Bailey of Hollywood is
The Draper, a handsome
men's dress hat that uses technology to make the fur felt extremely moisture repellent yet still eminently breathable and comfortable to wear.
The C Crown is a marvellous creation from
Christys' London. This
fur felt hat is named after the shape of its crown and has a stingy brim that measures 1 3/4 inches. The grosgrain trim is tonal and the hat is finished with a leather sweatband and satin lining.
Of course,
men's hats made from fur felt include every style, with the
fedora silhouette, as seen in
The Soul Sacrifice, a stingy brim fur felt hat from
Santana by Carlos Santana, being perhaps best known, but there are also
cowboy hats, like the renowned dress western hat made famous by LBJ,
The Open Road from Stetson, pork pie hats from Makins of New York City, as well as the
pork pie from another NY designer, Eugenia Kim, with
The Velour Tony, a fur felt diamond crown hat with smooth velour finish and tarnished metal chain mesh trim) and trilby hats from Kangol.
Before you decide which hats to order, I suggest you treat yourself to a study of the
fur felt hats by Anthony Peto of Paris. With the
Peto Stingy Brim and the embossed
Bastille, another
stingy brim hat in fur felt, a fellow really could lose his head!
To recap (and there
will be a test), we've got
traditional fur felt hats like Christys' London
Trilby and
The Como from
Borsalino; and we've got
fur felt hats posing as modern travel-worthy
fedoras for men including
The Foldaway (one of my perennial favorites) and even a classic fur felt
bowler, a la
Charlie Chaplin's beloved
derby.
Gee, I think I forgot one. Hang on to your
fur felt hat while you browse, and let me take this from the top.