Reply With QuoteSure as long as you aren't a neck-beard in a fedora.Originally Posted by AlphaOmega
Like shoes, cheap hats often look... well cheap.
Acceptable?
Sure as long as you aren't a neck-beard in a fedora.
Like shoes, cheap hats often look... well cheap.
All the while :)
What selection is acceptable?
I wear a peaked running cap when training in the forests - more for safety really due to the proximity of low branches.
But I don't feel that's really me when I'm not training. I have a flat cap but it adds about 20 years instantly.
I also have a selection of winter woollen numbers but again, only for exercise.
Is there anything that might work with a suit that won't look too film noir?
I have a few wide brimmed Panamas but I do spend most of my time in sunny climates.
The two things that I would never wear are baseball caps and those wool bobble things.
I'm curious. What's a neck-beard?
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Oh, and yes.
In the Sotadic Zone, apparently.
Yes but only if you get it right. I’m a hat wearer and know the correct crown height and brim width for my face shape and build.
Hats look terrible when they are wrong and so many have the hat wear them not the other way round. I have various narrow snap brim fedora/trilby right through to Panama (non snap brim) via less formal open weave fabric for summer and heavier weight hats in waterproof felt for winter. Then there is the assorted flat caps again in levels of formality so corduroy through to moleskin and linen for summer.
Can’t stand baseball caps/truckers caps they do nothing for the wearer visually though appreciate they have their place.
I wouldn’t ask on a forum :-) but look at a few online guides for what hats suit different people.
Baseball cap for me.
But one thing I really do detest is the donning of a hat in the house.
As with everything, just wear what you like. Life is far too short to consider what other people may think. Me? The hood of my Fjallraven Yupik keeps my heed warm and dry in the cold months, and a Tilley T3 keeps the sun off when needed.
F.T.F.A.
Tilley .
Started out with nothing. Still have most of it left.
In the summer a curved peak Baseball cap or “dad hat” as they’re now called, I also have a light Trillby but my missus hates me wearing it and says I look like Count Arthur Strong!
For the winter I’ll don a flat cap, baker boy cap or wool beanie.
Got to keep this Covid Barnet
under wraps - baseball cap when I go for a walk and a straw sun hat (almost Stetson) when I’m sat in the garden
I have a lovely Harris tweed flat cap for walking, although am 30 years too young for it.
I have a nice felt countryman’s hat (don’t know what you call it, but looks a bit cowboy and like I should be rounding up new forest ponies).
Beanies for running in the cold.
Baseball cap for when I grow my beard out and need to look like an ex-SEAL.
So.. Hats. Yes.
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Tarphat in the sun (I burn with ease).
Baseball cap other times, beanie in the winter.
Wear what you want, fashion and practicality rarely work together.
The bane of my life for a period - I'd never seen it and started to have conversations as follows:
Them: Like the show?
Me: Eh?
Them: You know Peaky Blinders?
Me: No.
Them: Let me show you a picture
Me: that's a guy in a baker boy cap?
Them: Yes like you!
Me: I'm wearing a flat cap?
Them: Yes like him.
Me: ????? No that's a baker boy cap.
repeat for months.
Hats
When, where and for whom?
In uniform...often essential.
Out in the sun...very practical.
Out in the rain...again, very practical.
In the wind...be careful.
Indoors...generally not acceptable.
At the meal table...never acceptable, IMO (others may differ).
I do like a quality ushanka
Thanks, all.
I'm going to Google these ideas and see if any might suit.
I've just spotted some Tilley hats which may be more suitable.
For some reason, hats seem to be a little too sporty, too contrived or too anachronistic.
Perhaps a deer stalker is the way forward. And a pipe.
just like anything else - buy quality - you can spot the difference between quality hat and a cheap one from a distance.
You're obviously nearly convinced that you want to wear a hat.
Again, I have to ask...where and when? Without knowing your purpose it's difficult to offer up any suggestions.
I used only to wear hats at sea (for sun and weather protection) and then it was a baseball cap (something I didn't mind losing). I have recently moved over to other options. If it's very cold then it's a woolly hat...I even have one with a peak to keep the winter sun out of my eyes.
In the street I wear a wide-brim African bush hat most of the time. Smooth leather when it's wet and split leather when it's dry. I've received more compliments (20+) about my hats than I have about any watch I have worn.
You'll soon find something functional you like and stop worrying about what others may, or may not, be thinking.
^Yes, good point.
Walking mainly. So sun protection, possibly some wind protection, and some rain protection. And at a push, something I wouldn't necessarily need to remove in the high street.
And then, as the weather changes, possibly something else I could wear with a suit.
Just ideas though.
Tilley are great outdoors but the flat topped crown means they lack finesse and style so are not really suitable in an urban environment.
Modern hats are inferior to their older counterparts unless you buy custom made from an artisan. Stetsons and Borsalinos are a pale shadow of the excellence they used to represent.
Rabbit felt is not ideal. Wool is worse.
At this time of the year you want a good Panama hat. If you’re going to wear it regularly go for at least a superfino. You may be surprised to see how expensive a great panama hat can be.
Midseason and affordable, in modern look no further than Akubra.
Apart from fishermen’s hats, they are not made to shield you from a downpour. Take an umbrella!
HTH.
'Against stupidity, the gods themselves struggle in vain' - Schiller.
A hat you say ?
Why, of course; when in Rome...
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Summer is almost upon us...we hope, so how about a panama? Available at a range of prices that will allow you to explore the options.
A trilby with a suit? Never wrong unless it's something very formal (eg, evening dress or something that demands a top hat).
Relaxed...a baseball cap but sized to fit. I refuse to wear the 'one size fits all' variety but will stoop to the flex-fit offerings.
Intermediate...I suppose it depends upon what you like (and want to pay): Christys'.
I have a number of Tilley hats for when I am out and about with the dogs on long walks. My favourite being the Boonie. That is well worn and sun beaten. I also wear a pork pie hat on occasions that was made for me many years ago.
Anyone know of any good wide-brimmed sun-hats - panama etc - that therefore look better than floppy hats but can survive being packed in luggage?
How to Roll a Panama Hat...?
There are plenty of folding panamas out there but they have a high ridged crown to facilitate the fold.
Plenty of woven type trilbys that will reshape easily and relatively cheap compared to a real panama, I have one by Bailey which I use for travel in the summer as it can take being flattened.
I've got about five Akubra's of differing styles, the quality of them all is faultless and there are comfortable styles for any weather. They even have the Traveller which is foldable, should you need that facility.
Much to my wife disgust I have many hats. Fedora's (Trilby) in several colours (Black, brown, grey etc), Akubras, B ball caps, Panama, WWII caps and hats. Which are worn depending on my mood, the season and what I am wearing.
Interesting fact.
Panama hats originated in Ecuador.
Cheers,
Ben
..... for I have become the Jedi of flippers
" an extravagance is anything you buy that is of no earthly use to your wife "
Baseball caps mostly, occasionally a straw hat, best 'priced', highly sought after, are the promotional freebies by Mahou/ any beer co. or any local fiesta.
Just a word of warning... be very alert if you see someone driving a car whilst wearing a hat. Unless you are a racing driver, there is absolutely no reason to wear hat whilst driving.
My long research over several decades of driving has led me to treat hat-wearing drivers with extreme caution. They tend to drive slowly, erratically, randomly, with low spatial awareness and poor lane discipline.
Be careful out there.
Makes me think of the time I was with a traffic officer and we pulled up at the lights and in the car next to us the driver was wearing a balaclava... (it turned out to be innocent!)
When you are thinning on top you need a bit of protection from the elements.
Ball cap in summer.
Wooly hat in winter.
In hot climes on a fast moving boat when ball caps get whipped off of your head this is the style to opt for!
Cheers,
Neil.
Folically challenged so baseball cap in the car when sunny, right way round, woolly hat at the rugby and a waterproof ‘Indiana’ style when it’s damp.
I wear a hat most of the time when outside as my eyes are really sensitive to light but never wear indoors.
I have a plastic storage box for hats (lots of them) but my main wearer for dog walking, car booting or that type of thing is my Barmah Bronco Brown Foldaway Leather Outback Waterproof Hat, cumfy/ water proof and keeps the sun off my ears and neck and as a bonus it used to annoy my wife when I wore it :) but she doesent notice now.
Another three caps received from a friend in the States today.
Tilley hat in the summer
Donegal tweed flat hat in the winter
Pachacouti panama on smarter occasions
How about a library hat?
Exactly my father’s words back in the 60s! And he (and you) are right! Now added with: the group that wears its baseball cap the wrong way round, car seat in ‘reclining’, one hand in the steering wheel.
I wear a Tilley hat or Musto cap when sailing. I’m getting older and my hair is thinner nowadays.
^Thanks for the suggestions.
I think we'd all agree that being mistaken for Harrison Ford or Slash would be good but unlikely.
William Holden and Sidney Poitier seem to manage it. Time for some experimentation.
What sort of look are you going for?
Yeh, I won't wear my baseball cap when driving Liz's Toyota Yaris in case they think I'm a boy racer😁
Something red?
Not sure what kind of look, HT.
Ideally, something stylish yet restrained.
Depressingly though, I think Arthur Daley is definitely a look I can manage!
KS, I had no idea Brenda and Prince shopped together. They both look good.
That's the answer! We need a TZ-UK hat!
No problems with social distancing when you wear one of those bad boys!
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No, no, no! This is the sort of vibe you should be aiming at.
Or, at a push.
In the Sotadic Zone, apparently.
Who wore it better?Something red?
^Classic! Definitely the last pic for me C-B.
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