Homburg or Coke/Bowler Hat

"The brute covers himself, the rich man and the fop adorn themselves, the elegant man dresses!"

-Honore de Balzac

Frederic Leighton
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Fri Jun 12, 2015 12:32 am

Luca wrote:May I ask where you commissioned your fine headpiece?
AndyM wrote:I join with Luca, please share with us the source of your very fine hat! (And I agree that it suits you and you wear it well!)
Thank you, Andy!

This is funny... the hat comes from Luca's old home town :D Luca, you must have been there already, and many of you too. The shop opened in 1914 and is an institution in Milan. Make sure you phone in advance, if you want to meet the hat-maker; he comes and goes as he pleases, which, of course, is something you would totally expect from a hatter. But then he also has loads of patience and is very modest(*). We discussed the project for nearly two hours before he decided to take a piece of paper and a tape measure, and start from the beginning once again.

(*) "In the olden days they were better than us. They would do maybe 40 or 50 of these every day." Still, he had almost two months of backlog before starting my hat.
davidhuh
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Fri Jun 12, 2015 10:24 pm

Frederic Leighton wrote: The shop opened in 1914 and is an institution in Milan.
Dear Federico,

this can only be capelleria Melegari, no? A little gem, indeed, with some dusty corners :D

Beautiful Homburg btw! I'd wish I could wear one of those..

Cheers, David
Frederic Leighton
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Sat Jun 13, 2015 12:27 am

davidhuh wrote:
Frederic Leighton wrote: The shop opened in 1914 and is an institution in Milan.
Dear Federico,

this can only be capelleria Melegari, no? A little gem, indeed, with some dusty corners :D

Beautiful Homburg btw! I'd wish I could wear one of those..

Cheers, David
Thank you, David! Yes, Melegari!
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