The men's dress style thread..

[Badger_Boom]

Borsalino hats, worn by the likes of Johnny Depp and David Bowie (well, at least when he was alive...if you know what I mean!) according to this video.





https://www.hatsandcaps.co.uk/produ...a-sage?gclid=Cj0KCQiA1ZGcBhCoARIsAGQ0kkp5pnYQ
£269 for a felt hat?🤔 Ok if you're a famous 'movie star' or a famous singer with bottomless pockets!

One of my collection is a charcoal fur felt Borsalino that I bought while feeling flush a few years ago. It’s a thing of beauty.

 

[Accy cyclist]

One of my collection is a charcoal fur felt Borsalino that I bought while feeling flush a few years ago. It’s a thing of beauty.

Would you say it's better quality than cheaper similar hats? I ask because the video seems to suggest Borsalino hats aren't as well made these days as they were in the past.🤔 I've also heard/read that only 'proper' fedoras and trilbies are made of fur felt, not wool. I have three trilbies, all wool ones. I feel ok wearing wool, but not too sure about fur felt, which I assume means animals are killed to provide that fur felt.

 

[Badger_Boom]

Would you say it's better quality than cheaper similar hats? I ask because the video seems to suggest Borsalino hats aren't as well made these days as they were in the past.🤔 I've also heard/read that only 'proper' fedoras and trilbies are made of fur felt, not wool. I have three trilbies, all wool ones. I feel ok wearing wool, but not too sure about fur felt, which I assume means animals are killed to provide that fur felt.

The quality is pretty good, although my favourite is actually a cheaper British made sporting trilby but I've forgotten the maker.

 

[Moon bunny]

The fur for felt comes from rabbits which are killed for meat. So if you‘re alright with using leather from cows...

Would you say it's better quality than cheaper similar hats? I ask because the video seems to suggest Borsalino hats aren't as well made these days as they were in the past.🤔 I've also heard/read that only 'proper' fedoras and trilbies are made of fur felt, not wool. I have three trilbies, all wool ones. I feel ok wearing wool, but not too sure about fur felt, which I assume means animals are killed to provide that fur felt.

 

[Accy cyclist]

I ordered the burgundy hat today.

https://www.peterchristian.co.uk/burgundy-haydock-fur-felt-hat/

I was a bit doubtful as with most of my coats being different shades of brown, they won't go too well with burgundy. I have a green/brown tweed overcoat which is a better match, but I did fancy a navy overcoat to go with the burgundy hat. Low and behold I found one in the retro clothing shop today. It's a decent fit and the coat weighs an impressive 5.2 pounds/2.35 kilos in weight and a long 49 inches in length, which takes it to approximately 8 inches below the middle of my kneecap. The coat also has a surprisingly long enough for my 25 inch arms, arm length. I usually try on retro clothing and charity shop jackets and coats only to find them 2 or 3 inches too short in the arm.

There isn't a name/label in the coat, so I don't know who made it or what it's made from.🤔 I'm guessing that it's at least 80% wool, if not 100%.

 

[Accy cyclist]

The fur for felt comes from rabbits which are killed for meat. So if you‘re alright with using leather from cows...

Something tells me that the rabbits are killed for their fur and the meat off them is the by-product.🤔

 

[raleighnut]

The fur for felt comes from rabbits which are killed for meat. So if you‘re alright with using leather from cows...

Aye a bit like 'Vegan' fundamentalists wearing 'Doc Martin' boots or Leather Sandals,

 

[Tenkaykev]

Aye a bit like 'Vegan' fundamentalists wearing 'Doc Martin' boots or Leather Sandals,

My daughter has a friend who self describes as being vegetarian, though she does eat chicken…

 

[Petrichorwheels]

My daughter has a friend who self describes as being vegetarian, though she does eat chicken…

Have you questioned her about this?
If so can't help but wonder if you faced a roasting from the "self-described"

 

[Tenkaykev]

Have you questioned her about this?
If so can't help but wonder if you faced a roasting from the "self-described"

I've not met her. My daughter told her that she's not vegetarian as she eats chicken, but some people are strange...
My daughter eats fish and describes herself as pescatarian.

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

🎄👹🤘🥃

 

[FishFright]

Aye a bit like 'Vegan' fundamentalists wearing 'Doc Martin' boots or Leather Sandals,

Lol yeah sure

 

[winjim]

I am now winter ready... was a bit concerned they'd be too small but I reckon they could fit another pair of thick socks so I'm good.

 

[winjim]

I am now winter ready... was a bit concerned they'd be too small but I reckon they could fit another pair of thick socks so I'm good.

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And we've got snow. Looks like they arrived just in time.

 

[Moon bunny]

There isn't a name/label in the coat, so I don't know who made it or what it's made from.🤔 I'm guessing that it's at least 80% wool, if not 100%.

Use the chlorine bleach test, a small piece of cloth immersed in chlorine bleach will dissolve after about eight hours if it is wool, any residue is synthetic.