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Connery's Fedora

Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 6:29 pm
by DR Ulloa
Does anyone know who made Connery's fedora in From Russia With Love? I would love to get one, or at least have on just like it made.

Dave

Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 7:00 pm
by Castor Dioscuri
I'm not too sure about From Russia with Love, but if it helps, I do know that James Lock & Co. made the trilby that Connery wore in Dr. No.

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http://www.lockhatters.co.uk/Trilbys-Sandown-P53.aspx

Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 7:03 pm
by DR Ulloa
Thanks Castor. That seems to be the one. The screencap is actually from FRWL. Now, if only they sold it in charcoal.

Dave

Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 12:09 am
by Castor Dioscuri
Ah, in that case, they probably re-used the same hat(s) for the sequels! ;) Talk about killing two birds with one stone!

The Bond-trilby community has actually had an ages old debate about the hat being gray/not-gray for ages, much like the whole Raiders gray/not-gray fedora debate! ;)

Seems that Lock & Co. insists that they only ever produced their Sandown trilby in brown, leading many folks to speculate that the color difference is due to film and lighting... Now where have I heard that before? :P

Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 12:29 am
by Indiana G
lookie what our favourite hat vendor offers:

http://baronhats.com/JamesBond.htm

i'm surprised they're not claiming that they went back in time and made this hat for connery.....cuz that story is easier to swallow than the other one.......HA HA HA HA HA HA

Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 12:33 am
by DR Ulloa
I saw that on Baron's site and that i exactly why I'm looking for another vendor...the real one! :wink: :lol:

Dave