Monday, November 16, 2015

Post Cubbins: Hat 511 - Inner Warmth with Outerknown Edition


This blustery Millinery Monday finds my noggin sporting a super-soft gray knit cap. Interior tag includes a ribbon-like stripe with the stylized "OK" logo and a manufacture tag that reads: "100% Baby Alpaca, made in Peru" (both in English and French).

The hat is from the debut collection of a super-luxe line called Outerknown that launched this summer, and while I'm quick to mock the knit cap and all those who wear them (especially in beastly hot weather) in today's cool and unusually windy weather, I feel like I'm wearing a security blanket on my head - in the best possible way.
 

Related:
PC 510: Dark Weber
PC 300: Three Heads and a Hand-Knit
Kelly Slater, John Moore launch Outerknown


Q: OK, fun hat but what is -- or was -- Project Cubbins, exactly?

A: Project Cubbins started as one man’s attempt to pay homage to Dr. Seuss and his second book, "The 500 Hats of Bartholemew Cubbins," during its 75th anniversary year in 2013. It documented the wearing of a different hat or piece of headgear every day for 500 consecutive days with no do-aheads, no banking of hats and no retroactive entries. Hat One was posted on May 27, 2013, and Hat 500 was posted on October 8, 2014.

While headgear is no longer posted on a daily basis, the occasional cap, hat or bonnet – if deemed worthy and non-duplicative – is sported here for the amusement of all.

Monday, November 09, 2015

Post Cubbins: Hat 510 - Dark Weber from Deutschland Edition

In honor of millinery Monday, I present to you a black, baseball-style cap in a poly/wool blend with
flat brim and black embroidery on front of a Weber kettle grill in silhouette.

Additional details include a rectangular plastic Weber logo on back with the name in white and the grill silhouette in red), interior band that reads "Flexfit" and manufacturer's tag that reads: "Myrtle Beach Headgear."

This hat was purchased at the Weber Original Store Berlin & Grillakademie Original during a trip the Bride and I took to Germany back in September. It was sitting at the counter and advertised as a marathon special -- seeing as the Berlin Marathon was taking place a few days later.

The best  could understand, it's the first-ever Weber standalone concept store anywhere, selling a range of grills and grill tools alongside a kick-ass (indoor!) grilling school that teaches you how to grill and then feeds you the results.

I admit, it was totally an impulse purchase (I think I was probably just smitten with the giant, two-story-tall Weber grill standing outside), but what's not to like about a dedicated grilling lid? And it does go perfectly with Little Carbon Black, the Weber Genesis E-310 parked in our backyard.

ALSO:
PC 509: Filù and Frog Mountain
PC 500: Bespoke Bartholemew
VIDEO: "The Road to 500"


Q: OK, fun hat but what is Project Cubbins, exactly?

A: Project Cubbins started as one man’s attempt to pay homage to Dr. Seuss and his second book, "The 500 Hats of Bartholemew Cubbins," during its 75th anniversary year in 2013. It documented the wearing of a different hat or piece of headgear every day for 500 consecutive days with no do-aheads, no banking of hats and no retroactive entries. Hat One was posted on May 27, 2013, and Hat 500 was posted on October 8, 2014.

While headgear is no longer posted on a daily basis, the occasional cap, hat or bonnet – if deemed worthy and non-duplicative – is sported here for the amusement of all.

Thursday, November 05, 2015

Post Cubbins: Hat 509 -- Filù and Frog Mountain / Halloween Hat Edition


Crushable beaver felt hat with generous brim snapped in the garden of Casa Hyder in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, on October 31, 2015.

The hat was graciously provided for the occasion by one Ms. Dawn Klohs co-owner/proprietess of the famed A'maree's of Newport Beach during a funtastical four-day trip south of the border for a mutual friends 40th birthday party.

"It's beaver and it's from a company called Filù," Klohs said of this pliable lid's provenance, promptly pulling from her poncho pocket. A little additional e-sleuthing reveals that it is most likely the "Courchevel Camel" (in a color shade called "Ice" if we're not mistaken) from the 260-year-old Italian label's  Fall/Winter 2015 collection.

This was my first trip to the Mexican state of Guanjauato (which, I have it on good authority, translates to something approximating "frog mountain") but the Bride and I had such a blast I'm pretty confident it won't be our last.

Incidentally, this wasn't the only headgear to come out of the trip, either, but the story of sombrero dos is so amazing it belongs in a whole separate post.

So, an internationally flavored tip o' the hat to Dawn for furnishing the Filù (a label which she and her sister stock at the store) and a reminder to readers to throw their own hat in the ring for consideration here.

The only rule? No duplicate hats.

Previous Posts:
PC 508: Ghana but not Forgotten
PC 507: #feelthebern
PC 506: Nothin' But Nettin'