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You truly can’t have a “Jazz
Series” without something inspired
by the “Chairman of the Board”!
Though many may quibble as to exactly what defined
the "Sinatra Style"… most would
say that his style was simply that he was in
a class by himself. Sinatra's amazingly long
and sometimes tumultuous career spanned literally
every manner in the music lexicon. Best of all...
he was a survivor.
And what is our Jazz Series without one of his
famous hats? Baron is proud to have played a
small part in his
style. And, like everything Sinatra did in his
life, his hats were chosen with exacting detail
and perfection. Among his two most famous “looks”
were the “fabric” fedora, and the
"straw" fedora.
In
the past, Baron has made several of these him.
The “fabric” fedora was a Sinatra
original. Many times, when he would have a line
of custom suits made, he would make sure to
have his tailor save a bolt of the fabric of
each suit, which in turn was brought to one
of his hat makers, including Baron's. The hat
was then cover with the material, therefore
giving Sinatra a matching hat for every suit!
The
other style was a modified Trilby, made in straw,
with a special four-pleated fabric extra-wide
hatband. Sinatra
was known to wear these hats during what many
believe to be the peak of his craft –
during the 1950s and 1960s, when he recorded
his ballads and “swing” songs for
Capitol Records. The brilliance of these recordings
come not only from the fact that he was at the
top of his form, but that he was coming back
as one major magazine described it: “from
the dead”. Sinatra is such a legend now
that most people forget that after his initial
skyrocketing fame, he went through a little
“tumble”, and these Capitol recordings
helped to bring him back to the top. It wasn’t
easy and the deal that Capitol gave him was
that they would only record him if he was willing
to forfeit his advance and pay all of his own
studio costs. As many historians have written,
it was a humiliating offer, but Sinatra took
it like the courageous confident fighter he
was, and, in the process, turned his life around!
The
famous picture, seen on his albums of those
years, shows a mature, soulful, strong-willed
Sinatra, wearing one of his famous straws, his
head tilted up to the sky, as if to say to the
world, or perhaps to God himself: “I’m
back, I’m doing it my way… don’t
mess with me again, because, no matter what
you throw at me, I will always rise to the top!”
In honor of his resilience, talent and grandeur,
Baron Hats has created, as part of its "Jazz
Series" of hats, “The Capitol”,
a custom dyed straw fedora “in the style
of Sinatra”, inspired by his infamous
straw hat of the time. It’s made of the
very special “Parasisol” hand-woven
straw, with the compact telescope crown and
short brim and is dyed in our very own "eagle-eye
blue-gray" color. The hat is completed
with a special four pleated silk-satin hatband
and our exclusive "touche de satin"
fabric sweatband. As with all our custom hats
it also comes with our special Lifetime Guarantee,
and a signed and numbered Certificate of Authenticity.
“The
Capitol” is made in our own studios
in Burbank, California, under the strict supervision
of Master Hat Maker and Owner, Mark Mejia.
It's been specially priced so that everyone
can wear this amazing symbol of resilience.
Put this baby on, tilt your head to the sky,
and you’ll suddenly feel the strength
of the gods, or at least the strength of one
most magnificent musical blue-eyed god...
to do it “your way”!
"The Capitol" can be purchased
with our FlexPay Plan, in which you can pay
for the hat over three monthly payments. There
is no interest or fee for this service, and
your hat will go into production as soon as
we receive the first payment.
Please
be aware that all the hats in the "Jazz
Series" are hand made to order, and therefore
take between two to four weeks for delivery.
If you need it sooner,
e-mail us for
Rush Order pricing.
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