Hats, or if you will, chapeaux

[TC Chris]

I'll move this topic away from '57 Buicks to its own heading. In my Dad's closet we found some hats. The felt one indicates inside, "Scott & Co., by appointment to Her Majesty the Queen, hatmakers." 1 Old Bond Street, Picadilly. It was imported by The English Shop, Vancouver. The straw boater was my grandfather's. Not exactly comfortable to wear.

Chris Campbell

[Firedome]

Boaters were so typical of summer wear about 1910 to '30s. I've seen a pic of my Grandfather wearing one at the beach S of Boston about 1922, also wearing a white shirt, tie, and long pants! So glad we're not so formal now!

[walyfd]

Boaters were summer hats and men were told when they were in season: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_Hat_Riot

I bought one for a Kentucky Derby day party. I wear it a couple times a year.

That fedora is a high quality hat. Bet it'd clean up nicely. I stopped in a millinery in London. They really keep tradition alive. Clothes there are impeccable.

[TC Chris]

Both hats live in their hat boxes.

Chris Campbell

[19&41]

I have a couple of pictures of my great uncle wearing a boater. He was the snappy dresser of the family.