Rooster Feathers

**Bugbear** · 1st March 08, 11:18 PM

One of the reasons I started liking and wearing this general style of hat when I was a little kid was because of that cartoon movie "The Rescuers." The lead character... the mouse, wore a tartan hat of this style and a scarf if I remember correctly.

Bernard and Miss Bianca! I went and looked it up and "The Rescuers" came out in 1977, so I would have been four or five maybe.. Bernard was the mouse that wore the cap and scarf, and he even flew a dragonfly. They were cute. I think that tartan on Bernard's cap might have been Wallace... or at least it was red yellow and black.

My first one was a medium green, and I must have been very young when I got it. I've had dozens of them over the years, some of them leather. The way they are put together reminds me of the way a baseball is put together.

**J.B. Simpson** · 1st March 08, 11:31 PM

Originally Posted by Ted Crocker

One of the reasons I started liking and wearing this general style of hat when I was a little kid was because of that cartoon movie "The Rescuers." The lead character... the mouse, wore a tartan hat of this style and a scarf if I remember correctly.

Bernard and Miss Bianca! I went and looked it up and it came out in 1977. My first one was a medium green, and I must have been very young when I got it. I've had dozens of them over the years, som of them leather. The way they are put together reminds me of the way a baseball is put together.

His name was Bernard, and his female counterpart was Miss Bianca.

**Bugbear** · 1st March 08, 11:37 PM

Originally Posted by J.B. Simpson

His name was Bernard, and his female counterpart was Miss Bianca.

We'll have to get a tartan ID on that hat, or if it is just something made up, then a tartan that is a little like it... Yep, that's where it all started.

Thanks J.B. .

I might snag that picture and find some thread to ask what that hat patern or tartan is.

**Bugbear** · 2nd March 08, 10:35 AM

Originally Posted by J.B. Simpson

His name was Bernard, and his female counterpart was Miss Bianca.

And if anyone can ID the tartan that mouse is wearing, if it is tartan, I would be thankful.

**J.B. Simpson** · 2nd March 08, 11:11 AM

Here are two more pics. that are a little closer.

Hope they help ye.

**Bugbear** · 2nd March 08, 12:41 PM

Originally Posted by J.B. Simpson

Here are two more pics. that are a little closer.

Hope they help ye.

Thank Ye! Thank Ye!

Someone in another thread said that was a tweed that he was wearing. I'll go plop those pics down too.

**BoldHighlander** · 2nd March 08, 02:43 PM

Hi Ted,
well in the posted pics the hat Bernard is wearing is solid colored, not tartan. In the last photo it almost looks saffron in color!

**Bugbear** · 2nd March 08, 02:53 PM

Originally Posted by BoldHighlander

Hi Ted,
well in the posted pics the hat Bernard is wearing is solid colored, not tartan. In the last photo it almost looks saffron in color!

Thanks BoldHighlander. In another thread, someone said it looked like a tweed. I'll just go with that.

I think what's going on, and it's funny, is that I had a little Bernard doll when I was a kid. He was wearing the hat and jacket... I think there was a scarf on the doll too. Anyway, the hat and probably the vest was made of a tweed looking material, but on the small doll, the tweed looked a little like a tartan patern.

All that being said, I just wanted to share with you all what was going on in my mind, image wise, when I am thinking about the hat scarf and jacket. I'm sure there have been many other things I've seen that contribute, but this was one of the earliest that I can remember.

Thanks to J.B. Simpson for the pictures.