Rooster Feathers

**Bugbear** · 2nd March 08, 02:53 PM

Originally Posted by BoldHighlander

Hi Ted,
well in the posted pics the hat Bernard is wearing is solid colored, not tartan. In the last photo it almost looks saffron in color!

Thanks BoldHighlander. In another thread, someone said it looked like a tweed. I'll just go with that.

I think what's going on, and it's funny, is that I had a little Bernard doll when I was a kid. He was wearing the hat and jacket... I think there was a scarf on the doll too. Anyway, the hat and probably the vest was made of a tweed looking material, but on the small doll, the tweed looked a little like a tartan patern.

All that being said, I just wanted to share with you all what was going on in my mind, image wise, when I am thinking about the hat scarf and jacket. I'm sure there have been many other things I've seen that contribute, but this was one of the earliest that I can remember.

Thanks to J.B. Simpson for the pictures.

**BoldHighlander** · 2nd March 08, 03:09 PM

Originally Posted by Ted Crocker

Thanks BoldHighlander. In another thread, someone said it looked like a tweed. I'll just go with that.

I think what's going on, and it's funny, is that I had a little Bernard doll when I was a kid. He was wearing the hat and jacket... I think there was a scarf on the doll too. Anyway, the hat and probably the vest was made of a tweed looking material, but on the small doll, the tweed looked a little like a tartan patern.

All that being said, I just wanted to share with you all what was going on in my mind, image wise, when I am thinking about the hat scarf and jacket. I'm sure there have been many other things I've seen that contribute, but this was one of the earliest that I can remember.

You know Ted, my nephew (he's now 24) was really into the Rescuers as a small child, and I recall seeing a picture of Bernard wearing his hat w/ a definite tartan design upon it.
It was pretty generic though, and was probably just the artist conception, nothing that I recall from the movies, though I could be wrong.

**Bugbear** · 2nd March 08, 03:15 PM

Originally Posted by BoldHighlander

You know Ted, my nephew (he's now 24) was really into the Rescuers as a small child, and I recall seeing a picture of Bernard wearing his hat w/ a definite tartan design upon it.
It was pretty generic though, and was probably just the artist conception, nothing that I recall from the movies, though I could be wrong.

Thanks. I'm going to say it was a tiny bit like a Wallace tartan. Very nice actually, but it was after all a cartoon.

Just for the record, here's the post where it was called a tweed:

Originally Posted by starbkjrus

As I see it in this particular picture rather than tartan the cap and jacket Bernard is wearing seems to be more of a burnt orange tweed. (Or I've seen in some iterations that color called saffron.) My idea of saffron is more mustard colored but I've seen this one too. Either way if I had a tweed cap and jacket in that color I'd wear it without a second thought.

Cheers!

Strangely I'm glad this thread keeps getting updated. Judging by the number of thread views for it I'm obviously not alone.

Thank you, starbkjrus!
The story here is that I fell in love with the look of that tweed after seeing the movie as a child. That was when I started wearing driving caps. I even had a little stuffed doll of Bernard. The animaters were wise to pick the complementry red-ish orange to go with the gray mouse color. Anyway, guess I'm sticking with tweed. I almost plopped this picture down in the tartan forum.

And this gardening thread kind of... grows on you.

**BoldHighlander** · 2nd March 08, 03:19 PM

Ted,

was poking about the 'web and found some different single-panel "Driving" type of caps out there. I think the most common name (from what I've seen) for this style is either the "Ivy" or "Flat" cap.

Here's the links:

Ivy Cap
http://www.getahaton.com/SearchResults.asp?Cat=99

(Cavanagh) Flat Cap
http://www.noggintops.com/page.cfm?p=233

Irish Flat Cap (nice brown or gray tweeds)
http://www.noggintops.com/page.cfm?p=66

Ted, if your searching for a nice tweed style, I think the last link is what you might want. These Irish Flat Caps come in either a brown or a gray tweed, and are not badly priced at about $42.

Very stylish looking caps Ted!

**Bugbear** · 2nd March 08, 07:35 PM

Originally Posted by BoldHighlander

Ted,

was poking about the 'web and found some different single-panel "Driving" type of caps out there. I think the most common name (from what I've seen) for this style is either the "Ivy" or "Flat" cap.

Here's the links:

Ivy Cap
http://www.getahaton.com/SearchResults.asp?Cat=99

(Cavanagh) Flat Cap
http://www.noggintops.com/page.cfm?p=233

Irish Flat Cap (nice brown or gray tweeds)
http://www.noggintops.com/page.cfm?p=66

Ted, if your searching for a nice tweed style, I think the last link is what you might want. These Irish Flat Caps come in either a brown or a gray tweed, and are not badly priced at about $42.

Very stylish looking caps Ted!

Thanks for looking those up, BoldHighlander. I'll probably copy those links over into the thread where I hord all my other links.

That last one sounds really good.

**Bugbear** · 2nd March 08, 07:41 PM

I did go into town and found a black 2" wide black belt at loews. It has leather at the two ends, and woven polyester in the middle. It's basically the same as my brown belt except for the polyester part. I think it will work fine for a casual belt. I found a couple of other things, but that goes over in the gardening thread.

I've also copied those links to the hats over to the "Bunny Sporran" thread where I've been storing a lot of those type of links. Never know when someone else might be looking for the same thing, and I am more than glad to share the links I've collected, or pass them on.

* As an update, I did notice that the black belt is not quite as wide as the brown "all leather" belt. Both are from Lowes.

**Bugbear** · 3rd March 08, 07:53 PM

I decided to look up the name of the tweed shoes that I have been posting about. They are "Globe Men's Castro Shoes," and I have the brown tweed style. There are others that sound like they might have odd designs on them, but I bought these only because they are made with the tweed patern. The brand doesn't really matter to me. And as I have posted before, the soles or bottoms of the shoes aren't too dressy looking. I wish they were. Here's a link to a place that sells them.
http://www.espnshop.com/catalog/prod...l--80246~17101

I don't know if they look alright or not for what I've been wearing.

**Bugbear** · 3rd March 08, 11:30 PM

Sounds like they might be a sporty shoe.

http://www.espnshop.com/catalog/prod...l--80246~17101

Everybody says they look good, so I don't know.

**Bugbear** · 10th March 08, 08:44 PM

Ok, thanks to the new gallery, I have new picks over there. There is a link to my pics in my signature.

**Wulf Skjaldr** · 10th March 08, 10:29 PM

I bought a cap like that from a gun shop. I wore it to my grandfather's house and he asked to see it. He said he and the other lads used to wear them and they were called colloquially "goin'-ta-he**" hats, because when you wore you were going out on the town to drink, fight and carouse, all mortal sins of course. He also called it a gangster hat, a Chicago hat, and a driving hat.

I pull mine on with a distinctively rakish tilt, and I cock it off to one side. And anyone as calls my tilted, sticks-out-to-one-side hat silly, I'll be havin' words with outside.