Derby
A Derby. A Montecristi Derby. I just couldn’t resist. The hat in the photo is a personal hat.
I have a lot of shirts with old fashioned stand up collars. The Derby is very right with those shirts. Vertical stripes are nice. Maybe a vest. A silver-handled walking stick might be fun.
Another way to go with the Derby would be dressed-to-the-nines formal. If you attend the Kentucky Derby, wearing my Derby might be a good way to get on TV when they feature great hats. (Just for the record, I grew up in Kentucky and this is the hat I wore last Derby Day while mixing family recipe mint juleps. Served in Kentucky-made sterling julep cups, of course. Even here in Hawaii, I still celebrate the first Saturday in May as Spring’s High Holy Day.)
You could wear a Derby to a polo match. But not to the beach. Well, wait. I might be wrong. If it’s a nude beach, and you wear only the Derby, that could work.
Wear one around London in the summer and sooner or later someone will offer to buy it right off your head. Take several. Pay for the trip.
The hat in the photos is size 71⁄8, crown 43⁄4 inches, brim 21⁄8 inches after curl, 21⁄2 inches uncurled, $1000.
PRICES Why One Panama Hat Costs More than Another
PREMIUM
$575, $675, $775, $1000, $1500
SUPER-PREMIUM
$2000, $2500, $3000, $3500, $5000
RARE TREASURES very limited availability A $25,000 hat? Really? How Fine Are the Finest?
$7500 to $25,000
BRIM
2 1⁄8 to 2 1⁄2 inches (after curl)
CROWN
4 1⁄4 to 4 3⁄4 inches
SIZES details
21
7⁄8
to 25 inches
(55.6 to 63.5 cm)
SWEATBAND see choices
Standard sweatband for this style is un-dyed fine leather.
RIBBON see choices
Standard ribbon for this style is 1 1⁄16 inch black.
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