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!
Well well Mr. Fall! 'Bout time you showed! Yes Fall is finally coming to New York which means it's time to transition from cotton to tweed! Today for work I went with the late '50s look, which is an era I haven't dressed in since my college days.
I showed details of the sweater vest in a previous post, but here's some detailed shots of the jacket.
Thick nubby flecked pattern. A staple for any man in the late '50s. Quite warm too!
Patterned liner to give it that "Rockabilly" look.
And here's a little extra bonus for all you lovers of vintage workwear. I scored these great pair of whipchord pants on eBay a few weeks ago! They certainly don't make the material tough like this anymore!
Another nice example of a label with a WPL number.
Cuffs are medium size but nice and wide!
Close up of the material and the rare example of a union label sewn into pants the pants.
My recent song obsession comes from a "Screen Song" cartoon. It's a tune that's been sung, whistled and hummed in cartoons and movies for a good 80 something years and only just discovered that it's called, "Short'nin Bread".
Realized it's been a while since I posted photos from my collection. With the Cicada's chirping their end of summer song I'm dedicating this set to summer/warm weather photos.
