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David Niven for Stetson hats, 1949

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u/cathycul-de-sac avatar

Love this, I adore David Niven.

Have you read his books? He was a funny guy.

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I haven’t and that’s a great idea! I actually have a lot of biographies and autobiographies and I didn’t think about him. I know he was very funny. Great timing too. Thanks for the suggestion:)

They're just frothy tales of the Golden Age of Hollywood. For example, he was housemates with Errol Flynn. Oh, the wacky hijinx they got up to!

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That sounds good to me!

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I love the vintage painting/poster style. I would frame this ad. It’s so neat that even ads got that hand painted treatment. I wish there was a resurgence of the illustrative style in print media.

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They are also flattering to the frequently famous subjects, as illustrators catch things about them that make them that more special.

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Literally the best person to advertise hats for you.

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NICE

I'm just glad to see a public reminder that a "Stetson" isn't another term for a cowboy hat, but just the name of the manufacturer (now just a fashion brand selling Chinese made junk).

To be fair the original cowboy hats were the Stetson Boss of the Plains hats, which has been shaped into a number of styles, the cowboy hat, the mountie hat, the ten gallon hat.