I never got back to that vital sartorial issue. It seemed to generate some comments. I did not buy the very, very retro cord hat with the script traditional Pitt script. As far as I know, it is still languishing there, waiting to be rescued. Instead, I bought this one:

This was a style of hat I had previously owned but it eventually reached the end of its natural life. It had been a very durable hat. Trust me, the photo doesn’t even come close to doing justice to the dust that was on this thing when I bought it. It’s been through the washer a couple times now.

I know that if I had gone out to the malls I could have found a new model of the Pitt hat, probably to my liking but I was not going to spend my brief time back in the ‘Burgh going out to the mall.

I’m sure that the Pitt Store was trying to clear out old inventory, but then you need to mark them down. Far too much of the gear was still at regular price while still sporting the “Pittsburgh” logo.

I don’t like to mail order hats. I like the chance to look at them closer, and get an idea as to how they will fit. Despite an outsized ego, I do not posses a particularly large skull.

I’m sure come September I’ll be investing in yet another Pitt hat.