever as my dad, chances are that you, like me, are experiencing the singular joy of the return of cold weather. Panama hats have a well-deserved reputation for tropical elegance, but that doesn’t mean you have to put yours into...
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Read Before You Roll

August 4, 2011
Read Before You Roll

Everyone wants to roll up Panama hats. Why? Why can’t people just be content to wear one, look great, feel cool, and get on with it? It is not the defining principle of a Panama hat that it can be rolled up. I finally gave up. I yielded to public pressure. It was pretty...
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Places Not to Wear Your Brent Black Montecristi Fino

July 29, 2011

Some places are great for hats, as I’ve posted about before: beaches, tiki bars, swank affairs, etc. But there are some places where a Panama hat is not recommended. Here, in no particular order, 10 terrible places to wear a Panama hat: In the shower At a hat thief convention To a Gwar show...
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Don’t Pinch!

July 25, 2011
Don’t Pinch!

Pop quiz: What is the best way to put on a fedora? A: Using your thumb and first two fingers of your dominant hand, lift it from the top front of the crown (where it comes to a point) B: Flip it up into the air so that it completes exactly one full revolution...
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Customer Story: First-time Hat Buyer

July 22, 2011

Another Friday, another customer story: Aloha Brent, I was out of town when my wife called to say that my hat had arrived.  As you can imagine I couldn’t wait to get home to see it.  All the way home I was wondering all the...
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