The Duke of Ingmar wrote:"Oh, a hat is a hat
But a topper is a topper
And you can´t top that"
(Roger Miller)

"How's that for a topper?!"

I got my porkpie hat from this place - http://www.uniformalwearhouse.com/apage ... ahats.html
Unfortunately, I don't think I look good in a porkpie hat, so it's sitting collecting dust.

KathleenwithaK wrote:Thanks for the tip Philip. We went by today and my husband bought the most beautiful porkpie (maroon).

And the following afternoon I stopped in a bought a green one. I was impressed with the care with which the gentleman steamed and brushed the hat. And I too was looking at all of the pics on the wall and didn't notice any Pogues. Wore my hat around the rest of the day. Daughter and wife picked me up at the metro station later that day and dubbed it my Paddy Hat. Anyways, ....its a lasting souvenir of a great couple days.

ahoy there, n.oice thread!
oi have Oirish flat cap,
theres Oi.reland and shamrock embroided in gold colour

"Oh, a hat is a hat
But a topper is a topper
And you can´t top that"
(Roger Miller)

Hilarious! I hope you don't mind me sharing this; but as a pretty solid non-hat wearer for years, I for some reason found myself hunting high and low for a pork pie hat in and around Manhattan at the weekend - perhaps it was a calling, perhaps I was trying to 'get with it'. I even pretended I wasn't whilst allowing the missus to 'shop' ("I only went for the concert").

If only I'd sussed how to use one of those internet booths instead of stubbornly exiting after a few goes.

I ended up with a Ben Sherman imitation brown thing from some sort of TK Maxx place that, on refelction, didn't even fit and probably could have bought back home here in Tamworth. Still, the nipper looked cool at school today.

If I may add - the concert was brilliant, and the hat wearing an inspiration.

Thanks for the tip Philip. We went by today and my husband bought the most beautiful porkpie (maroon). Wonderfully blocked and feathered (at the discretion of the merchant). I was shocked your photo was not up on the wall! Spectacular merchandise.

Clash Cadillac wrote:

philipchevron wrote:This is actually where I buy most of my hats (not all) and in fact they have always sold porkpies since I first shopped there in the 1980s, when they were on the other side of 8th Avenue.
http://www.ahat.com/fedoras.htm

Thanks Mr. Chevron or may I call you Philip? Of all the hats you have purchased from this store, do you have a favorite?

The current one is almost always the favourite.

philipchevron wrote:This is actually where I buy most of my hats (not all) and in fact they have always sold porkpies since I first shopped there in the 1980s, when they were on the other side of 8th Avenue.
http://www.ahat.com/fedoras.htm

Thanks Mr. Chevron or may I call you Philip? Of all the hats you have purchased from this store, do you have a favorite?

Noel Kenny wrote:http://www.shopirish.com/irish/HolidaysOccasions_C6/St-Patricks-Day_6D/Apparel-and-Accessories_6D1/Item_St-Patty-Bowler-Hat_OL338.html

Noel, how was the Antonia Leslie film? I'd love a copy if you can manage it.

Eric V wrote:

philipchevron wrote:.... I splashed out for the new green felt one for St Patrick's Day. Try this further link.

http://www.ahat.com/fedoras.htm

Ah, yes, there it is at the end. Thanks dude.

Dude is most appropriate. When I first came to the States I heard that mysterious word all the time and so I finally looked it up, to find that it meant, "A man fastidious in his dress." Mr. Chevron is without doubt the platonic ideal of a dude.

philipchevron wrote:.... I splashed out for the new green felt one for St Patrick's Day. Try this further link.

http://www.ahat.com/fedoras.htm

Ah, yes, there it is at the end. Thanks dude.

Eric V wrote:... and I just looked at http://www.ahat.com and see no pork pie hats. I just decided I want such a hat. How do I order it?

This is actually where I buy most of my hats (not all) and in fact they have always sold porkpies since I first shopped there in the 1980s, when they were on the other side of 8th Avenue. I bought a new one there this afternoon in fact, a dark green felt one for $70. They also do them in wool finish for $45 in a variety of colours (grey, black, dark green, navy, maroon, faun) and, because they take a lot of hard wear with the Pogues, these are the ones I usually buy. I splashed out for the new green felt one for St Patrick's Day. Try this further link.

http://www.ahat.com/fedoras.htm

... and I just looked at http://www.ahat.com and see no pork pie hats. I just decided I want such a hat. How do I order it?