Boater or Panama?

[TCMfan25]

Do you prefer a Boater :yo: , or a Panama?

I like the Boater personally, more classic...

 

[jswindle2]

Well, It depends on what your wearing. I certainly wouldn't wear a boater with a Hawaiian shirt.

 

[TCMfan25]

Well, It depends on what your wearing. I certainly wouldn't wear a boater with a Hawaiian shirt.

I certainly wouldn't wear a Hawaiian shirt, that's for sure!

 

[Brad Bowers]

Well, It depends on what your wearing. I certainly wouldn't wear a boater with a Hawaiian shirt.

Hmm, I do this all the time.

Brad

 

[Tomasso]

Well, It depends on what your wearing.

I wouldn't wear a boater (or any straw) with flannel either.

 

[HatsEnough]

I have to say, these days, I can't imagine any situation when I'd wear a straw boater. On second thought, maybe I can think of one situation: a political convention.

 

[laotou]

Do you prefer a Boater :yo: , or a Panama?

Yes!

 

[TCMfan25]

Yes!

Yes What?

 

[TCMfan25]

I have to say, these days, I can't imagine any situation when I'd wear a straw boater. On second thought, maybe I can think of one situation: a political convention.

You do not need a situation per say, I wear one with my suits or odd jackets everyday of the summer!

 

[TCMfan25]

I wouldn't wear a boater (or any straw) with flannel either.

And what if it were summer in the French Alps?

 

[Tomasso]

And what if it were summer in the French Alps?

If it's cool enough for flannel then it's cool enough for felt. That said, the Alps warm up in the summer. I've been there when it's topped 80F.

 

[Ordinary Guy]

And what if it were summer in the French Alps?

Then I guess the only thing you would need is to learn to Yodel....

 

[Oldsarge]

Stan Laurel just looks odd it the boater. His face is too long and too thin for it. W.C., on the other hand, really belongs in one. Me for the Panama.

 

[Dinerman]

Stan Laurel

Fred Astaire

 

[T Rick]

Got to say I was surprised. Tried on a boater for the first time down at Henry The Hatter's last week, it looked okay and was more comfortable than I'd expected (to me they always looked uncomfortable but not so!).

That said, between the two? Panama for sure.

 

[Widebrim]

Panama. When I think of a boater, an image of Dick Foran in The Mummy's Hand automatically comes to mind: a big guy in a heavy DB suit and an already outdated-looking skimmer, sauntering through the streets of 1940 Cairo in the summer heat, while all the other men are in Panamas. Not an aesthetically-appealing image (although I do like the film).

 

[TCMfan25]

Stan Laurel just looks odd it the boater. His face is too long and too thin for it. W.C., on the other hand, really belongs in one. Me for the Panama.

That is actually Fred Astaire...

 

[Oldsarge]

That is actually Fred Astaire...

Sorry, I'm really not a fan of the movies, old or new. It looked like Laurel, to me. :

 

[PabloElFlamenco]

Then I guess the only thing you would need is to learn to Yodel....

Yodel? In the French Alps? OK...it's a free world I guess.
Back to the original question, I don't have a boater, and ain't looking for one. I like the suppleness of the Panama hat, the comfort, as well as the style. Personal opinion, of course.

 

[Tomasso]

looked like Laurel, to me.

He kinda...sorta.... does.