Hats

[Steve Ashton]

I don't care. I dress for the weather. If it is hot with the sun blazing down, this has been "de rigor" for protection and to keep you cool, long enough to be considered 'traditional'.





If it is cold and wet like it can often be here in the winter, the overriding factor is to dress to keep warm and dry





If all else fails just tell them - "My name is Jones, Kiltiana Jones."

[OC Richard]

"My name is Jones, Kiltiana Jones."

Well Junior, I guess I'm your dad...

[jsrnephdoc]

Who made it?

What's with the strap that runs UNDER the left "leaf"? (AND under the pocket flap)

It looks REALLY cool to me!

[OC Richard]

Who made it?

What's with the strap that runs UNDER the left "leaf"? (AND under the pocket flap)

It looks REALLY cool to me!

It's how they often made waistcoats in the old days.

Going by Hollywood, before wristwatches, when every man wore a pocketwatch, men all wore chains.

In fact more common was the watch strap, leather or satin, connecting the watch to the fob.

And waistcoats had a vertical buttonhole for the strap to go through.

This is one Hollywood film that decided to go that route



An original watch showing the strap and fob. If you ever wondered why pocket watches so often had an elongated loop, and vintage fobs an elongated hole, that's why. A chain would only require a small round loop, a small round hole.