On hats ...

My dad always had about four different fedoras.

There was his "going to work" fedora (he was a steelworker so it wasn't a dressy hat)

He had a "running errands, going to the pub" fedora

A couple of different ones depending on the suit he was wearing if he and my mom went out for dinner or whatever.

A straw one for the summer.

And this one when he went curlilng:

 

Oh MY! [/Enberg]

 

It just looks too affected these days.

 

But why is that? Is it just America's general disdain for style nowadays and the general 'slacker' style that has become accepted in workplaces? I know people look differently at me when I wear a hat, and I know it looks good on me.

 

i've seen a dude -- in new york and then same dude was in spring training -- who actually wore a hat with the press card in it. serious douche

 

both

covered the big east tournament, after the team i was covering lost on a last-second shot, dude was asking guys what their favorite movie was and what was in their ipod... serious douche

 

When I was in high school I worked part time in a men's wear store. We sold a ton of hats from Biltmore which was founded in 1917. They were resurrected about 10 years ago by some people who thought that eventually there'd be a market for hats.

http://www.biltmorehats.com/index.htm

 

I would not be averse to wearing hats if it wasn't for hat hair. That, to me, is the biggest drawback to hats today. Hairstyles are generally longer today and nobody wants to go around work with that damn ring around their head. If I put a hat on, it's for the rest of the day unless I take a shower. That's how my hair (what there is of it) rolls.

 

If you're getting hat hair, it's probably not the right size.

I rarely have a problems with mine.