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BUSSEY'S - Billed as San Antonio's Largest Flea Market, with over 500 vendors selling everything from tables with three legs to my custom hats. Located on l-35. Take exit 177, look for the giant Armadillo, and make your way to my country store #56. |
NEW!!!!
THE HONORARY YELLOW ROSE
OF TEXAS CERTIFICATE
Finally, a Texas Document has been developed for the Texas Sister.... "THE HONORARY YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS CERTIFICATE. Unlike the original, there are certain rules and regulations that needed to be mentioned. This Certificate does it all. For inquiries, contact: don@longhornhatters.com. A copy will be posted soon.
"In the event the Texas Sister that holds this Document is caught defacing the name of The State of Texas, "Lady Bird " Johnson, Emily West Morgan, Dale Evans, Ann Richards, or any of its natural shrines, all honorary accolades associated with being named an Honorary Texas Yellow Rose will be dropped as fast as it would take The Daughters of the Texas Republic NOT to sell the Alamo to Ozzy Osborne......"
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Custom designed Guatemalan Palm Leafs, Raffia, and Seagrass/Maize Straws are in house
F.Y.I.
There are people that think you shouldn't wear a Straw hat in the Winter, that you have to wear a Felt. There are people that think you shouldn't wear a Felt hat in the Summer, and that you have to wear a Straw. Because hats are so versatile, it is up to the person wearing them to make their own choice. Just enjoy the hat that sits on top of your head that makes YOU feel good.
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Hats and Sundries for "THE LITTLE WRANGLERS"
T.J. - "The Little Wrangler"
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CUSTOMERS OF THE YEAR, 2008
CONGRATULATIONS TO
MIKE, AND LISA ANNE MILHORN FROM KINGSPORT, TN.
Mike not only purchased my 1968 vintage Gibson Heritage Guitar in 2006, BUT 12 of my custom designed hats throughout the year for himself, family members, and friends. His wife, Lisa Anne models one in The Ordering Section of this site. Thanks, folks. May your heads and all of the heads you purchased hats for be blessed. Don Livingston, LONGHORN HATTERS.
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Check out Dr. Cletus Shepard's section on the site for interesting poems and tidbits of information. There's a new one about Hubbard, TX.
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THE NEW "LONGHORN" PALM LEAF HATS ARE IN THE HOUSE. ONLY $60.00!!
Longhorn Hatters uses only natural straw, leather, and stiffening agents.
Custom orders are always welcomed at LONGHORN HATTERS
FYI - FACTS ABOUT HATS
Abraham Liccoln's hat is on display at The Smithsonian Institute. His hat size was 7 1/1/8.
The original Indiana Jones' hat lives at George Lucas' 5,156-acre Skywalker Ranch in Marin County California. It is priceless.
The Hat Act of 1732 - In the early 1700s, hat making had begun to thrive in America. Britain responded with the HAT ACT of 1732, which forbade the export of beaver felt hats made in the colonies. Britain forced Americans to buy British-made goods and pay heavy taxes on them.
The baseball cap is America's most significant contribution to the world of the modern hat. Originally visorless, the current version first gained widespread popularity when it was worn by Babe Ruth.
The Anchorage Daily News ran a story on Kasilof Bar's Cap collection making the Guinness Book of World Records. 22,014 and growing. They are in Tustumena Lodge, Kasilof, Alaska.
One hat that is DISTINCTLY AMERICAN is the broad brimmed Ten Gallon hat of the Southwest.
The more :"X's" in a hat, the more Beaver. The more beaver, the better the hat. If you're purchasing a 20X Beaver, be prepared to spend upwards of $400.00!! Can you figure what a 100X Beaver would cost? ARE YOU SITTING DOWN? ANS: CLOSE TO $2000.00!!!!!
In an attempt to Westernize Turkey in 1920, The Fez was abolished. Those who insisted on wearing the hat, changed their minds very quickly, after a few of the other lasting Fez wearers were executed by hanging.
It is said that the higher the crown, and the bigger the roll on a man's hat, the more cattle he has.
An "OLD" Rancher from Seguin, Texas wearing a 100x Beaver Silver Belly at a show I was doing, said "Son, if you wear a straw hat after Labor Day, you're considered a Farmer". When I was told this, it was in October- dusty and hot. There were a lot of Farmers walking around there ....including myself!!
The more Beaver in a hat, the lighter it is.
In the 16th century, hat styles changed so quickly that a frustrated King Charles ll of England declared no further changes to hat fashion would be permitted at his court.
Annie Oakley, Buffalo Bill, Calamity Jane, and Wild Bill Hickock all wore Stetsons.
The basic function of a hatband is to tighten the crown of a hat.
The safest place for your hat is on your head.
The decoration for a hatband is always displayed on the left side of the hat as word goes, because the Knights in the Middle Ages wore his lady's feather on the left side of the hat to show his affection.....and it stuck!!
If you're thinking about buying a ten gallon hat in Kentucky, you might be advised that a law still on the books in that state forbids a man to buy a hat without his wife along to assist in the selection. (Believe it, or not!)
Ninth-century Frankish ruler Charlemagne, owned some 500 berets!
The oldest hat in the world may well be the familier "chef's" hat, which was worn in ancient Assyria as a badge of office in the kitchen.
The Mexican Sombrero, usually made of felt or straw, owes its nameto the Spanish word sombra, "shade," for reasonsobvious to anyone who's been south of the border.
Italy gave us the word Millinery, which now refers to the women's hat industry.
The first head gear worn by primative man was a simple band worn around the head to keep hair from falling in front of the eyes.
The first hat factory in the United States opened in Connecticut late in the 18th century produced crude fur caps.
In the 14th century, the Beaver hat first appeared in Flanders, and spread around Europe, and at the time women's hats took on fantastic shapes.
The three cornered hat, or the "tricorn", was the universal men's hat in Europe for most of the 18th century!
- "Hold on to your hat" is an expression that originated in Scotland in the 18th century. Scotish soldiers were advised to keep their hats on in battle so they would recognize one another
- The smallest hat worn by men in the 18th century was a tiny tricorn worn on top of a wig. It measured just two inches by four inches!
- The phrase "A Feather in your Cap" comes from the 17th Century, and may be related to the custom of sticking feathers in a soldier's cap to indicate the numbers of enemy slain.
- Hats became a part of high fashion in the 14th century. Men at that time wore hats shapped like the fez, or a brimmed hat remarkably similar to the top hat.
- The older a hat is, the lighter it is.
- The most expensive hat in the world was a hat worn by Nepoleon, which recently sold at an auction for $30,000.
- The Straw hat was first produced in America in 1798 by a 12-year-old girl in Rhode Island.
- The Panama hat, made from the Jijippa plant, has never been made in Panama. It's made in Ecuador.
- The most common hat in the world today is the so called "coolies hat" of China which is worn by one-third of the people on earth!!
- A ten gallon hat only holds three quarts of water!!
* Don't forget to order an HONORARY TEXAN CERTIFICATE for $15.00. (Extra charge out side the USA for shipping and handling.) mailto:don@longhornhatters.com for information.
LONGHORN HATTERS Gift Certificates are available for the upcoming Holidays. Contact Don Livingston at: mailto:don@longhornhatters.com for information.
LONGHORN HATTERS
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All dates are subject to change.