Monday, September 21, 2009

A Primer on Hats

Previously upon describing a particular piece of headwear that was recieved in the store, I used the phrase 'Jacques Cousteau panache' which, much to my delight, prompted positive responses from more than one person!  Seeing as the store is now choc full of winter hats and as that tends to be a relatively important thing in the upper midwest, I figured it would be good to give a rundown a few of the other hats in the store.  In the spirit of the previous post, all are expressed in terms of Famous Person Flamboyance (most of which are neither accurate nor true).  It should also be noted that this list excludes trooper styles, partly because I haven't watched Fargo in a while but mostly because we've only got one style right now and when photographed it looked more like a fluffy ball.  Soon though...

The aforementioned Jacques Cousteau panache
cashmere watch cap $90

Frank Sinatra swagger
felt c-crown fedora $35


Gene Hackman verve (in The French Connection)
felt porkpie $35

Gene Hackman verve (in The Royal Tenenbaums)
leather trimmed wool/cashmere driving cap $125


Brad Pitt je ne sais quoi
cashmere driving cap $155


Angus Young moxie
leather trimmed corded wool newsboy cap $95


Seymor Cassel dash (in Rushmore)
wool driving cap $95


Jason Schwartzman, umm... authenticity (in Rushmore)
wool beret $10


Fidel Castro brio (if he was Irish)
tweed military cap $40


Friedrich von Trapp panache (literally)
felt fedora w/ feather detail $35


Michael Kelso gusto
knit cap $25


Princeton Graduate and Swedish Professional Baseball Player Christian Staehely's, umm, sense of functional irony (in a good way)
wool baseball cap w/ earflaps and quilted lining $95

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