It was the name of the original ribbon maker, it was not a "style". Regards.(nm)

Posted by Michaelson from leospace047.utsi.edu on November 19, 2000 at 14:27:10:

In Reply to: Never understood what petersham was anyway posted by Fedora on November 19, 2000 at 00:00:26:

: : Ribbons. Hear me out and tell me your thoughts. It is fairly well excepted in our group that the original ribbon on the HJ hats is no longer made, but the Petersham is the best thing going. I had one put on my Miller and I must say I have never been satisfied with the color. I don't know if I was sent the wrong Petersham, but in my opinion this is a poor substitute. (You guys know I am very pick when it comes to color) Lighting and filmstock play a huge part in the way color is seen. For example: The idol scene pics the ribbon looks black. When Indy is fighting to find Keran Allen it looks brown. But there always is a good contrast from the hat.
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: : The Petersham ribbon mailed to me is not that much darker then the hat. I spent some time at my local hat shop and have come up with some info I will share. Check out the these ribbons:
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: : The bottom one is the Petersham. The top one is black. The one in the middle looks to be the correct color to my eyes. Unfortunately the store did not have a 1 1/2" version. I am having them contact their vender to see they can get it. In the mean time, I had a black ribbon put on. With the old one it looks too much like a cowboy hat. Now I it looks like a fedora:-)
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: : : Ribbons. Hear me out and tell me your thoughts. It is fairly well excepted in our group that the original ribbon on the HJ hats is no longer made, but the Petersham is the best thing going. I had one put on my Miller and I must say I have never been satisfied with the color. I don't know if I was sent the wrong Petersham, but in my opinion this is a poor substitute. (You guys know I am very pick when it comes to color) Lighting and filmstock play a huge part in the way color is seen. For example: The idol scene pics the ribbon looks black. When Indy is fighting to find Keran Allen it looks brown. But there always is a good contrast from the hat. 
: : : <img src="http://www.makeupmag.com/images/Fedora_contrast.jpg"> 
: : : The Petersham ribbon mailed to me is not that much darker then the hat. I spent some time at my local hat shop and have come up with some info I will share. Check out the these ribbons:
: : : <img src="http://www.makeupmag.com/images/Ribbon.jpg"> 
: : : The bottom one is the Petersham. The top one is black. The one in the middle looks to be the correct color to my eyes. Unfortunately the store did not have a 1 1/2" version. I am having them contact their vender to see they can get it. In the mean time, I had a black ribbon put on. With the old one it looks too much like a cowboy hat. Now I it looks like a fedora:-) 
: : : <img src="http://www.makeupmag.com/images/MyFedorasm.jpg"> 
: : : <img src="http://www.makeupmag.com/images/hatflash2.jpg>

: :     Looks just like all of the grosgrain that I have seen. Personally, I feel that you need a ribbon, dark brown enough to contrast with the hat color. This has been hard for me to find. The darkest brown 1 1/2 inch ribbon that I have found, is always to my eye, not quite dark enough. But personally, I don't think black is the way to go. Purely subjective. Hate to repeat this, but my first Indy fedora was a cheap hat make by Bee Hats, and called the Indy 500. Both the hat color and ribbon were dead on. The ribbon was darker than any that I have seen since. It was a really dark, dark brown, no red at all, and seemed to be shaded with black. But, it was not black. Anybody ever seen any like this?   Regards Fedora

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