Don't want a religious look

[kokopelli]

Cowboy is safe

Well I guess ther are advantages to going "Cowboy" all the time. All we ever get mistaken for is a (deleted to remove political reference) Ron

 

[Fletch]

That's why I quit wearing my turban. I even went from white to black and people still gave me the evil eye. lol

You should have put it on the dog. You could call him Mysto the Mind Reading Dog and say you're his trainer. I imagine the gals would love it.

 

[J. M. Stovall]

Well get ready, in a few months everyone is going to think you are Indiana Jones.

 

[Spellflower]

Halpap: Yeah, I figured they could tell I wasn't a hasid, but I didn't know if they thought I was just a guy in a fedora, or a Jew in a fedora. Actually, my dad is descended from Eastern European jews, so depending upon your definition, I AM a jew in a fedora, but the two attributes are completely unconnected.

Delthayre: I see many orthodox and hasidic jews with light hair and eyes.

J. M. Stovall: I know! While I respect those loungers who are Indy fans, and I enjoyed the movies, I do wish that Indy didn't have such a monopoly on the brown fedora in the collective mind.

It's sad to me that a hat can't be a hat, that it has to be viewed as a costume. Imagine if you couldn't wear jeans without someone thinking you were trying to pretend you were a cowboy!

All the best to everyone at COW, but the sooner this whole thing blows over, the better, as far as I'm concerned.

 

[Bebop]

Halpap:

All the best to everyone at COW, but the sooner this whole thing blows over, the better, as far as I'm concerned.

I agree with you. I get tired of the Indy comments just cause he wears a hat like mine. Just when the craze was somewhat winding down, here comes another round. :eusa_doh: No offense to the many die hard fanatics that really love their Indiana Jones but I watched the first movie and found it to be corny and badly made. Couldn't bother with the rest of the Jones movies.

 

[volatile]

All the best to everyone at COW, but the sooner this whole thing blows over, the better, as far as I'm concerned.

COW?

 

[Rider]

I live in Indiana Amish country. The other night a client asked my partner if I was Amish. I was wearing a suit with a white dress shirt and red tie. A black topcoat and wingtips. If she was confused about the carbon grey federation, you'd think she might have gotten a clue about a guy in a red tie stepping from a minivan?

Yesterday, I was told I needed a violin case to complete the look. That one, I took as a compliment.

:fedora:

 

[cowboy76]

Hi all, I find here in NYC if you wear a fedora people think you are a hasidic jew or mennonite. Nothing against these groups but given this age of terror I don't want to be lumped into a group that has usurped the look for their own religious reasons. I just like the vintage look. How does one attain it without seeming to be an hasidic?
thanks!

Brother, you've gotta be kidding me,..right?:eusa_doh:

If you like wearing a fedora, wear the fedora, who cares what other people might think, not to mention, what's the link between jewish people wearing a fedora and terrorism?? I cannot see where any Jewish people blew themselves up recently? Untill I see news repots stating that there is a rampant movement of fedora-wearing mad bombers running around the globe, I wouldn't lump a truely amazing people in with a completely different mass culture, of which heppen to be complete idiots.

Simply, its nothing more than their choice cap which is a traditional conservative look, which goes right along with the Hebrew teachings of modesty. I also know plenty of Jewish men who wear other caps also, baseball caps too, unless you're also walking around with hisidic curls on the sides of your head, I cant see where one would think you were a hisidic Jew??

It seems you have an issue with the people and your self- confidence rather than their choice of headwear. Be confident, have fun, enjoy life, go buy a yammica!

 

[cowboy76]

While I respect those loungers who are Indy fans, and I enjoyed the movies, I do wish that Indy didn't have such a monopoly on the brown fedora in the collective mind.

It's sad to me that a hat can't be a hat, that it has to be viewed as a costume. Imagine if you couldn't wear jeans without someone thinking you were trying to pretend you were a cowboy!

LOL!

Hey I just went out tonight to shovel the snow and ice wearing vintage woolrich pants, my great grandfather's coat and cap, with a pair of tall rubber boots....though it was night, I still saw people taking notice, slowing down, and I just happily went on shoveling and grinning. Then my wife and I took a little walk, still more looks,..HA!!!

"Yeah that's right, I'm yer neighbor and YES I DO look like Elmer Fudd shoveling snow,...but with hair and younger,...no, no rabbits sir, just snow!!"...

Yep, its kinda weird when people constantly think you're off to a costume party,...I always fight the gnawing urge to politely tell them to get a life,...well, most of the time anyway!

 

[Delthayre]

Ever an extra <f>

I agree with you. I get tired of the Indy comments just cause he wears a hat like mine. Just when the craze was somewhat winding down, here comes another round. :eusa_doh: No offense to the many die hard fanatics that really love their Indiana Jones but I watched the first movie and found it to be corny and badly made. Couldn't bother with the rest of the Jones movies.

Club Obi Wan, a forum abounding with aficionados of Indiana Jones' attire and aesthetic.

 

[cowboy76]

Club Obi Wan, a forum abounding with aficionados of Indiana Jones' attire and aesthetic.

If you like the style go for it, if you like the movie and are trying to be something you're not,....uh, yes, there's medicine for that sort of thing...

 

[J.T.Marcus]

Club Obi Wan, a forum abounding with aficionados of Indiana Jones' attire and aesthetic.

I'm still trying to remember which Indiana Jones movie "Obi Wan" was in. [huh]

 

[volatile]

I'm still trying to remember which Indiana Jones movie "Obi Wan" was in. [huh]

Club Han Solo I would understand... [huh]

 

[Delthayre]

With a wink and a wry grin

If you like the style go for it, if you like the movie and are trying to be something you're not,....uh, yes, there's medicine for that sort of thing...

That's the part that I've been struggling the comprehend, then again, I've seen only The Last Crusade from beginning to end.

 

[cowboy76]

That's the part that I've been struggling the comprehend, then again, I've seen only The Last Crusade from beginning to end.

Oh I've seen 'em all,...its become a tradition really. Since I was a younger fellow when the first one came out, seen every one of them.

 

[pgoat]

It's sad to me that a hat can't be a hat, that it has to be viewed as a costume. Imagine if you couldn't wear jeans without someone thinking you were trying to pretend you were a cowboy!

I think that WAS true of jeans at one point long ago. A positive thing is that (in New York, anyway) I am seeing more and more men of all ages wearing fedoras...so who knows? Maybe hats will become ubiquitous again in time.

 

[cowboy76]

I think that WAS true of jeans at one point long ago. A positive thing is that (in New York, anyway) I am seeing more and more men of all ages wearing fedoras...so who knows? Maybe hats will become ubiquitous again in time.

One does not have to wait for something to become ubiquitous, one simply has to make it ubiquitous in their own life, live as if its the norm, the rest will follow. Look at Paris France during WWII,....fashion and war,....soon most of Europe was raising their hands too.

 

[Doh!]

Club Han Solo I would understand... [huh]

Nerd alert: it was the name of the club at the beginning of Temple of Doom:

http://www.theraider.net/showimage....t/films/todoom/gallery/dvdscreenshots/073.jpg

 

[volatile]

Nerd alert: it was the name of the club at the beginning of Temple of Doom:

http://www.theraider.net/showimage....t/films/todoom/gallery/dvdscreenshots/073.jpg

Well, well! Who knew? Thanks, Doh.

 

[Salv]

One does not have to wait for something to become ubiquitous, one simply has to make it ubiquitous in their own life, live as if its the norm, the rest will follow. Look at Paris France during WWII,....fashion and war,....soon most of Europe was raising their hands too.

Yep, everybody did it. The Americans didn't want to seem unfashionable, so the first time they met the German Army in force during WWII - at the Kasserine Pass in Tunisia - they joined in and raised their hands too. What fun they all must have had!