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cindy ([identity profile] tsuki-no-bara.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] davis_square2012-05-24 02:55 pm
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boxes for top hats?

i have a top hat that i want to take on vacation in october, but short of wearing it on the plane i'm not sure how to get it there uncrushed. i don't really want to pack it in my suitcase unless i absolutely have to. are there places i can buy a hatbox for it, so i can carry it on the plane in relative safety? i have a car so it doesn't necessarily have to be a t-accessible place.
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[identity profile] benign-cremator.livejournal.com 2012-05-24 07:21 pm (UTC)(link)
How large of a box are you looking for? I have a shipping box that my Cavalier hat came in, but it is nearly 2ft on all 3 sides. It has plenty of packing peanuts in it, and might not be suitable as a carry-on, but might be good enough for cargo. If you want it, it is yours, and it is very near Teele Square.
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[identity profile] tsuki-no-bara.livejournal.com 2012-05-25 01:17 am (UTC)(link)
i measured mine when i got home - mostly measured it, anyway - and i think two feet a side is way too big a box for it. but thank you! (i might wear it on the plane. someone is going to find that weird as hell, and it will probably be me.)

[identity profile] dreda.livejournal.com 2012-05-24 07:31 pm (UTC)(link)
This would be mail-order (unless you feel like taking a very scenic drive in NH), but Sarah's Hat Boxes (http://www.sarahshatboxes.com/results.asp?Category=Hat%20Boxes) makes the nicest hatboxes I've ever seen. Totally customizable, very reasonably priced, beautiful work, supremely nice people.
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[identity profile] tsuki-no-bara.livejournal.com 2012-05-25 01:25 am (UTC)(link)
oh wow. those are really pretty! and to be honest i could totally stand a nice scenic drive thru new hampster. :D

[identity profile] i-leonardo.livejournal.com 2012-05-24 08:00 pm (UTC)(link)
There's a haberdasher in Harvard sq, on brattle st near the intersection with Church st. They might be able to advise you.

[identity profile] springhill02143.livejournal.com 2012-05-24 08:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Keezer's (just outside Central Square, Cambridge) usually has them. They had cardboard ones when I bought a top hat there years ago.
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[personal profile] nathanjw 2012-05-25 01:49 pm (UTC)(link)
A slight tangent and you probably already like the hat you have, but last year when I had this problem I solved it by buying a collapsible top hat, which fits much more easily in a suitcase.
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