FWIW: New "art of fitting faces" type guidance via Goorin Bros.

[Rick Blaine]

 

[APP Adrian]

A hipster's guide to hats. You know it is because they don't talk about function at all.

 

[jlee562]

A hipster's guide to hats. You know it is because they don't talk about function at all.

In all fairness, I don't remember the guides of yore discussing function as such, where the goal is to be a guide on size and shape.

 

[Nyah]

The stingy text goes well with the stingy hats. Both are too small to be effective.

 

[barrowjh]

This one is better - http://www.villagehatshop.com/content/25/the-art-of-fitting-faces.html

 

[Rick Blaine]

This one is better - http://www.villagehatshop.com/content/25/the-art-of-fitting-faces.html

True- this one is still my go-to.

 

[barrowjh]

Thanks! I had lost my link to that one, thanks for posting it!

 

[APP Adrian]

In all fairness, I don't remember the guides of yore discussing function as such, where the goal is to be a guide on size and shape.

I'm just mad that Goorin Bros sells hipster hats, that's all.

 

[Lean'n'mean]

I never use those guides on ratios as the 'right ' type of hats for my mug just don't ring my bell. I've got to like a hat as an object first, I've got to be attracted to it, want to wear it; so I couldn't care less whether or not some dudes have decided it isn't right for my physique, I've got a thing going on with the hat & that"s all that matters.

 

[mikespens]

I never use those guides on ratios as the 'right ' type of hats for my mug just don't ring my bell. I've got to like a hat as an object first, I've got to be attracted to it, want to wear it; so I couldn't care less whether or not some dudes have decided it isn't right for my physique, I've got a thing going on with the hat & that"s all that matters.

Truth

 

[barrowjh]

Yes, the art of fitting faces is only part of the picture. I think the head & shoulders profile is another factor in the mix. I think of it as angles - imagine lines from the shoulder edge touching the side of the head and coming to a point above the head, a pyramid with a slope angle particular to you. Imagine the same thing from the effective edge of the brim touching the side of the crown and coming to a point above the hat. The overall look is generally better if the slope angle of both imaginary pyramids are similar. I've never actually made any such measurements, this is just a subjective consideration.

 

[EstherWeis]

I never use those guides on ratios as the 'right ' type of hats for my mug just don't ring my bell. I've got to like a hat as an object first, I've got to be attracted to it, want to wear it; so I couldn't care less whether or not some dudes have decided it isn't right for my physique, I've got a thing going on with the hat & that"s all that matters.

Ain't that the truth!
It's a bit vague... I'm not that fond of the sketches either.

I have a customer who went in there to try out some hats.
They missed it by a mile. I did everything over Skype and the hat fits like a glove.
She wasn't fond of their materials either.

I've never seen any of their hats in person, but they don't really look that great. ( from their website)



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[1961MJS]

This one is better - http://www.villagehatshop.com/content/25/the-art-of-fitting-faces.html

Dang, I actually relate to that one.

Later

 

[tommyK]

To me a good looking hat looks good on any size or shape. If I thought anything it would be that low tapered crowns with stingy brims look good on no one. My focus is on the hat not how I look in it. I assume I don't look good and the hat isn't going to make or break that.

But, hey, if these guidelines give people the confidence to get into hats that's a good thing.

 

[belfastboy]

Yeh, I wear what I am drawn to wear regardless of what is supposed to look "good". The only style I can't wear is a pork pie, it just looks funny on me. A Goorin shop opened here in Vancouver a few years back.....cheap hats at NOT cheap prices. It is located in the "hip" part of the city and sells crappy hipster hats at inflated prices. The clerks are not hat people either....not their fault, just doing a job.

 

[Zombie_61]

To me a good looking hat looks good on any size or shape. If I thought anything it would be that low tapered crowns with stingy brims look good on no one. My focus is on the hat not how I look in it. I assume I don't look good and the hat isn't going to make or break that.

But, hey, if these guidelines give people the confidence to get into hats that's a good thing.

:arated:

 

[g.durand]

If I like the hat and the way it looks on me, I wear it. It's that simple.

 

[Bob Roberts]

If I like the hat and the way it looks on me, I wear it. It's that simple.

I agree wholeheartedly! It really is that simple.