Back in the Good Old Days all men wore hats. It was uncommon not to see men wearing a hat on their head. Whether they were dressed up in a suit or sport jacket or even a dock worker in his blue collar coveralls and cap on his head. All men wore hats. Many in the hat industry say that the person who single-handedly destroyed ubiquitous head wear was JFK. JFK was the first American President to not be seen wearing a hat on his head. He hated them. Their is only rare footage of him wearing one. If anything JFK might be seen carrying one but after a while he even stopped doing that. When hats were on top of nearly everymans head. The hat that was usually on top of the well dressed man’s head was the fedora. The fedora hat was invented in the 1920s. Fedora Hats are also called the Trilby as well. A fedora hat is usually made out of felt and has a crease on top of the crown and has an indentations on the front of crown as well. Back in the old days, Fedora Hats only came in grey,brown, and black. These days they are made in many colors. Some of them bright colors to match your suit. What makes Fedora Hats special is that you can bend the brim ever so slightly to conform to your style. Most popular is bending the front of the brim down. Some people like to bend the brim down and give the hat a slight tilt on the head. However you wear your fedora, the choice is up to you.
Archive for September, 2008
Fedora Hats
September 30, 2008Antonio Zengara Shoes
September 23, 2008Sometimes a new style approaches that nobody was thinking of. Sometimes a new style approaches that just turns the style world on its head. That new style is Antonio Zengara shoes. Antonio Zengara shoes are some of the most cutting edge shoes you have ever seen. Antonio Zengara shoes are designed in Italy with simply the most outrageous looks. They sort of look like a cross between a pointy cowboy boot type shoe with all kinds of metal cap trim or rivets. Antonio Zengara shoes are really casual shoes for going to the club. They look great with jeans and a blazer or button down shirt with goth style designs on it. I wouldn’t recommend wearing them with a suit, unless it’s a really crazy looking suit. One of the best things about Antonio Zengara shoes is that they are affordable. Who needs to spend over a hundred dollars on shoes when you can get these for about sixty to seventy dollars.
Falcone Suits
September 16, 2008Just because you want to look flashy and not spend a fortune doesn’t make you different. Most people who look their best want to be noticed whether you are at a wedding or some other kind of event. That’s why you should take a look at falcone suits. Falcone suits have been around for generations. I remember them when I was a teenager in my fathers store. Falcone suits have always been about affordable quality combined with stop in your tracks style. Falcone suits are not for the faint of heart, the boardroom, or the country club. You wear a Falcone suit when you want to show off. When you walk into a room with a bunch of other people all dressed up and want to noticed, Do it in a falcone suit. Falcone suits are always a great buy because they fit well like any suit costing hundreds more and they use great quality fabrics which drape well. I’ve seen many $500 suits from other labels that pucker at the shoulders, pull across the back and just don’t look good. Not a good deal is it? Not with falcone suits.
Satin Dress Shirts
September 11, 2008Satin dress shirts are still extremely popular with anyone needing to look their best for entertainers, proms, wedding parties and homecomings. We are able to fill just about any size order you need for satin dress shirts. We carry satin dress shirts now in over a dozen different colors including big and tall sizes as well. We just started carrying big and tall satin dress shirts a couple of months ago because we were getting some requests for them. Satin dress shirts really look great with a tuxedo compared to a wing tip shirt and bow tie. Men these days are matching their satin dress shirts to their dates dress which nine times out of ten is usually made of satin. Matching couples usually make for nice memorable photos.
Pimp Hats
September 10, 2008Yes, I said it. Pimp Hats. So called hats that pimps wear. There are all kinds of hats that pimps wear. They just don’t wear one type but many types. Anything that is totally outlandish is usually what they will go for. Besides, how many real dyed in the wool Pimps have you seen with your own eyes doing his thing. Not many, I bet. Only one time did I ever see real pimps with their so called investments working the streets when I was in New York about 20 years ago. My friends and I actually stumbled onto a street where they all were. It was like a scene in a movie. They all had their crazy looking Lincolns and Cadillacs, their rediculous attire and their ladies. I swear, the stuff real pimps wear is custom made for outlandishness. These days everybody refers to dressing flashy as getting pimped out, or looking like a pimp or dressing pimp. I guess in some twisted way, being a pimp has become cool. It’s all cool until you go to jail though. Now these days you rarely see Pimps dressed in the manner that they once did only because the smarter ones have learned that it brings too much Police attention to you. You can’t be a pimp and do your business if you are always getting locked up. These days pimps are dressing in much more scaled down manner. The Pimp Hats they wear are usually Godfather Hats and Crazy looking outfits they wear now are zoot suits. They can still Pimp their style just by the way they put it all together and carry themselves but it is a far cry from Don the Magic Juan.
Pimp Costumes
September 3, 2008With Halloween coming up fast, it’s getting time to start thinking about Halloween Parties. Halloween Parties are the fun dress up time for adults, not the trick or treat children parties to keep kids off the street. Nothing makes a Halloween Party more fun than when everybody comes dressed up in some sort of costume. The ladies always like to dress up in something cute or sexy and the men usually like to dress up as something macho. A Pimp Costume is the costume to fit the bill for Halloween. All you need for a Pimp Costume is a nice flashy Zoot Suit of an outlandish design, a pair of wild looking dress shoes in a bright matching color as the zoot suit, and a godfather hat or fedora that matches the whole ensemble. That’s where Contemposuits.com comes in. We specialize in Zoot Suits. We Carry some of the most outrageous mens shoes and french cuff dress shirts you have ever seen. When going to a Halloween Party, it’s recommended that your female counterpart goes dressed as the Pimp’s Ho for maximum effect. Everyone will have a blast that night.