500,000,000 years in the making and long over due, we are now proud to bring you the Silver Trilobite Fez! This production fez features a 3 color embroidery design on slate blue velvet done up in our traditional Tall Fez style.
Head on over to the site to get yours before another 500,000,000 years go by!
This week's fez is one that has been requested for a long time. I remember it first came up as part of a larger discussion with fans of the comic Girl Genius - a great online "gas-lamp fantasy" comic. Well we get a lot of requests to do fezzes with a specific piece of art on them and unless we have permission I am loathe to capitalize on another artist's endeavors so I avoided the topic of a trilobite fez for some time.
Then as I was perusing the directory of vendors at Comic Con this year, I noticed that Studio Foglio was there and I would have the opportunity to talk to Phil in person. After explaining my position on trilobites and fezzes Phil was quick to point out that he can't really claim ownership of the legendary trilobite but was kind enough to give me clearance to do the fez anyway.
So here is the prototype.
This particular fez was donated to the Indygear Summit for their auction but we have already started to produce more for our website so watch for those to show up very soon.
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blue,
fezoftheweek,
slate blue,
steampunk,
tall
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Fez of the Week #30 is a bit of a spur of the moment thing. On Wednesday, one of the teachers I work with asked for a sample of my fezzes to show to his students. This is one of those guys that is always there for you when you need anything so I couldn't just bring him something I had in stock and with a name like Blackshear it didn't take long to figure out what needed to be done. When I was getting his head measurement he did request red fabric and I thought a low-profile fez would be a good way to introduce him to the world of brimless hats. So one Sunday I sat down at the computer and worked out the embroidery and sewed up a fez in short order. He'll get to see it this week.
The perfect fez for when you're digging about an archaeological excavation, running away from tribe of headhunters, or tracking down some strange stones...
I suspect that part of the reason I was uncomfortable with the original Goof is how it reminded me of the depictions of the Japanese in the old Warner Bros. propaganda cartoons during WWII. So I transferred the overbite to a mask being worn by the character instead of it being an organic deformation, of course the possibility remains that the wearer is still horribly deformed or perhaps he looks like Clark Gable... that would explain the ears.
This week's fez is the prototype of our Skull & Club Signature Edition on a two tone low profile fez featuring black wavy velvet and green tapa print bark cloth. The Skull & Club first appeared on our embroidered work shirts and was only featured on a Fez of the Week over a year ago. I had been wanting to get back to work on this design but it wasn't until I went digging through my personal stash of fabric that I knew what to do with such a vertical design.
Only 13 of these Signature Edition fezzes were made and the only difference between the production version and this one is a slightly brighter green thread on the skull moko.
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Black,
fezoftheweek,
green tapa,
large,
low,
sold,
two-tone
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This is the prototype of the Pele Fez that debuted at Tiki Oasis 9 this past August. This fez features my Pele design that languished in my sketchbook for well over a year. Originally I intended to have the hair represented by a root ball but just couldn't get the look I wanted for Pele. I'm sure she is much happier with her current 'do.
The only difference between the prototype and the final run is a slight color variation. Here the details of the face are rendered in a dark brown as opposed to black in the production run. This creates a more subtle visage and a bit of a vintage feel for the fez.
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