Taking the Raider's turn to the extreme????

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Taking the Raider's turn to the extreme????

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Seeing as Halloween is upon us again, I have brought out the horror films to get into the spirit. Anyway, last night the wife and I were watching The Wolf Man Universal Pictures, 1941, Lon Chaney Jr.,Claude Rains, Evelyn Ankers. (whoa, felt like Remington Steele there for a minute). So we're watching the film and something about Lon Jr.'s fedora was bugging me. Then all of a sudden it hit me; the bow on his ribbon was at the rear of the hat, I mean the exact rear of the hat. Has anyone ever seen this particular placement before?
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yea,

i used to have one that was this way.
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I do know that it wasn't too terribly uncommon for ribbons to be on the back of men's felt hats back then.

I believe it was a feature found more often on women's hats than men's though.
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I have heard of this ribbon placement too. I do not think the hat is actually 'turned' but the ribbon is tied on in the back.
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Post by J_Weaver »

Yup, man dad pointed that out the last time we watched that movie. Strange isn't it?

By the way, I love that movie.
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Yeah I don't think it's turned either just trying to find a subject line.
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Post by binkmeisterRick »

Some hats did, indeed, have ribbons on the back of the hat. I've owned several vintage hats that were like that, so it's easier to spot ribbons on the side.

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Snake Plissken wrote:Yeah I don't think it's turned either just trying to find a subject line.
And a good one it is! :wink:
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Post by Indiana Jerry »

That's funny, this exact topic came up on The Fedora Lounge recently - check it out, they were able to scare up old ads showing the hats. ;)

(I just searched and searched there, and couldn't for the life of me find it again. Any other FL'ers out there know the thread I mean so we can link it from here?)

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