Fedora at the Beach

[SteveN]

Does anyone else think that a Fedora (or other fur hat) looks funny at the beach, even if the weather is cool?

I'm likely moving to Manley, and while over there just felt (no pun intended) a bit odd.

Same for Fedora and shorts. To me, if it's warm enough for shorts, it's warm enough for a Panama hat.

Regards,
- SteveN

 

[handlebar bart]

I don't think I looked any funnier than usuallol lol lol I think when you are one of only a few wearing fedoras you can kind of rewrite some of the 'rules'

 

[The Wolf]

I think fedoras go just about everywhere.

Sincerely,
The Wolf

 

[Havana]

I believe that felts are fine anywhere and anytime. I often wear my tawny fawn Federation with Hawaiian style shirts and other classic beachwear. Warm beaches seem to just call for a straw hat but felt is universal. Just watch out for the wind!

 

[ADHD librarian]

I'm likely moving to Manley...

I think the people in Manly will be more concerned with you learning how to spell the name of your new town than with your headwear.

 

[doug01]

wind is the big factor as mentioned above....I have often considered a stealthy chin strap as one solution

 

[doug01]

chin strap, or a small piece of Velcro with two sided tape on the top of my head (I am bald)

 

[doug01]

Quote "I am bald"

which is why I wear hats in the first place at the beach!

 

[doug01]

...and they are cool.....

 

[handlebar bart]

wind trolley, fellas

 

[leo]

Manly in Manly

SteveN,

About three years ago the start of the Sydney-Hobart race was in brutal sun and there were several brimmed hats of various types among the Manly side spectators. Even my sister-in-law from nearby Clontarf wore a brown wide-brimmed felt fedora.

But I'm not quite that comfortable with year-round felt like some FLers so tend toward panamas or the Tilley in the beach environs.

Bill (who once unknowingly wore a Parramatta Eels look-alike rugby shirt and angered a Manly taxi driver)

 

[MAB1]

The sea... the breeze...hmmm

Why am I thinking about a Mariner's Hat?

 

[MAB1]

And then again there's always this look... http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3363543296/tt0383574

 

[Mike in Seattle]

Wear it to the beach proudly, my friend! If anyone has a problem with it, it's THEM not you. Set a new style. Drag those cretins into a more stylish age!

 

[Twitch]

If you're walking around in street clothes you're not "at the beach" as such. Now if it was 85, sunny and mild and you were in lounging your Speedo and a fedora you'd be considered daft just about anywhere. In that case you'd want a straw.

 

[The Wolf]

Good point, Twitch. Well said.

Sincerely,
The Wolf