including some of Rod Keenan's works of hat art: The Sedgwick and The Bowtie, both fur felt trilby hats, along with his Montmatre and JFK fedoras, these in long hair beaver fur.
I'm certain you won't fault me for stockpiling (as you continue to drool) dress hats for men like the lightly-textured Brewster from Stetson's Moderno Collection and of course, that pure beaver fedora, The Presidential Pinnacle. There's no question that classic reproductions like Christys' fur felt Top Hat, a derby from Stetson, and a truly Chaplinesque Bowler belong nowhere but in the HartfordYork.com dress hat collection (or perhaps--now that I think about it--on your head would be good too).
No one can accuse me of being stingy in hat selection -- but stingy with hat brims? Well, that's an altogether different matter! I love the look of stingy brims and when you see The Bowery from Makins, a leather fedora made from hundreds of strands of leather meticulously sewn together by hand, and then shaped on wooden blocks, you'll hop onto the admiration band wagon with me. Borsalino bellies up to the stingy brim bar with their fully-lined all beaver Stingy Ultimo Fedora. The Pullman from Stetson also boasts a stingy brim. Coming in at a bound two inch brim (that can be worn up or down), this limited edition pure beaver fur felt telescope crown dress hat is one very tasty piece.
If it's a traditional dress hat you seek, they don't get much better than the Indiana Jones pure beaver fedora, called (quite simply) The Indy, hand blocked and issued in an extremely limited number as an officially licensed collector's edition. There is one other fedora of similar ilk, and it's an Indiana Jones 4X Beaver/Rabbit Fur Felt Fedora, which I call The Texas Indy, because it's made by our very special friends at the Milano Hat Company in Texas.
Choice, they say, is everything and the choice in men's dress hats truly is all yours.
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