Re: HJ hat linings and other stuff...

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Posted by Dakota Ellison from spider-wl074.proxy.aol.com on February 20, 2001 at 19:34:48:

In Reply to: HJ hat linings and other stuff... posted by Greg on February 20, 2001 at 17:18:03:

: Hi folks. I just got my new HJ hat linings in the mail and I thought
: I would report to folks that they have changed their hat linings
: again. This is the third incarnation of hat lining since the films.
: The first linings seen in the movie hats (most auspiciously in LC when
: he takes his hat off and when it blows across the ground in front of
: him) had burgundy and gold printing on a white lining. The second
: lining (and those that I have had on my two hats up until now) were
: white with a burgundy oval seal afixed to the lining with gold print
: on the seal. Well, the new linings are simply white linings with gold
: print on them. I am a little disappointed as I really liked the look
: of the burgundy seal. Alas! Time marches on. Still nice though.

: Also, I recently bought some petersham ribbon which wasn't dark enough
: to replicate the LC ribbon but I dyed it successfully with RIT liquid
: dye (combination of dark brown and black) and came out with a great
: looking ribbon! Thought I would share this with anyone else who
: wanted to try it. The ribbon was Judith M ribbon (which is
: cotton/rayon - cotton blend ribbon takes dye vs. polyester which does
: not), but it was too light. I used a combination of 2/3 dark brown
: dye and 1/3 black dye and heated in a pan on the stove, left the
: ribbon in the pan (hot water, not boiling) for about a half hour. It
: came out terrific!

: The other thing I wanted to mention is that with all of this talk
: about the jackets, I looked again at my early Leather Concessionaires
: jacket (the former name of Wested-still made by Peter). I can
: officially report to you all that it looks exactly like the Raiders
: jacket on all of the nitpicky points that have been scrutinized (size
: of collar, leather colar facing, length of pleats in back, width of
: the back shoulder panel, location of straps, gussets under the arms,
: etc.) and for damn sure looks better than those images of the flight
: suits jacket. I am wondering if this older pattern was more authentic
: because it hadn't gone through so many incarnations. I think that
: when I choose to buy a new jacket, I may consider mailing this old one
: back to Peter to not only have it replicated but give him the
: opportunity to t

The dye also takes some of the sheen out of the ribbon, giving it a more authentic retro look. I ordered 10 yards from Judith M this last time. Should last through a few hats.
Very interesting about the jacket. One wonders why Peter had an almost exact "Raiders" jacket,(thanks to Lee Kepler apparently)and did't stay with it.
Cheers,
Dakota



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