In Downtown Sacramento today, I saw a youngish man walk into a coffee house wearing a jacket, tie and micro brim fedora. In this town, men in fedoras are not unheard of, but they were a little more common during the Willie Brown era. The man I saw today was not particularly tall or handsome, but the hat gave him a presence he wouldn’t have otherwise had. Although the micro brim isn’t my favorite, I would like to see real hats make a comeback in men’s fashion.
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The fabric didn’t seem like it would stand on it’s own, so I also bought a coordinating blue for the collar.
The quilt fabrics were picked out to match my family room.
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