Curious...when we were in Austin, TX. in the '90s, I was amazed to see as many shoe/hat reconditioning/ cleaning establishments as Cleaners! Or so it seemed. I made the assumption that this might be typical of most Western states. Once or twice I have seen discreet signs where one might be buying Stetsons, of a hat cleaning service available... Kathleen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elizabeth Young" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, April 15, 2006 1:04 PM Subject: Re: [h-cost] Two questions
> my (almost) local hat store will stretch hats. > > liz young (near sacramento) > > Sylvia Rognstad wrote: > > I live in the Denver area and haven't come across any such place. Maybe > > I'll check a shoe repair shop. > > > > On Apr 14, 2006, at 4:16 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >> In a message dated 4/14/2006 5:44:19 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >> > >> Speaking of stretching hats, is there any way to stretch out a leather > >> cowboy hat? > >> *********************** > >> > >> I'm sure you can do that. They stretch gloves and shoes. You need to make > >> the leather supple. I'm sure a shoe repair place [that stretches > >> shoes] can help > >> you with what product will do that. Then you need some kind of form to > >> stretch the hat on. Are there no places that blocks hats in your area? > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> h-costume mailing list > >> h-costume@mail.indra.com > >> http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > h-costume mailing list > > h-costume@mail.indra.com > > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
