Starting to think about Fall
Yes, I know, it seems a bit early, but it’s really not. A couple of things on my list, I’m going to have my friends at Bookster make an odd jacket or two for me in a nice Donegal tweed, and maybe a pair or two of their outstanding moleskin trousers while I’m at it. I’m still thinking about what I want there, I’ll say more about that after I’ve decided.
More to the point, I have a rather large gap in my hat collection, namely a dark gray fedora. I have a light gray that I had my friend Art Fawcett make up for me a couple of years ago, and a couple of brown ones, but nothing in a darker, more formal gray.
Akubra Capricorn in Grey
Akubra Stylemaster in Carbon Grey
I like my Akubra Stylemaster in fawn quite a lot, in a size 59 it fits perfectly and I think it’s just about the perfect size and shape for my head, so I’ve ordered a stablemate for it in Akubra’s “Carbon Grey” color. Hopefully it’s not too dark, but we’ll find out in a couple of weeks when I get a box from Hats Direct in Katoomba, Australia. Sounds like a long way to go for a hat, but Hats Direct is one of the outstanding internet retailers, I’ve had really good luck with them, as I also have with Everything Australian. There are a few American retailers, but I’ve never heard of anyone getting an Akubra any faster from them than from the Australian sellers. While I was at it and paying for the shipping from Down Under, I also picked up a grey Akubra Capricorn to go with my tan. They’re inexpensive and bulletproof substitutes for a proper Panama.
Akubra is an inexpensive and outstanding everyday hat, highly recommended, as are either of the retailers I mentioned.
Eric Schmitz
on July 21st, 2010
I really like that carbon grey, and suspect it would go well with my charcoal pinstripe. Got a wedding on October, calling for “cocktail dresses and suits” — let’s see if I can pull the funds to pick up a good hat (like this) before then. May pick up its brother in the fawn color at the same time — as you noted, shipping cost doesn’t change much for multiple items.
Eric Schmitz
on July 21st, 2010
That’s puzzling — I’m seeing the Stylemaster in acorn and steel grey, but not fawn or carbon grey….
Jeff Naylor
on July 21st, 2010
I think different retailers call it different things, I’m pretty sure that the acorn and fawn and the steel and carbon are the same colors.
I love the Stylemasters though, they’re so unabashedly Mad Men. They don’t pretend to be anything but retro, and that rules.