Crooked hats

[alexanderwestwood]

I've noticed that I see a lot of people wearing teardrop fedoras, but the point of the teardrop isnt aligned with their nose. And they arent wearing it intentionally crooked either. Whats the reason for this? Is this intentional by the hat maker, or do they have weirdly shaped heads?

 

[splintercellsz]

Teardrop is just the style of crease. When one picks up a hat by the crown crease, and dons it, the hat has a tendency to lean to the side of the hand it was place on with, same for this "slightly crooked" look you are referring to.

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[Frunobulax]

Saw a guy the other day wearing a straw. The ribbon/bow was in the right place over his left ear, but the pinch was on the other side of his right eye.


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[KarlCrow]

in photographs, more light can get into one of the two side dents making a straight hat appear wonky.

also my grey borsalino, when i put it on straight it feels sweet, but it also has a sweet feeling slightly wonky to the left, i figure the last owner wore it there, but it looks damn stupid with the way it's now creased. So i'm careful.

 

[FedOregon]

Crooked is the new Symmetrical

 

[suitedcboy]

fedora sprezzatura. I have a crooked head. Not pinch in the wrong place crooked but if I put on a hat and it settles to where it feels right it does list to one side a few degrees. I wonder if sleeping with a worm clamp placed level and tightened just so would fix it?

 

[Redfokker]

I have also read about the styling of the 1930s, wearing the pinch over your eye was a thing. This image of Slats Gill, from 1935 shows this style, my custom from NW hats is creased to emulate this.

of course, to quote Bob, I may be FOS.

 

[Zombie_61]

I've noticed that I see a lot of people wearing teardrop fedoras, but the point of the teardrop isnt aligned with their nose. And they arent wearing it intentionally crooked either. Whats the reason for this? Is this intentional by the hat maker, or do they have weirdly shaped heads?

Part of the reason for this is that very few people's faces are symmetrical enough for their noses to actually be centered on their faces; if they buy a pre-creased hat, odds are that the pinch will be off at least a little. Speaking from personal experience, the pinch on my hats should be about half an inch to the right of center (my right, that is) if I want it to line up with my nose. Initially I creased my open-crown hats that way, but over time the pinch on each of them has migrated to the left (i.e. back to center, even though the hats had never previously been creased). It bothered me when I first started wearing hats, but now I couldn't care less.

 

[KarlCrow]

Is it crooked now?

 

[Redfokker]

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Is it crooked now?

 

[FedOregon]

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Is it crooked now?