Sorry for the super long delay in posts folks, I've been super busy at work and it makes me too burned out to write up this little blog posts, but I can't leave loyal followers waiting any longer! I have several things to show but I'm going to keep the posts short. Today was historic for me. I received my first ever bowler hat today! Not certain of it's age, but the Hatters Union label dates it to pre-1934!
For people unfamiliar with bowler hat designs, I am only a novice myself but I do notice a big difference is the brim curl. It's very minimal keeping a nice conservative streamlined look. I notice a lot of the modern makers make the brim flare way too much and ruin the lines and proportions.
Frayed ribbon a trademark of pre-WWII hats
The pre-1934 label! The big difference between this and the later ones is the latter are smaller in size and exclude "THE" from the title
Perfection quality for only $3.50! I can't pinpoint a date on this hat, but let's say it's from around 1930 just to round things off. With the inflation calculator, this well made hat only cost $47.55 in today's money!
That's nice. My dad has one very close to yours and the story is that my grandpa wore it to church every Sunday. Rather dashing, i think.
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