The Spring & Summer 2009 Catalog
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Dress hats for men aren't limited to Borsalino fedoras and porkpies, of course, although there's a school of thought that argues this should be the case. Admittedly, however, there's just no Panama hat or Panama fedora in the world with a history of excellence quite like The Montecristi Aficionado and The Montecristi Classic from Brent Black. Spun so fine, they feel like linen, the hat bodies are woven over many months by master weavers in the village of Montecristi. At this point Brent Black personally selects those he'll work with, shaping and hand-blocking each hat, including the porkpie.
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Makins is another big name in the men's dress hats industry, adorning the heads of many a Hollywood celebrity, including that most famous of all celebrity hat lovers, Brad Pitt. Made from straw, Makins summertime hats are shaped in the same old-fashioned way he's always used: on wooden blocks using live steam. Take a look at The Bleeker Street, a true Makins gem. This lightweight hat is made from strips of woven fibre sewn together and has a textured rio braid trim finish. Another creation from the New York milliner is a multi-toned Panama pinch front stingy brim fedora, with a sewn leather braid band. It's called The Houston, and it's really quite fine. You don't have to be famous to appreciate the colors of Mr. Green dress fedoras, like The Seafoam Frank with its silk bound edge or The Sisal Donovan with vintage gold and spice plaid trim, although you'll probably look rich and famous when you don one of these LA-made dress hats (try The Kent Parasisal Fedora in brown, and you'll see what I mean).
Dress westerns and cowboy hats are to be had from hat makers including Milano, Colonel Littleton and Scala. However, you'll find no western hats in our Stacy Adams hat collection, although we do have The Washington, a matte raffia porkpie with satin band and feather trim as well as the lighter-than-air Jefferson, a fedora in material called sinamay (which comes from the Phillipines). There's even a classic homburg. It's called The Adams, and it's offered in Black on White or White on Black (because I just can't make up my mind).
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