Show Us Your Hats!

[Welsh Wench]

I second the droolworthiness!!!!

Oh...and that feather really is apricot.   

[Marietta Graziella]

I second the droolworthiness!!!!

Oh...and that feather really is apricot.   

The vendor said the color is called "tobacco".    It looks "orange-ish-enough" for what I want.   

[LordPaulet]

Rengrrl, what type of ostrich do you use?
Wing or drab?

[Tipsy Gypsy]

Such creativity, here! I'm glad you started this thread, it gave me the nerve to try my hand, too.

I had an old cowboy hat that had gotten stained and unwearable, but was such good quality that I couldn't just toss it out. I took it to the hatter who made it, and had him re-block it as a tricorn (a new experience for him!). It didn't make a very big tricorn, but I'm not a big person, so I'm hoping it looks somewhat proportional to me. The first photo is courtesy of Photography on the Run. The second is the result of today's effort to create and add a simple cockade. I'm awaiting shipment of 10 ostrich plumes in white, black and red, and I hope to replace the black boa that I used to fill the brim last year with something prettier, though I'm not really sure how to go about that and make it look nice.





Ideas/critique/suggestions about the hat? Any feedback is welcome 

[Marietta Graziella]

I'm having a great deal of fun with the hats this year!  Can't seem to get enough feathers. 
This is another soft cap, Margo Anderson pattern.  Hat is made with upholstery style fabric, lined with cotton.  No internal structure.  The weight of the feathers caused them to topple a bit but it actually looked nice. 

[LadyElizabeth]

How very cute!!

[sealion]

(Cross-posted from the Steampunk thread)
My hat and goggles from The Blonde Swan:





I made one slight modification to the goggles. They were plain black plastic (which I didn't realize when I ordered them since I was focused on the leather and filigree on the sides) so I drybrushed on some metallic glaze after a coat of Krylon Fusion to give the glaze something to stick to.

[Athena]

OOOOOOH Sealion, I LOVE IT!!! I just *love* The Blonde Swan! Can't wait to visit their shop @ ORF. *sigh*

[Just Jesse]

Hmm ya gotta love Captn Jack Hats

[Butch]

Me as a 16th century mariner.  I am wearing my thrum cap.

[Margaret]

OOOOOOH Sealion, I LOVE IT!!! I just *love* The Blonde Swan! Can't wait to visit their shop @ ORF. *sigh*

Oh, they do great work!!

I nabbed one of their suede flat caps this year.  Loves it I do!

[sealion]

OOOOOOH Sealion, I LOVE IT!!! I just *love* The Blonde Swan! Can't wait to visit their shop @ ORF. *sigh*

Oh, they do great work!!

I nabbed one of their suede flat caps this year.  Loves it I do!

This was my first hat (I've only purchased feather pins before) but now I have my eye on a "Sassy Jaquie" tricorn!

[DragonWing]

   Great hats. Just love them.

[Marietta Graziella]

Here's my most epic hat so far...   It's the lime green I wore before but I pulled it apart and started over.  It has a plastic grid internal structure for support.  9 feather plumes and clusters.  Orange band and some tulle to match my outfit.  The part you can't fully appreciate in this picture is the fibre optic lights peeking thru the feathers.  It looked fantastic at dusk. 

[Katie Bookwench]

Epic hat and all, that outfit just makes me grin.   

Now you'll just have to get a shot with the fiber optics so we can all appreciate it.