HATS MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN TEXAS...AND BEYOND... January 31, 2023 Dan Bullock A FASHION STATEMENT…ON THE AVENUE…IN THE SADDLE…OR JUST TWO-STEPPIN… MANY GREAT HATS ORIGINATED WITH TEXAS HATTERS IN LOCKHART, TX. MASTER HATTER DAVID TORRES IS THE CHAMP FOR TOPPING OUT FOLKS LIKE ME AND BOB “DADDY-O” WADE… SEASONAL FASHION HIGHLIGHTS SUMMER AND WINTER CHOICES. STRAW AND FELT AND FUR…JUST A FEW OF YOUR CHOICES…WITH SOME CLASSIC BELTS FOR FUN… KICKING BACK ON THE GAGE HOTEL FRONT PORCH… STYLISH COWGIRLS ENJOY HATS, TOO! HERE, ANNETTE DOES SOME STYLIN & PROFILIN WITH THE “DADDY-O”… A LITTLE SPIRITUAL NOD FROM THE GAGE HOTEL… YES, THAT’S THE UNMISTAKEABLE JAMES DEAN…WORKING WITH A SCREEN COACH TO LEARN HOW TO BE A COWBOY…THE HAT, THE STANCE, THE GLOVES…(“GIANT,” 1956) MY FAVORITE TEXAS HATTER’S CHAPEAU…A “HALF-BREED” STYLE…WITH MY FT. STOCKTON ROADRUNNER PIN FOR FUN… GOT THIS IDEA FROM “GREATER TUNA,” AND INCORPORATED MY HOME TOWN WITH THAT OF THE TUNATONIANS TO HIGHLIGHT “CAP AND GOWN.”… IF THE HATS MAKE THE MAN, I’VE GOT LOTS OF WORK TO DO TO TO DO THEM JUSTICE…