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The "Hemingway's Cap," purported to be styled after the long-billed fishing caps the author Ernest Hemingway wears in a few photos from the 1930s to the 1950s, is still available from the J. Peterman Company web site and catalog (or, as Peterman's describes it, the "Owner's Manual").
Here's a J. Peterman link, current as of May 2016: J. PETERMAN COMPANY WEB SITE
Here's a link to an image of Hemingway wearing a cloth cap with a long, dark bill while fishing in Bimini in the mid-1930s.
A discussion topic on The Fedora Lounge website from 2006 indicates that the 2006 retail price for the Hemingway's Cap was $39.00, with an occasionally discounted price of $34.00. Ten years later, in 2016, the price is $59.00, although subscribers to the J. Peterman email list are sometimes offered short-term "percent off" coupons, generally 20%.
Early posts in this topic also describe the long bill of this cap as having been covered in soft deerskin. The current Owner's Manual listing indicates calfskin leather.
I recently purchased a J. Peterman "Hemingway's Cap." Yes, I paid fifty bucks for a baseball cap. Yes, I'm a frivolous moron sometimes. At least I had a "21% off" coupon, so actually I only paid $47.00 for a baseball cap. Plus shipping. So yeah, fifty bucks.
I've wanted one. For a long time. Practically forever, it seems. Or at least, ever since I first saw this cap and read the likely spurious but nevertheless compellingly entertaining description in a Peterman catalog years and years ago. But I could never justify the cost. And, quite frankly, I still can't justify the cost. I mean, it's a cotton baseball cap. Light tan in color. With a long, dark bill. There's no way it's worth fifty bucks.
Here's what you get for your $59.00: it's an "old school" low-crowned baseball-style cap made of a lightweight cotton canvas material. The crown consists of six wedge-shaped panels. Each panel sports a brass ventilation grommet in the middle. The back of the cap has elastic sewn into the hem of the fabric to keep it snug. No plastic adjustment band. No Velcro. No open back with a stretchy bit tacked in. Elastic, sewn into the hem. The hat is available in three sizes, Medium, Large, and Extra Large. Thus, it is "sized" to an extent, rather than merely being "adjustable" or "one size fits all."
I generally wear a 7-5/8 or 61 in "sized" hats. I purchased an Extra Large, and it fits well. You'd think that, what with all that space in my head for brains, I'd know better than to spend fifty bucks on a baseball cap.
A tag sewn inside the cap displays the J. Peterman logo and indicates the body of the cap is Made in Sri Lanka of 100% cotton.
The bill is, on my example, 4-7/8 inches long from the front edge to the seam where it attaches to the cotton body. The bill is, indeed, covered in leather. The leather is very smooth, almost shiny. In fact, it almost looks like vinyl. But a close examination of the inside of the hat where the brim attaches reveals that the brim covering is actual leather, as the "non-shiny" side of the hide is visible at the seams. The brim feels as though the core inside the leather is... cardboard. I don't know. What are the brims of baseball caps (or, I shudder at the term: "trucker's caps") usually made of? This one feels like thin cardboard. When the hat arrived the brim was completely flat. I have been gently attempting to give the brim a curve without inadvertently creasing it.
I suppose one way to justify having purchased this hat is that this is the first baseball-style cap I have ever owned. Even as a kid, I never had a baseball hat. So if you add up all the five and ten and fifteen dollar baseball hats and trucker's caps I haven't purchased over the years... okay, yeah, it's a stretch, I know.
Anyway:
PROS:
*Cotton body (not nylon or other new-fangled synthetic blend)
*Six-panel, low-profile, rounded crown construction
*Brass (probably plated) ventilation grommets, one in each panel
*1930s "fishing hat" style
*Long, nearly five inch, leather-covered "duck bill" brim
*Available in a range of three "sizes" rather than one-size-fits-all
*Elastic sewn into the hem; no Velcro or plastic size adjustment band
*No external sports team or "Big Johnson" novelty logos
*Made someplace other than China
CONS:
*Sixty bucks for a baseball hat: that's a "con" in more than one sense of the word!
*Fifty bucks for a baseball hat even with a discount coupon
Does anybody else own one of these? Or rather, will anybody else admit to having shelled out fifty bucks for a semi-fictionalized reproduction of a type of fisherman's cap a famous author might once have worn?
Race the Waves is one of the UKâs most exciting vintage motorsport events, held annually on the sandy beaches of Bridlington, East Yorkshire. It's a celebration of classic speed, style, and seaside culture, where the roar of engines meets the roar of the crowd. Hosted by Backfire Promotions, the event brings together a vibrant mix of vintage and retro vehicles in a dynamic beach drag race setting.
You'll see an incredible variety of machines, from pre-1950s hot rods, bobbers and custom motorcycles to military vehicles and American classics. The cars and bikes arenât just for show, they race head-to-head in thrilling sprints across the beach, kicking up sand and nostalgia in equal measure. There's no official timing, it's all about style, sound and spectacle.
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.. approx. 4"; "Heirloom Ornament Collection" ; plays portion of original TMNT animated series theme. Slightly resculpted in the arms and hands from the pose of prior ( similarly sculpted ) Turtles in the series to accommodate Don's Bo weapon.
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.. approx. 4"; "Heirloom Ornament Collection" ; plays portion of original TMNT animated series theme. Slightly resculpted in the arms and hands from the pose of prior ( similarly sculpted ) Turtles in the series to accommodate Don's Bo weapon.
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This was a birthday gift to myself. I found an excellent photographer in Serbia, and the day after my birthday, I went to the photo shoot in Belgrade.
Beddgelert (English: Gelert's Grave), is a village and community in the Snowdonia area of Gwynedd, Wales. The population of the community taken at the 2011 census was 453. It is reputed to be named after the legendary hound Gelert.
It stands in a valley at the confluence of the River Glaslyn and River Colwyn. Just below the confluence of the river is the old stone bridge with two arches in the centre of the village. Many of the houses and hotels are built of local dark stone. To the west is Moel Hebog and its neighbours to the north and a series of hills rising to the top of Snowdon. A lane of the A4085 between Caernarfon (13 miles north) and Porthmadog (8 miles south) runs through the village.
Vintage Portraits of Miss Mary
Picture and Edit: Davide Morino
Outfit, makeup and hairstyle:
Miss Malí
Two hot girls in evening dresses in vintage room. Luxury love. Sensuality and sexuality. Lesbian love
The last weeks I've been working on my brand: Amiechou. I decided that I have to change the concept to have a bigger designing freedom. My new dolls are made for adult collectors or simply for people only who love the vintage style. They are supposed to be decor pieces and bring some glamour too every room. The new Amiechou is inspired by the amazing looks of the 30's to the 50's, Pin Up art and modern Rockabilly sirens. The mermaid is a centered theme beeing pictured as dolls or in illustrations.
I also reworked my webpage and I you would make me a huge favour if you step by and take a look: www.amiechou.de
Just a little peak at what I wore to teach art to the youngins this week...spring is here and it shows in my clothes!
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Portrait of Miss Malì
Picture: Davide Morino
Edit: Davide Morino
Outfit, makeup and hairstyle: Miss Malì
Typeface in use:
Raphael Boguslav’s and Jill Pichotta’s (Font Bureau) decorative, flared serif typeface »Avia«.
AVIA: We have all seen proofs where faulty platemaking or light inking has lost all hairlines in a delicate roman. Raphael Boguslav observed the effect and understood it as a sophisticated form of stencil design. He used the idea in a logotype for Abex Corporation, then expanded it into Avia, a prize-winning PhotoTypositor font for Visual Graphics Corporation.
Jill Pichotta has added the Light and Bold for Font Bureau.
Vintage Portrait of Miss Shell Pin Up in the garden
Picture and Edit: Davide Morino
Outfit, makeup and hairstyle: Pinup4oneday Team
Cool summer outfit in mixed style of early “New Look” & “Biedermeier” with true Parisian charm.
Dannais is wearing:
- Real vintage red rich wool blend midi flared suspender skirt with corsage and wide shoulder straps (suspender jumper dress) by “Simone NG.”, made in Italy, about 1960s-1970s
- Real vintage black with white-red-green flower and stripes print pure silk long sleeve button down blouse by “Farla Fashion”, made in Italy, about 1960s-1970s
- Real vintage red pure wool felt (by “Fairfield Felt”) hat with ribbon décor by “Neumann Endler Inc”, (64 Triangle Street, Danbury, Connecticut), made in USA, about late 1940s-early 1950s
- Black artisan hand-made leather belt, about 1990s-2000s
- Real vintage black velvet and red embroidered and beaded silk purse, about 1950–1960s
- Beige nylon tights, about 1990s
- Black leather shoes with mid-high heels, made in Spain, 2010s-2020s
Bold fashion experiments of Dannais dde Daneann are illustrated by photos of talented photographer (also milliner/hatter) Alexandrina Wasiliewa-Szyłowska, with whom Dannais dde Daneann have Art Duet.
Bedford, Nova Scotia, Canada - September 16, 2012 : 1977 Mercury Grand Marquis at Annual Memory Lane Show & Shine, Bedford Place Mall.
Camera: Olympus E620 & Zukko 14-45 lens
ISO 200, 20mm, f/9.0, 1/400