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[Neophyte]

Where I think it might really have an impact is stores like Lids since they are everywhere and are very popular. If they were more accessible at mall stores, even department stores again I think they would get a good bit more attention.

You said it. It's too bad all they sell are caps, berets and cheap paper stingys lol.

 

[Undertow]

I'm really just hoping the nouveau money and well-dressed wealthy begin seeing hats as a viable accessory again, and thus reintroduce said apparel to their wardrobes. Once this takes place, high quality hats will once again creep into outlets like Brooks Brothers, Younkers, Macy's, etc., and quite possibly, independant hat stores will become neighborhood staples around the country (but in small numbers) like shoe cobblers and tailors.

And I'm speaking globally - I realize these places exist in some localities, but they are far and few in others.

 

[Jabos]

I'm not optomistic about the chances of fedoras to go mainstream in high fashion. I have one friend that wears, but the rest have absolutely no interest even though I constantly remind them of how practical they are for sun, rain, cold, etc. My one and only friend that seems to nibble at interest and compliment my hats won't bite so I have given up on converting anyone!!!!! The trendy junk stingys will fall out of fashion and we FL members will be all that is left. Oh well, their loss[huh]

 

[AlterEgo]

I started wearing hats as a kid in the 1960s, a time when few young people wore anything atop their heads but long hair.

I'm not really sure why I was attracted to hats because it started at such an early age. My dad and granddad both wore hats, so maybe it was a case of monkey-see, monkey do. I watched lots of old shows and programs on TV, and, by donning a pith helmet, strapping on the garden machete, and putting on a British accent, I could immediately become the jungle explorer in the Tarzan movie. "Timba, ungowa!" So, I think at least part of my attraction stemmed from my dramatic streak.

By the time I was a teenager, hats were completely out for the under-30 crowd, and I believe that an additional attraction kicked in from rebellion: I wanted to be different, and wearing a hat was a visual display of non-conformance. I did the usual anti-establishment late 60s/early 70s things--we won't get into that right now--but, paradoxically, by rebelling against what my own generation was doing, going hatless, I was actually acting more like my elders. However, to be honest, I didn't think of it that way at all, I just wanted to be different. Truth be told, far fewer older men were wearing hats by then, anyway.

In other words, hats have basically been rare on the heads of men my whole life. If lots more people started wearing them, I actually might not like it, for the hat on my head defines me as one who is different and makes me stand out from the crowd of sameness.

 

[danofarlington]

I If lots more people started wearing them, I actually might not like it, for the hat on my head defines me as one who is different and makes me stand out from the crowd of sameness.

I have that sentiment also. Whereas it might be interesting for more men to wear hats, I would not like the style to be ubiquitous as in the 1950s, because then it wouldn't be distinctive. I kind of like the unusualness and the boldness that I get credit for when wearing a good hat, and would hate to see that diffused by too many men wearing them.

 

[Tiller]

In other words, hats have basically been rare on the heads of men my whole life. If lots more people started wearing them, I actually might not like it, for the hat on my head defines me as one who is different and makes me stand out from the crowd of sameness.

I wear my hat for me and no one else. Even if everyone else started adopting my style, I'd still keep wearing it. How's the old saying go? To thy own self be true? That or insert your favorite old fashion quote about being yourself, ectra, ectra, ectra.