Psst…keep this SF style secret under your hat: there is no Paul. Started in 1918 by a Peruvian hatmaker named Napoleon, Paul's has been maintained by three generations of 'master hatters' handcrafting noir-novel fedoras on-site. Head downtown in Paul's jazz-standard porkpie, social-climb Nob Hill in Paul's stovepipe top hat or storm Trad'r Sam down the block in Paul's classic panama.
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