Bespoke Suit Matches Hat (2)

The way some gentlemen wear their trilbies, you’d think they’d bought their hat from a blind man and dressed in the dark; the brim is often flat, shapeless and dull, the profile utterly unremarkable.

Their mistake is in believing that, merely by having a piece of felt on their heads, they are a pure example of bygone elegance. The shame of it is that if they’d paid more attention to the mirror at the milliners, they wouldn’t be in this situation.


When I try a hat on, I do so not only for size but for aesthetics; hats rarely look the same on two people, so a sensible amount of posing (and possibly a tasteful shopping partner) to determine whether a prospective item of headgear looks ‘right’ on a gentleman is vital. Wandering out into St James muttering to yourself that you simply ‘must have a Homburg’ at all costs is misguided; the Homburg looks a fright on certain people (those of narrower shoulder and shorter frames). Hats must be chosen and scrutinised with the utmost humility. The next thing you must do when you have found a flattering design that suits your face and build is to put it on correctly.


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