My first job, while a freshman in college, was at Hale's Hat Store in downtown Flint Michigan. That is all we sold, mens hats, fur felt. The major styles of the day were pinch front tea drop, center crease (pinch front and not), homburgs, derbies, all brim widths. Their were three of us, myself a part time college student, a retired gentleman and the owner. We were busy every day six days a week. From September to May, fur felt was the item of the day. After that straw. The boater was a big seller. Every man, all walks of life, wore a hat. in fact, a man wasn't dressed if he did not have his hat on. Now, if I want a real hat, I have to go online, or to the only men's hat store I know of in the area, Henry the Hatter in Southfield. I am often approached by people who tell me "I wish hats would come back." To which I answer, "they never left."

@peterkarahalios3488

Жыл бұрын

This is so nice to read. Thank you.

I'm a banker in a large Jewish neighborhood, the concentration of hats in the area is immense! I don't feel as though I stand out when i wear my Homburg, bowler, boater, or fedoras to the office! I truly hope your content helps a hat resurgence, the amount of complements I get in my suit and hat when leaving the bank to shop are incredible.

@zoukatron

5 жыл бұрын

Thankfully, the Jews seem to have kept a lot of hatters alive.

@bigjoocy_

5 жыл бұрын

ya right

@boris3189

5 жыл бұрын

Haven't they taught you that you aren't supposed to wear a hat inside?

@CJG1419

5 жыл бұрын

Boris where did he say he wears his hats inside?

@maxalaintwo3578

3 ай бұрын

Oy vey

As the grandson of a Big Band drummer who always looked sharp and taught me that image matters, I friggn love your videos. Thank you for keeping interest in this attire alive.

Definitely would need to watch, pause, take notes, and repeat. Very educational.👌

@autismscience8534

5 жыл бұрын

Tina, can't wait to see you wearing one of those hats.....

@CamTheKid

5 жыл бұрын

You need to take notes? This is all common knowledge.

@vieven7964

5 жыл бұрын

Everyone has to start somewhere.

I wish hats would become more popular again. I also wish all men were as interested in how they look as the two of you are.

Every gentleman should have two great hats ( fall/winter and spring/summer ). I never leave the house without one!

I love to wear classical men’s hats. When I visited Poland, I bough a nice dark grey felt fedora and just today I recurved a wool felt Homburg by Stacy and Adams and I love it! Great video and looking forward to the other two parts!

As a hat enthusiast who owns a collection of over 125 hats of all sorts, I can say that this video was very well put together and informative, even for me. I hope the next video will cover different types and styles of hats, now that the terminology has been covered

As someone who's still new to the world of traditional hats, this video was very informative and helped me gain the language to articulate what it is I"m looking for when shopping.

I have so many hats... Fedoras, top hats, bucket hats, flat caps, homburgs, beanies, baseball caps, a bowler hat, even an Elmer Fudd hat (among others) & never step outside without one. Hats are among one of mankind's greatest but most under rated inventions! They keep your head warm, they shield you from the sun & the rain & they make a statement about who you are as a person & as a man. And unlike so many other fashion accessories, good hats never go out of style.

Preston is becoming a natural, well done 🌹

The hat videos are my favorite. Depending on weather and dress, I most commonly wear a three piece flat cap, Panama or a tear drop/pinch front western style hat with a 3 1/2 brim.

You guys always come in service whenever in need.

I think hats should be a staple of every man's wardrobe, they're stylish and functional. I own a leather fedora from henschel that is just a great hat. I'm hoping to extend my fedora collection in the near future

My Dad wore hats all his life as all men of the WW Ii generation and I now have 8 fedoras of the 50's thru 90:s. Those Borsalino are well made and good looking. Two of them are 70 years old and still look great as all of them do

You. You who made this video. I appreciate you.

Not oils are the problem with touching the crown or you would just move the problem to the brim. It is the pinching of the crown itself. If you do it several times a day all year long the felt will break. Using the brim and your hat will be in great condition for centuries.

@zoukatron

5 жыл бұрын

Interestingly though, I've heard female hat enthusiasts say that you shouldn't grab the crown to avoid getting make up on it. Which is equally absurd. Having said that, there's a growing fashion for pre-distressed hats, so a hat smeared with colourful make up might be worth a fortune.

Thanks Preston. I live near an old Stockport hat factory now a museum 🤘🏼

Pinched, wide brim, crown domed droplet, woven multicolored headband, sawn brim edge, snap brim upwards in the back and down in front. Started using hats 1989 and never stopped. Men without a hat are just grown boys :-)

I've always been a flat cap enthusiast, although I used to wear an antique top hat when performing with my band.

I have just started to collect hats. Right now i have only three, flat cap, fedora and a bowlerhat. Bowlerhat is my favourite hat style. So classic and beautiful looking!

@gentlemansgazette

5 жыл бұрын

The next time we do a series on hats, the bowler will have its time in the spotlight. :) Thanks for watching! - Preston

@autismscience8534

5 жыл бұрын

But unfortunately our Civil Service isn't recruiting this year.

@azeael8429

5 жыл бұрын

Gentleman's Gazette can’t wait, i am having my finger on the trigger to buy a bowler hat, all i need is an in depth guide from you guys.

Some other useful terms include: The bash - synonymous with the crease and pinch, especially in the term hand-bash. The reed - a small fabric band to which the sweatband is sewn and which is then itself sewn to the hat body, i.e. the sweatband is not sewn directly to the hatbody. The prescence of a reed is typically a feature of better made hats. The welt - some brims are folded over (overwelt) or under (underwelt) and then this fold sewn in place. It is an alternative brim treatment and freakquently is seen on poorer quality felt hats, I suspect to give them more structural strength. Finally, with regards to your point about resting a hat on its crown to avoid distorting its brim, this only necessary for hats with stiff curved brims like top hats, homburgs and cowboy hats, where the weight of the crown will eventually distort the brim. Snap brims can be placed on their brims, although their brims should be snapped up all around. The exception would be a very small number of snap brim hats that have fore to aft arc in their brims too (the Campdraft from Akubra is an example), which also benefit from being left crown down. There is currently a fashion developings for hats with stiff, flat brims, which also, clearly, be left brim down.

@gentlemansgazette

5 жыл бұрын

Very good information! Thanks for sharing. - Preston

I do wear a Panama hat on sunny days. Sadly it's been raining so I don't wear it as often but during summer I always wear it when I go outdoors. I only have this hat since I live in a tropical region. My hat is khaki in colour with a brown band featuring a rectangle shape decoration.

Do a video on the importance of posture, i see many people ruin their look (whatever it may be) because of slouching and overall bad posture (including me)

I want to see Preston in the next episode wearing a ten-gallon hat.

thanks for posting I get better looking and better dressed with each video

Preston, I really enjoy your presentations. I recently discovered the comfort of the flat cap thanks to your other videos.

Before I watched this video I was like: „I’ve never seen a guy who can wear a hat.” After the video: „Wow, I was wrong. Maybe I’ll buy one for myself.” Great video, Preston! :) I send my best greetings from Germany.

I tend to wear a wool felt pork pie with a Homburg brim in winter. I'm looking for a suitable panama for summer, and have a wool flat cap on hold at a nearby vintage clothing shop. Thanks for the fantastic detail. Cheers!

I usually wear a hat to protect me from the elements! The Baker boy is easiest to style and works with the most outfits and you can just put it into your bag when you don’t need it! I’ve got a trilby with a snap brim and wide band that I occasionally use but it is more delicate and formal so works with less clothes so I wear it less! The Homburg I have I never wear as it is too formal, too light in colour and in my view seems anachronistic.

I own several ladies hats being a female, but I love wearing men's hats as well. I've been dying to find a good bowler hat but the crown heights are always so high! Way too high for my small face and frame and they tend to look a little ridiculous. The one that looks best on me, unfortunately, is a costume 'bowler' hat that I used in a dance recital as a child. I've seen photos of women wearing bowlers but I just cannot find any that look quite right. Lovely video, you look great!

@zoukatron

5 жыл бұрын

Women look amazing in most men's hats. Good for you. With regards to bowlers, is it a case that you like both the crown shape AND the curled brim, or just one of those features? There might be other useful options.

I often wear a hat. I have a collection of Stetson fedoras (there's a factory outlet store not too far from my house). I have two that are in good shape and suitable of wearing with a jacket or suit - a Temple in caribou (gray) and a Saxon in walnut. I also have a brown Chatham and a gray Metropolitan that are fairly beat up, so they're my more casual/utilitarian hats. When I'm feeling like making an utter spectacle of myself, I have several inexpensive wool felt bowlers that I wear from time to time.

Such an incredible channel. Keep up the fantastic work.

I just got two bowler hats. A black one and a brown one. Need you guys' Guru fashion advice on how to match it with outfits. PLEASE MAKE A BOWLER HAT VIDEO!

@guylewis7418

2 жыл бұрын

Love your channel.

I own an array of flat caps (some say excessive amount) in different textures, colours and patterns. I also own some rolled fisherman style hats for colder weather and ushankas for the bitter cold. I did own fedoras and wide brimmed pork pie hats too. I adore hats as incredibly versatile and practical accessories.

Another great video, thank you! I've four fedoras (three teardrop and one center crease), and one straw white hat, I saw and learned with all videos about hats in this channel before the purchase, I like use them with sport coat, suits, jackets and less formal with jeans pants, boots and a long sleeve shirt (cotton or jeans made)...

@thepipejunkie8359

5 жыл бұрын

May I ask what brand are your fedoras? I've been looking for a good snap brim fedora for a decent price because I can't really afford $300-400 hats

@condealisson

5 жыл бұрын

@@thepipejunkie8359 I'm brazilian, my hats are made by Pralana, another good brand in brazilian place is Marcatto, the price is arround U$ 49-60.

Hi Mr.Preston ,Love y'all's work. I've been wearing flat caps for prolly 15 years or more, I recently bought a Panama hat by Stetson. I inherited a Derby from my grandfather maybe 40 years ago. the hat band has deteriated some, most likely from my ignorance of proper care.

Very informative here thank you love your channel🤘🏾🤙🏽

I love a panama, but for everyday I wear a toyo. It survives well in light to medium rain, which is useful for keeping glasses dry if you've got your hands too full for an umbrella.

I wear a black wool felt homburg hat on a regular basis. It is vintage and was passed on to me from my dad. It features a pleated satin ribbon with a bow and a leather sweat band. I also decorate it with a feather.

love your series on hats. can you do a video dedicated to hat maintenance?

Most of my collection is Akubra; I also have several newsboy caps from Wigens. I am in search of a period correct representation of a 1940’s felt fedora but I’m not sure of brim width. They seem to be wider than current fedora hats of today. I’m thinking they’re roughly two inches wide on a 40’s fedora, does this seem right? Great tutorial, I’m going back now to watch your other videos on hats.

Thanks Preston for such a wonderful video about 🎩 loved it 👌🏻

I wear a small skull-cap ("Kufi"), under my hat, sometimes needing a very thin or even very thick under-cap because my hats vary. In addition to padding the inside, wearing an under-cap can help fit hats ordered online that are too big. (I even have a brown bowler that only fits without an under-cap)

The Subtle Brown Tones was my favorite band in college.

Really educative video, I did not know that hats had a so big variety of styles and history. Kudos to your channel and your interesting topics! By the way, happy new year!

Great video! I just love hats, and have quite a few of them, ranging from panamas to fedoras, to a couple of trilbys, some flat caps, even a top hat and a leather "cowboy" hat. Sooner or later I'll probably get a homburg, too. Do you have any particular books to recommend on hats? Explaining different styles and guidelines?

Great video thank you for posting

Really like if you guys can do a full guide of bowler hat.

I'm truly hoping someone will create a channel like this one but for ladies

I do wear hats frequently. My favorites are either the flat cap, or the fedora with a center crease, or the tear drop crown.

i own a couple of hats myself, a black derby hat, a brown fedora, a panama hat and a newsboy cap in charcoal. my most worn are the fedora and the newsbiy cap, least the more formal derby and in summer ofcourse the panama.

I’m mad that at sixteen I don’t have enough money to build up my formal wardrobe. I can’t wait until a few years when I can finally start buying from Fort Belvedere and related companies!

I have a very old flat cap that I love. But I need something more formal. I want a tiroleon next. Just have to find the right one for the right price.

That pocket square fold is neat! Can you show how to fold it?

@gentlemansgazette

5 жыл бұрын

It's a nonchalant take on the "crown fold"--you can take a look at our video on 5 great pocket square folds, here: www.gentlemansgazette.com/how-to-fold-a-pocket-square/? - Preston

@autismscience8534

5 жыл бұрын

Anyone with a pocket square round here would be laughed to the moon and back. Even in posh circumstances. The difference between stylishness and stuffiness.

@jrlee31

5 жыл бұрын

@@autismscience8534 I totally disagree with you. A pocket square, necktie and a boutannierre will elevate the look of any gentleman, provided that all patterns come together in harmony. Just like what Preston managed to pull out of.

@autismscience8534

5 жыл бұрын

I agree about the tie and boutaninierre (though in many contexts even that would be considered "over the top", see how many professors give lectures with them - nearly none). But the pocket square, outside of some very fancy ceremony (marriage/funeral) would be laughed at as poncy. Of course it depends on the particular company you keep but I can think of hardly any in the uk, not even royalty.

@jrlee31

5 жыл бұрын

@@autismscience8534 Now I understand where you are coming from. So if that's how they do it in the UK, then by all means conform to that. But other parts of the world consider pocket square to be neat, functional and stylish. To each his own.

Thanks for the refreshed series! One question that I'm not sure you're planning to address is: how does one avoid "hat head" after taking off the hat while indoors? One way is through haircut, but are there others? Or does one have to re-do the hair after taking the hat off every time? Happy New Year!

This guy just looks like a robot prototype of a perfect man

@terrydrums

5 жыл бұрын

Alex Jensen I don’t know. I’ve been watching him for a while and they must have updated his programming. He’s almost lifelike now. 😜

@TinaLeder

5 жыл бұрын

Hahaha yes terrydrums! I think he's getting used to being more the face of this channel now. Love the new edition.

@Delgen1951

5 жыл бұрын

yeah form the 1930 through the maybe early 1960s. I keep getting a "Clark Kent "vibe from him.

@sebastienschubert2991

4 жыл бұрын

Alex Jensen this is guy that will grow up in fallout and sell you a vault

Did a great job ..very imformative.

Penguin (checked) Riddler (checked) we need more villains for your team.

Very good film. My everyday that's are fedoras, my brown Bowler or a leather half top hat. As a steampunk I wear a lot of top hats.

I like Akubras! My favorite is the Adventurer with an Indy bash.

@zoukatron

5 жыл бұрын

Presumably from David Morgan - I think the Adventurers sold everywhere have a factory bash with a great deal more taper?

@richardshortman5645

5 жыл бұрын

As a owner of too many Akubras including the Adventurer, believe the Federation IV to be the better purchase. Less taper better handle.More like The Poet. The only DM hat worth purchase is the Bushman. Another bashable...... Buy straight from OZ when the currency allows.

@guylewis7418

5 жыл бұрын

zoukatron, the Adventurer DM sells comes with an open crown. You can bash it yourself or have them bash it for you.

@zoukatron

5 жыл бұрын

Guy Lewis, I know, I would be very tempted to get one if it were a little more tapered like the open crown Akubra Fedora (which must surely win a prize for lack of imagination in naming ). Unfortunately, my head is a very long oval, so it would ending up with the brim too high at the sides after conforming to my head.

@guylewis7418

5 жыл бұрын

zoukatron, it’s not for everyone, you’re right. Sometimes I get mule headed!

Generally Straw or Toyo,(paper) for the summer and fedora or trilby in fall/winter

Love your videos! Keep up the good work! P.S. Are you wearing Oliver Peoples?

Excited about the new series. One of my resolutions for 2019 is to get a straw boater. Glad to see GG and Preston are on it.

And anyway...who couldn’t watch Preston all day long. He’s deeeeicious!! 😋

I'm definitely a fedora man. I prefer wider snap brims but also appreciate it snapped down in the back as well.

Good one...thanks

Excellent

Hmm... As a Brit I was wondering if you were going to go with American definition of trilby. Traditionally in Britain, the term trilby applies to anything with a snap brim regardless of brim width (so the hat commonly known as a porkpie is a type of trilby). The term fedora gets variable treatment here, some use it as a s type of trilby with an especially wide brim, some use it for down brim hats (especially if they have ribbon hatbands), some use it to refer to trilbies worn with brim snapped down at the front and back. Kind of messy on both sides of the Atlantic (there are even old US catalogue adverts that apply the term fedora to homburgs). I look forward to seeing the next two videos.

@gentlemansgazette

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, terms often vary in different locales. Our information is generally sourced from a variety of texts, with origins in America, Britain, Germany, and elsewhere, so we often try to reconcile the differences into one coherent definition. With that said, stay tuned for Part III of this series, wherein the trilby will be discussed at length. Thanks for watching and commenting! - Preston

@zoukatron

5 жыл бұрын

They are messy terms, I just encourage people on both sides of the Atlantic to treat fedora and trilby as synonyms - seems like the most sensible thing to do.

@zoukatron

5 жыл бұрын

I agree with regards to pork pies always being called pork pies, but they are still structurally trilbies. I know that plenty of Brits older than 50 agree with me. With regards to what the hatters around Jermyn Street say, well Christy's have even confirmed that fedora and trilby mean the same on their website (as have Laird, who admittedly are new to the hatting world). The reason that hatters like Christy's, Bates and Lock use the two different terms is to be to capitalise on the American market. The actual concept that trilbies and fedoras are different types of hats is absurd - the most frequent definition is to simply delineate between the two on the basis of brim size, with the trilby as the narrower. That by itself does not work as some companies, like Lock, sell trilbies with wider brims than some of their fedoras. Other differences people might try to cite is that trilbies have more tapered crowns or simple creases rather than teardrops, but again, you find great variety in crown shape across different brim widths.

@johndelye3402

5 жыл бұрын

And both hats got their names from famous plays Fedora and Trilby. And the big head scratcher is both Fedora and Trilby are also the names of the female titular character.of both plays.

I wear Jacaru wallaroo leather hats. I was surprised leather hats weren’t mentioned at all. They are durable, comfortable and look really good in my opinion.

Looking sharp Preston. I like the ensemble and the way the colors/textures work together. I will admit, once the video began, you do bear resemblance to George Reeves of the Superman TV series. My preference is for wider brimmed fedora and Panama hats.

Because I live in Fla I lean towards hats with wider brims. In winter I wear a felt Fedora style hat and in the summer I wear a couple of straws, one is a Panama style and the other is an very wide brimmed, high rounded crowned straw hat common in the mid 1700's (I'm a French and Indian to American Revolution reenactor). I have been mishandling my hats because I used the crease to remove, carry and &etc my hat, I have not corrected that. I end with a question, why did you snap the brim up when you put it down/on the hat rack?

@guylewis7418

2 жыл бұрын

When you snap the brim up and place in down, the brim won’t flatten. If your brim doesn’t snap down, place it on the crown or place it on a rack.

Could you make a video explaining the different mineral water brands?

I enjoy The Hamberg, Flat hats, I have a lovely paper fadora. I think hats should come back into fashion in America.

The content is amazing tbh

I like a nice stiff homburg hat from fur or wool felt .

Thanks, this'll be certainly useful in the future. I'd love to wear fedoras, homburgs and Panama hats, but my casual environment doesn't help at all, so for now I just stick to my blue flat cap.

My favorites are my porkpie, my Panama, and my newly acquired fedora, which I’ve yet to block into a teardrop

I prefer vintage felt fedoras [Borsalino] and vintage panama hats with fine superfino weave

I am Ecuadorian, I have got a modest hat collection, my favorite hat is my Panama Hat (an amazing superfino from Montecristi)

@bl00dhoney

5 жыл бұрын

The boater in your profile photo isn't too bad either!!

I have several trilby's, a bowler, a homburg & several flat caps but wear trilby's the most (every day).

Hey preston! What are your favorites vintage hat brands? Mine are Stetson, Dobbs fifth avenue and Champ Hats!

I favour the Peaky blinders style flat cap. I found your video informative and interesting as always.

Hey guys. Im quiet interested Int this art. Been searching for courses but had no luck in finding one. Do you guys know of any place where I can aquire this art?

I like this guy. I personally prefer my tawny mauve wool felt diamond cut fedora.

Great video very informative, however I have to ask : Is there such a thing as a "Colour etiquete" ? E.g. Don't wear a brown hat when going a night on the town or No straw when out on business ? So sorry if you've handled this before but can't recall if you did or no.

@zoukatron

5 жыл бұрын

Traditionally there are rules about colours associated with hats, as you mention about brown. Fairly obvious. Traditionally straw are not city hats (at least in northern Europe or northern North America), but these rules are pretty much gone. If you want to keep up the traditions, a good thing to do is to match hat colour to shoe colour - brown with brown, grey or black hat with black shoes.

I have never seen a trilby worn on such a straight angle. He just plonked it on 😮

”Milady” *tips fedora and combs neckbeard*

@SPNKr16

5 жыл бұрын

😂 They know what a comb is? 😂😂😂

Mr. Schneider, I feel you definitely have a good thing going. Personally speaking, I never cared much for fine clothes unless I was at a formal setting, but I still enjoy watching your videos nonetheless. However, I do have a question. I notice that a lot of the clothes that are stylish according to your videos are very expensive at least to normal people. What do you suggest to people who don’t make very much money, but can still look nice?

Would you all be able to do a video on the Derby Hat? I am interested in them and do not know how to pull them off like a gentleman.

@jackrains2301

5 жыл бұрын

Search out Lucius Beebe. He was a writer who wore no hat except a derby. There was an article he wrote proposing the the real "wild west" hat was a derby. In town, on the railroad, everywhere except punching cows. Not mentioned in the video, but the most popular men's hat in New Mexico is the three crease cattleman's style of cowboy hat.

@mrbeandip2356

5 жыл бұрын

@@jackrains2301 duly noted, thanks

I have a couple of flat caps that I wear most days. I have a small head and everything I've tried either doesn't fit or makes me look like a kid.

Name the style of hat the presenter is wearing. It's precisely what I've been looking for. Thanks.

@gentlemansgazette

5 жыл бұрын

As I mention in the "outfit rundown," it could probably be considered either a trilby or a stingy-brimmed fedora. It's a vintage hat, dating to the early 1960s, I believe. eBay is a great place to look for vintage hats, which have the traditional styling that I enjoy. Thanks for watching! - Preston

@melvin7591

5 жыл бұрын

@@gentlemansgazette Thanks. I look forward to watching the next two videos. The hat you're wearing, it's it appropriate for cold weather? Thanks.

@gentlemansgazette

5 жыл бұрын

@@melvin7591 I certainly wear it in cold weather, yes--but for those especially frigid Minnesota winter days, I'll wear some ear warmers (the type that come around the back of the head) as well.

I have a question; you can use Cannotier ( boater hat) with smoking jacket and fur jackets?

@zoukatron

5 жыл бұрын

Is the smoking jacket worn as part of black tie? If so, a straw boater is a traditional choice for warm weather.

Nice shirt

I always wear a hat. Trilbys for daily use, fedora in my 'slobs' - which normally means going to work.

I have been watching the GG for years now. You consistently produce the best content on KZread. May I please give a suggestion? Sven always has great style but his hair often needs trimming. It is quite distracting, specifically in the back, and you can see it in the beginning of this video (1:20). A fresh haircut would complete his polished his look.

Please also the Fes ( Fez )

Dear Gentleman's Gazette, I live in France, and I ordered 3 boutonnieres since the 10th of December. I want to know if I'll receive my order, thanks.

i just got a vintage fedora from 1950 from the brand Harry Levinson and i was wondering If that brand was either known or a quality brand...

How to tie a knit tie??? I just got one, but it doesn't look right with a regular windsor or half-windsor knot!