On hats ...

[AreaMan]

I was just wondering when did wearing fedoras go out of style? It appeared that most men in professional careers (not just in journalism) in the 50s and 60s seemed to wear them and now you hardly ever see them around.

Could they make a comeback?

 

[jgmacg]

See: Kennedy, John F.

Hatless president.

 

[Shropshire Slasher]

Fits me well. Now where's my Smith-Corona?

 

[Mayfly]

I still rock it with a cigar. That was me in the Patriots' press conference. I just hope Brady knew what the Charleston was.

 

[Football_Bat]

Fits me well. Now where's my Smith-Corona?

I think I now have my Halloween costume for the next 40 years.

 

[Chi City 81]

This is Papa Bear. Put out an APB for a male suspect, driving a ... car of some sort, heading in the direction of, uh, you know, that place that sells chili. Suspect is hatless. Repeat, hatless.

 

[mike311gd]

I never get enough of lines from The Simpsons.

 

[Buck]

'All bald people look good in hats.'
'You should have lived in the '20s and '30s. You know men wore hats all the time then."
'What a bald paradise that must have been. Nobody knew.'

 

[mike311gd]

Or Seinfeld lines.

 

[Flash]

Don't forget to stop by the millery and get a hat for the wife to wear at the tea party!

 

[GB-Hack]

I have to say a hat looks good with the right outfit. I have a couple, and would like to get more.

But lets face it, flip through your average GQ or Esquire nowadays, and you won't see many men in headwear.

 

[Platyrhynchos]

My Dad always wore a fedora, every day, until his retirement in 1986. Also a suit and tie.
He owned a clothing store.

 

[JR]

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:

 

[Trouser_Buddah]

Oh MY! [/Enberg]

 

[Buck]

It just looks too affected these days.

 

[GB-Hack]

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.

 

[Moderator1]

There was some thought when The Untouchables released that it would trigger the hat fad.
It did not.

Too bad. I love hats.

 

[HoopsMcCann]

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

 

[playthrough]

My Dad always wore a fedora, every day, until his retirement in 1986. Also a suit and tie.
He owned a clothing store.

I worked at a clothing store for a while in college that always stocked men's hats (and pajamas!), and they were steady sellers with the old folks.

 

[Moderator1]

Just because of the hat? Or was he a douche anyway?