# Pork Pie hat **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 14, 2005, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-pie-hat/316964 "2005-08-14T14:28:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-pie-hat/316964/21 "2005-08-15T17:37:48Z")
In the Cleveland area we have Mike the Hatter. They have a website now so you could browse: [http://www.mikethehatter.com/](http://www.mikethehatter.com/) I do know that they have a lot more available than what they offer on their website, you may have to call and ask for exactly what you desire. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-pie-hat/316964/22 "2005-08-15T19:25:20Z")
> [@Johnny L.A.](#): > > Not much choice in the colour department, but I like the fez! 🙂 Bah! You’re never going to do it without your Fez on. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MagicEyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@MagicEyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicEyes)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-pie-hat/316964/23 "2005-08-15T20:14:05Z")
> [@tremorviolet](#): > > Hey, what do you think of this [coat](http://www.mybabyjo.com/clothes/longcoat.html)? I’ve been wanting it for a year but have been afraid to take the plunge. I’m afraid it’s so costumey I wouldn’t wear it much. I need someoen to talk me into it…🙂 Very nice! You could make it work. I think it would look fabulous with a little black dress. I think costumey is good. I have one of [these](http://www.folkwear.com/207.html), and sometimes I wear it for no good reason. If I don’t have time to make a good Halloween costume, I always have that, and I found a nifty little hood that’s all black in front–I can see out, but it looks solid, so no one can see my face, and it’s incredibly creepy. I can’t even look at myself in the mirror. I’m going to have to avoid this thread for a while. Too many hats! I’m an addict, I admit it. I love hats! For all of you other hat-lovers, if you’re in New Orleans, there’s a really fabulous hat shop in the French Quarter. It’ll cost ya–I don’t think there’s anything under $400, but these hats will transform you! Instant fabulosity. ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-pie-hat/316964/24 "2005-08-15T20:25:10Z")
Since you’re close, I think you should come down and browse [Byrnie Utz Hats](http://www.expedia.com/daily/vacations/seattle/guides/Shopping/L10767286I1.asp?CCheck=1&) in downtown Seattle. They’ve got just about _everything_. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2005, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-pie-hat/316964/25 "2005-08-16T00:02:58Z")
> [@Johnny L.A.](#): > > Because they’re shaped like a pork pie. But at least now gratefully I know what porkpie hats are, from the links provided in this thread. I had thought they were hats with a low crown and a stingy brim. I wore a top hat on my wedding day. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2005, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-pie-hat/316964/26 "2005-08-16T00:06:53Z")
> [@Big Bad Voodoo Lou](#): > > I had a hell of a time looking for a good retro-cool hat, since it’s almost impossible to find them anymore. I wasn’t sure exactly what I wanted either, except I would know it if I saw it. . Not long ago I bought a suit at a place called Gallini (or Rocco)–they seem to be the same company. I noticed they had a number of fedoras on sale, and they looked like they were real fur felt instead of wool felt as you usually find these days. I imagine they were fairly expensive though I didn’t stop to ask. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2005, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-pie-hat/316964/27 "2005-08-16T03:45:19Z")
> [@tremorviolet](#): > > Here ya go: [My Baby Jo](http://www.mybabyjo.com/hats01.htm) has a nice selection of not expensive pork-pies. Sweet Zombie Jesus! I just realised that that place is in my old neighbourhood! :eek: On the right side of the map, below the freeway, I lived on Clarington at Palms. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2005, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-pie-hat/316964/28 "2005-08-16T16:58:13Z")
Hm. Been thinking. I haven’t been able to find any colours other than brown, black or grey. I think I’ll get a black one, even though it seems a bit ‘bluesy’ to me. Black ‘goes with everything’, I’ve heard. I think I’ll also pick up the Coconut one. Should look spiffy with an aloha shirt. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2005, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-pie-hat/316964/29 "2005-08-20T00:32:04Z")
Got my hats. The Coconut Pork Pie looks good and fits well. The black one looks good but is too big. I’m ‘on the cusp’ between Medium and Large. Both hats are Large. I’m exchanging the black one for a Medium. ---
**Author:** ![Chairman\_Pow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Chairman\_Pow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chairman_Pow)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2005, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-pie-hat/316964/30 "2005-08-20T03:38:42Z")
> [@DanBlather](#): > > [These](http://www.johnhelmer.com/) guys are great. They have a store in Portland that has been there forever. Dan Jr. went through a hat phase and they spent a lot of time talking with him about blocking, care, etc. Wow, leather Pork Pie. Get some Adidas and you’re all set. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2005, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-pie-hat/316964/31 "2005-08-20T03:44:21Z")
> [@Chairman Pow](#): > > Wow, leather Pork Pie. Be better if it were pig skin. 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-pie-hat/316964.md?page=1)