We always called that a pork pie crown as opposed to the 'puddled crown' which was a less severe version .

Hi , Im not sure what you mean by a 'telescope' crown ? The earlier Poets as i remembered were taller for sure . I joined in the last year that HJ was at Old Burlington St , we had more & more trouble getting the right shape in what was becoming a less & less popular hat . I never heard of a...

Hi ,
Yes i do own a hat made for The Temple of Doom i believe .. im just in the process of selling it to a gent in the states , Im sure he'll post pics as soon as he has it .

Richard Swales was never manager , that post was taken by a guy called david Bradburn , Richard was senior sales , he was as camp as a row of tents & prone to quite a few almost theatrical tantrums , he was however the nicest guy to work with & a lot of fun . I couldnt tell you where the fel...

Hi , thx for the welcome . I worked at HJ nearly 20yrs ago . I joined when they were still at Old Burlington St then moved with them to Bond St ..
I worked with Richard Swales , the raider hat had already been designed but we did hats for the later films ..

We had a lot of these Poets in various felt plush colours in Herbert Johnson ,
one was used in The Batman film for the Joker as well .