Fedoras Getting Popular Again?

[Andykev]

Yepper

"So, wear your hats, my bravehearts, and we will change the world one fedora at a time."

It take a Village to......

So what exactly did Hillary say?

It take a Hat Shop to raise a Fedora? Huh?

Or was it "It takes a Brave Soul to wear a Hat"...

No, that's not it...


Oh I KNOW!: "A BEAVER IS EXPENSIVE WHEN PUT ON THE BILL"...



HAHAHH,. .. no you are right.

 

[K.D. Lightner]

Sign of the Times?

Well, I am happy to report that the main hat shop here in San Diego, formerly called Western Hat Works, has changed. It is now called Hat Works and seems to be run now by two young Hispanic men who are trying to raise the money to buy it from the owner.

It has existed since 1922, but the present owner was sucn a grumpcus that I didn't like to go into the place. It was 90% cowboy hats and a few nice fedoras that that he kept in a glass case.

I went to the store over the weekend to find it is nost mostly fedoras! Very few cowboy hats, and they also do renovations. I hope this is a sign of the times and that our beloved hats are coming back!

I almost bought a Stetson "Temple" but decided to wait and see if I can find a nicer Indy hat. I want a soft fur felt, not a hard hat, which most of the Indy brands seem to be. I don't want the authentic look, just a hat that comes close to the style. Anybody here have a Temple? What do you think of them?

I plan to revist the store soon. They are getting in more hats.

karol

 

[Kentucky Blues]

I don?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢t see any man (Famous that is) taking his hat off
inside, or tipping his hat to a lady.

They Wear their hats like women did in the golden era! LOL

And yeah, hats need to make a comeback, and the price on good quality modern hats need to make a comedown to matchv

 

[Feraud]

I cannot believe this thread has not seen any action in three years!

Anyway.. Brad Pitt is on the cover of this Sunday's Parade magazine doing the cap thing.

 

[Orgetorix]

I can't believe how often I don't realize a thread is an old one until I come across a post by WildRoot.

 

[K.D. Lightner]

I think Brad Pitt would look even better in a Newsboy cap.

karol

 

[jamespowers]

I think Brad Pitt would look even better in a Newsboy cap.

karol

Yep, he certainly doesn't look good in that driver's cap.

 

[dhermann1]

I'm seeing a lot of these cars with the retro look. Question is, are the Chrysler cars built with enough headroom for my Akubra?

This is from a website called Canadian Driver, http://www.canadiandriver.com/articles/bv/49chrysler.htm
Referring to the frumpy design of the 1949 Chrysler,
"The inspiration for the staid Chrysler cars came right from the top. K.T. Keller, the no-nonsense president of Chrysler who had taken over from founder Walter Chrysler in 1935, was responsible. He shunned fads, and favoured tall, roomy cars that a man could enter and drive while wearing a hat."
On the other (off topic!) topic, my fantasy is to see a 1941 Buick with the drive train from one of the Toyota hybrids installed. I would imagine you would basically be giving up the trunk for battery space.
The thing that knocks my fedora off my head is the darned headrest!

 

[deelovely]

Yep, he certainly doesn't look good in that driver's cap.

Oh no..... not at all.... Right!!:eusa_doh:

 

[jamespowers]

Oh no..... not at all.... Right!!:eusa_doh:

Clearly a difference of opinion.

 

[Twitch]

As a member of the vintage car owners in So. California I have seen more actual, fedora shaped straws on people at events- Panamas and Dobbs-look straws. That grew this year displacing some of the old golf straws seen. Occassionally in "winter" a felt fedora might be seen now.

Seems like guys who own true Panamas and fedora cut straws put them away in winter or continue year round. They haven't made to logical jump to felt for winter. I don't know why.

 

[Edward]

As a member of the vintage car owners in So. California I have seen more actual, fedora shaped straws on people at events- Panamas and Dobbs-look straws. That grew this year displacing some of the old golf straws seen. Occassionally in "winter" a felt fedora might be seen now.

Seems like guys who own true Panamas and fedora cut straws put them away in winter or continue year round. They haven't made to logical jump to felt for winter. I don't know why.

I think it's the mindset that says "I wear a hat to keep the sun off. It is no longer Summer and sunny, therefore it is time for the hat to be put away for the season." If they aren't into hat style and see no practical reason to wear one in the other seasons, it's not surprising that felt doesn't replace straw.

 

[PADDY]

I was wearing a fedora all day yesterday...and the LOOKS I got...

I was 'out and about' and wore a grey fedora all day. Strange how you have people with ripped jeans, tattoos across their bare heads, mohican hair cuts, dark dreadlocks with baseball caps, jeans that drag along the ground picking up all the dirt and wet (yep, I saw all those yesterday in the street), and yet they got no second glances...and yet...my wearing a conservative grey fedora and a trenchcoat seemed to get all the 'double looks' and squinting 'puzzled looking' faces..?[huh]

Had I just walked off another planet I ask??? Did I need to check my fly...?


And there I was left wondering...those looks...WHAT were they saying..."What a plonker?" "WHY is he wearing THAT?" "WHO does HE THINK he is?" "WHAT an ODD looking fella?" or..."THAT looks pretty sharp?"

At the end of the day, there's no point in double guessing what's going on inside someone elses' head (odds are you guess wrong), unless they choose to disclose it to you [huh] Do we dress to please others (well looking around me in the street, it doesn't appear to be the case!!) or do please ourselves? Do we want to be part of the social wallpaper and blend in? or stand out like a fine Rembrandt?

But what I did surmise was, that with ALL the free expression in dress and looks in our socieities today that do not merit a second glance from another person, A little old FEDORA seems to stand out from the crowd for some reason like a BEACON in a sea of eccentricity and dress code social decay[huh]

 

[Mid-fogey]

Fedoras getting...

...popular again? Probably not. Having a few bored celebrities wearing them won't bring them back. The forces of practicality that created the felt fedora drove them from everyday use long ago.

For those of us who wear them, they are our thing of uniqueness as opposed to a some of the other things people do in fashon.