How a felt hat is made: Christys’ factory visitc
A couple of weeks ago I visited the Christys’ hat factory in Witney, outside Oxford. For more on the company, see previous post here. This is a step-by-step tour of the making process. There are essentially two stages to making felt hats: felti...
How a felt hat is made: Christys’ factory visitc
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I ordered a hat from Christys recently , checked the label only to find that the item was.... You've guessed it.... Made in China. Some people may have no problem with that but I'm afraid I'm not one of them. To outsourc...
Christys’ hats, Witney
Christys is one of a handful of hat makers left in the UK. It supplies Lock & Co and Bates (neither of whom make their own hats) as well as having its own label. For much of its history Christys was the largest hat maker in the UK, with over...
Christys’ hats, Witney
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Thanks Dan...
How panama hats are made
Normal.dotm 0 0 1 628 3581 Euromoney PLC 29 7 4397 12.0 0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false Following on from my post last week on having a hat made by Brent Black, here is a little background on the craft involved in making them. Next week we&...
How panama hats are made
Normal.dotm 0 0 1 628 3581 Euromoney PLC 29 7 4397 12.0 0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false Following on from my post last week on having a hat made by Brent Black, here is a little background on the craft involved...
Brent Black panama hats
I completely understand that the amount of money spent on handmade accessories can seem extravagant. Several people made comments along those lines regarding my Alfred Dunhill glasses case a few months ago. But if you have pursued a policy of investi...
Brent Black panama hats
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No problem - it's great to add to old posts. Brent is hugely superior in terms of quality and probably value. But I do find I don't wear his hats much just because the shape doesn't suit my head that well. It's the downs...
A Borsalino from Lock & Co – my second...
I’ve had my first proper hat – the brown Voyager from Lock & Co written about here – for over a two years now and it’s been worn pretty intensively. Indeed, it could probably do with a re-blocking at some point. That ...
A Borsalino from Lock & Co – my second...
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Dark grey is the best starting point. The next alterative would be a dark brown...
Persian lamb collars and hats
With that coat, she should ask him in Esquire, February 1936: “The point is, it isn’t every guy can get a coat with a fur collar, from which we argue that it isn’t every gal can get a guy with a fur collared coat so we w...
Persian lamb collars and hats
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Sorry to answer on such an old post, but this comment begs me some questions. I entirely get why some people would prefer to avoid killing animals for reasons. I usually have an harder time understanding why one would be...
Of Homburgs, topcoats and fawn gloves
Something we predicted a year ago Esquire, March 1935: “In the March issue for 1934, we introduced the black Homburg to this country. We said then that it was an established English tradition, having already enjoyed, at that time, a London ...
Of Homburgs, topcoats and fawn gloves
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Isn't it better - it's certainly much easier - to wear any kind of hat with an overcoat (or raincoat) than with a suit alone? With the coat the look is classical - without it is (to me) plain anachronistic....
The rules and how to break them 2: Brown in town
Rule 2: Do not wear brown in town. It’s worth repeating my maxim from the first instalment in this series: “Rules are there for a reason, but there is nothing wrong with breaking them. These statements are not contradictory. Once you unde...
The rules and how to break them 2: Brown in town
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I think that could look nice, but it would be more of a luxe look. Also not a big fan of the breast pocket...
