# Who IS that cool cat in the hat?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 28, 2016, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-that-cool-cat-in-the-hat/767125 "2016-09-28T16:48:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2016, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-that-cool-cat-in-the-hat/767125/21 "2016-09-29T12:53:31Z")

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I have a flat cap that is in dire need of a good wash and wax (it’s waxed cotton). A bit too warm for the summer months, however.  
On a somewhat related tangent, does anyone know where a good-quality high crown derby might be found? Not some thin felt costume job, a real high crown derby.

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**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2016, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-that-cool-cat-in-the-hat/767125/22 "2016-09-29T14:47:09Z")

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In the winter, I wear a Felt Stetson Australian Cowboy hat that looks a lot like [this](http://www.villagehatshop.com/photos/product/standard/4511390S76535/all/mountain-sky-crushable-outback-hat.jpg), but a little darker.

In the summer, I wear a vented Australian cowboy hat like [this one](http://cdn.e4hats.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/thumbnail/600x/17f82f742ffe127f42dca9de82fb58b1/_/1/_1240398969_10.jpg).

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**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2016, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-that-cool-cat-in-the-hat/767125/23 "2016-09-29T14:59:21Z")

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This thread needs an associated photo gallery. Like **GuanoLad** , I fear that very fine line between looking good and looking like a hipster douche. Seeing the men of the SDMB finely adorned might help.

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**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:** [September 29, 2016, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-that-cool-cat-in-the-hat/767125/24 "2016-09-29T15:37:36Z")

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My go-to had has been a [New York Hat Co. coconut pork pie](https://www.newyorkhatco.com/product/440). It seems the price has more than doubled since I bought mine at the hat shop around the corner from my apartment in L.A., before I moved up here.

My newest hat, which so far has only been worn out on the deck, is a [Kangol Wheat Braid Pork Pie](http://www.kangolstore.com/mens/wheat-braid-pork-pie.html).

Mrs. L.A. hates my hats (and bow ties), so I haven’t worn them out in a while. Aside from my NYHC coconut pork pie, hats in regular rotation include a brown fedora, a stiff grey plaid trilby, a woollen trilby, a Dobbs pork pie similar to the Kangol, and a black felt pork pie.

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