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#1 2010-05-24 00:56:36
- BCL
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Bates Hats Moves In With Hilditch & Key, Jermyn Street, London
Just in case this hasn't been posted yet:
http://www.bates-hats.co.uk
Take care, gents.
God bless.
-BCL
#2 2010-05-24 04:51:04
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Re: Bates Hats Moves In With Hilditch & Key, Jermyn Street, London
I really liked their old shop.
I don't know what their stuff's like now, but they had a great place.
""This is probably the last Deb season...because of the stock market, the economy, Everything..." - W. Stillman.
#3 2010-05-24 05:26:48
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Re: Bates Hats Moves In With Hilditch & Key, Jermyn Street, London
Hilditch & Key altered their large store to bring in Bates. It looks very good (easier to view merchandise which is unchanged) and Binks is in prominent position. There is a good window display. I am confident that business will increase as that is the better end of Jermyn Street.
Bates is much cheaper than James Lock which has raised its prices by 5 to 10% this year. Lock charges £95 for this cotton hat - http://www.lockhatters.co.uk/Cotton__Lightweight___UPF__Hats-Monaco-P118.aspx. I bought the same hat in Bates for £50 last summer. Lock charges £75 for a Tilly hat (http://www.lockhatters.co.uk/Cotton__Lightweight___UPF__Hats-Tilley_Air_Flow-P252.aspx) whilst other stores charge £50.
Contrary to lies of FNB and Woofboxer, I (and most of the other "Buff Bastards") have been banned from posting on this forum. There are only a few posters left so don't waste your time on here. This forum is dead and nobody cares.
#4 2010-05-24 10:04:15
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Re: Bates Hats Moves In With Hilditch & Key, Jermyn Street, London
"One martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough"
James Thurber
#5 2010-05-24 10:18:03
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Re: Bates Hats Moves In With Hilditch & Key, Jermyn Street, London
^ Awful looking hats too. Like something a cricketer would wear.
#6 2010-05-24 12:27:32
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Re: Bates Hats Moves In With Hilditch & Key, Jermyn Street, London
Contrary to lies of FNB and Woofboxer, I (and most of the other "Buff Bastards") have been banned from posting on this forum. There are only a few posters left so don't waste your time on here. This forum is dead and nobody cares.
#7 2010-05-25 00:52:13
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Re: Bates Hats Moves In With Hilditch & Key, Jermyn Street, London
Binks is the rigor mortis cat they had in the winder?
""This is probably the last Deb season...because of the stock market, the economy, Everything..." - W. Stillman.
#8 2010-05-25 01:18:20
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Re: Bates Hats Moves In With Hilditch & Key, Jermyn Street, London
l love the style of the The Dorset. l want one. Perfect for Winter.
http://www.bates-hats.co.uk/tweed_hats.html
#9 2010-05-25 05:44:32
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Re: Bates Hats Moves In With Hilditch & Key, Jermyn Street, London
Contrary to lies of FNB and Woofboxer, I (and most of the other "Buff Bastards") have been banned from posting on this forum. There are only a few posters left so don't waste your time on here. This forum is dead and nobody cares.
#10 2010-05-25 06:36:57
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#11 2010-05-25 06:38:48
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#12 2010-05-25 07:44:05
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#14 2010-05-28 01:52:10
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#15 2010-05-29 20:07:09
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Re: Bates Hats Moves In With Hilditch & Key, Jermyn Street, London
What amazes me is that these guys are an example of how A/A has moved away from the British heritage - sadly - even in the sartorial stakes. A/a is more European and American now and the old WASP era is dying, Funnily enough in Italy and the USA this style is stil de mode - what the AAAC call trad. The saddest thing is that the sartorial style in those days demanded quality - be it Goodyear Aussie made Florsheims or whatever...no compromise on quality.
I have bought a few NOS pairs of shoes by Hansman a post War shoemaker - now defunct - like Raoul Merton. Amazing quality and also stylistically a bit different from O/S...not carbon copies.
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