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6 days ago by hartfordyorkhats

Johnny Depp looks great in a fedora as bank-robbing legend John Dillinger in Public Enemies. And, as Parade.com’s Jeanne Wolf found, Depp admires the famous crook, saying: Back then the banks were the enemies. We’re learning today that they’ve been the enemies yet again. So when it comes to Dillinge ...

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10 days ago by hartfordyorkhats

Fedoras are the hat of choice this summer, if celebrity trends are anything to go by. Hugh Jackman and his son were spotted wearing the classic style as were Jeremy Piven, Robert Downey Jr., Benji Madden among others. Even in summer, these young men still tend to wear darker colors (only Jack Osborn ...

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18 days ago by hartfordyorkhats

According to The Answer Man, graduates “still sport outfits that represent centuries of pomp and circumstance”, robes which date back 800 years when universities were closely tied to the church. Continuing with his findings The Answer Man says that the “strange-looking hat has an even longer and mor ...

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24 days ago by hartfordyorkhats

Author Lee Eiseman knows something about colors. After all, she’s been studying the influence that colors have on people’s lives for over 25 years now. I’ve been reading her tome, The Color Answer Book, to see what she might say about the color “sea foam” (a Mr. Green fedora). So far, I really haven ...

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27 days ago by hartfordyorkhats

In an article called Pork pies, panamas & trilbies, milliner John Kasriel says the hats are bouncing off the shelves and he puts it “all down to sex, celebrities and, to a lesser degree, cancer.” The music industry and actors like Brad Pitt, Heath Ledger and Justin Timberlake started it,” he says. “ ...

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34 days ago by hartfordyorkhats

In a BBC News Magazine article by Stephen Dowling called What makes a man wear a hat?, hatter Tim Boucher says of men’s hat wearing habits: If you look at the history of menswear, in the last 100 years it’s been a gradual progression from formal to casual wear. Instead of being linked specifically t ...

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40 days ago by hartfordyorkhats

I’ve always been partial to hats made by Cassel Goorin, and their press release ( Hats Are Back for 120-Year-Old Hat Company) announces the opening of two new Goorin stores in San Francisco. With hat sales booming, the two new locations opened this month give the San Francisco based company three ha ...

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44 days ago by hartfordyorkhats

White isn’t even a color. Technically speaking, white is the hue of maximum lightness (without light there would be no color). Even so, this hue represents in many cultures purity and kindness. It’s also a good choice for any wardrobe item or accessory as it can of course be used with any color. Bec ...

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47 days ago by hartfordyorkhats

There’s a correlation between speed of thought and mood: the faster the repartee, the better the mood. Conversely, if you’re depressed or sad, you’ll often see it reflected in your physical stance: you might walk a little slower, look down more and less verbose. It stands to reason then that impulsi ...

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49 days ago by hartfordyorkhats

Like most things in life, simple is better in hats. Classic lines with no hint of fussiness and top-grade workmanship carries more style than anything that is more hopped up or somehow screams too hard of “trying”. The hat pictured features a hat band which is the same material and color as the hat ...

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