Reestablishing the Bowler hat

[Moses Yoder]

I am working on putting the Bowler hat or Derby back into style. Feel free to help.

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[Art Mann]

I have no opinion on the bowler, but that lamp is intriguing.

[Kent A Bathurst]

I have no opinion on the bowler, but that bow tie is intriguing.

Fixed it for you............

[roger wiegand]

I've been looking for a good one for years. Cheap ones never come big enough to fit my fat head, and real ones aren't cheap. I've checked them out at Christy's in London and they are very nice, but $350--ugh. I've found nice used ones, but never in a size approaching that of my head.

[Shawn Pixley]

When I lived in Seattle, my job had me wearing a suit every day. I've been told it rains sometimes in Seattle, so I took to wearing a fedora. For formal occasions I switched to a nice bowler. It get broken out once or twice a year these days for special occasions.

[Malcolm Schweizer]

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I'm all in.

[Malcolm Schweizer]

....although sideways, but still in.

[Mark Stutz]

I am working on putting the Bowler hat or Derby back into style. Feel free to help.

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I wear a hat every day, but the bowler just doesn't look good on me, so it is a fedora in the winter and straw panama in the summer. I do have a Homburg for dress occasions. Similar to the bowler bur with a little bigger brim and a center dent.

I've been looking for a good one for years. Cheap ones never come big enough to fit my fat head, and real ones aren't cheap. I've checked them out at Christy's in London and they are very nice, but $350--ugh. I've found nice used ones, but never in a size approaching that of my head.

Here you go!http://www.delmonicohatter.com/Bailey-Hats/3816.htm

[Doug Ladendorf]

I am working on putting the Bowler hat or Derby back into style. Feel free to help.

Don't sell yourself short. Bowler, bow tie and vest - it's a hat-trick!

[David Helm]

You may be fighting a losing battle Moses. I tried it back in the mid sixties but no one bit. Wish I still had that bowler. It was a doozy.

[Moses Yoder]

I got the Bowler (derby) at Yoders Department Store in Shipshewana IN. It was $40, 100% felt I think. I did not research them much but figured it looked good, maybe was not the best quality but really is only going to be worn rarely for special occasions. They have sizes but you really would have to try them on. I think the one I have is the XL. The lamp is a Leacock and actually works very well. Part of my gas pressure appliance collection. I find stuff that I like cheap but cannot bear to sell it because I like it.

[Myk Rian]

I have a bowler hat. It gets worn one day a year because it's green.

[Mark Blatter]

I wish I could wear hats, but hats look funny on me. There are 'hat' people and non-hat people. Some just look good in a hat. My dad looked good in his Stetson, whether it was a nice new, clean one, or his everyday one that was 10 years old looked it. Me, every hat looks bad on, so I don't even try.

[Rich Riddle]

The Bowler isn't in style? Someone forgot to tell our neighbor; he's 90.

[Brett Luna]

I've never thought the bowler looks good on me either. I'm more of a fedora guy...and then it's an outdoorsy type, at that. I'm working on a handlebar mustache, though, so maybe I'll try the bowler again. It's seems a natural pairing.