Hats and hair color

[John the Swede]

Love that "What Color Hat Shall I Sell Him" pamphlet! That's just an awesome piece o fAmericana right there. I wonder how many owners/sales folks offer similar advice today...

 

[Zombie_61]

...As I've said before, just make certain your hat coordinates with your socks and underwear, and you'll be OK!

What, like this?

 

[ScionPI2005]

Don't worry about it, if you like it, wear it. Damn convention.

Well said!

 

[Frunobulax]

What, like this?

Exactly!


Sent directly from my mind to yours.

 

[BobHufford]

What, like this?

That's certainly better than this...

 

[DOGMAN]

Don't worry about it, if you like it, wear it. Damn convention.

Red,your my kind of guy.

 

[DOGMAN]

I’ve found the best option is to own every felt and ribbon combination.

Actually, my goal is to reduce my hat collection to the 30-50 range and then only buy a new one if I’m willing to sell one of the others.


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Good luck with that,I'm close to 200 hats now......

 

[chicken1616]

That's certainly better than this...

Was that taken from a new or a used pair?

 

[BobHufford]

Was that taken from a new or a used pair?

I'm guessing used (why would you ruin a new pair?). I found that at a flea market and immediately put it back.

 

[M Hatman]

That's certainly better than this...

WELL, All women think our heads are down there anyway.......this hat just proves it!!!

Was that taken from a new or a used pair?

Does it really matter? EVERYONE will think "used" anyway...
M

 

[M Hatman]

Good luck with that,I'm close to 200 hats now......

Well, I keep telling my wife I ONLY have 50 or so......but I really just stopped counting at 50.....so I am not REALLY lying.....
M

 

[Zombie_61]

That's certainly better than this...

Gives new meaning to the question, "Boxers or briefs?"

 

[sebastian czentner]

I have 25- 30 hats and my family goes crazy anytime they see me with a new hat. But my nephews and nieces has a new toy to play detectives or cowboys altought i havent any western hat or just hat sellers.
On topic most of my hats excepts 4 are black or grey, here in Argentina is hard to find any other colours for hats

 

[GHT]

Don't worry about it, if you like it, wear it. Damn convention.

You Sir, made my wife's day when she read that. Not that she has red hair, oh no, not at all, she has RED hair.

 

[ILB Frank]

I was going to post this in the "Ask a question" thread but this is a help request more than a question. I read somewhere that gray hair and brown hats don't go together. I am ordering a whiskey colored hat and I have salt and pepper (brown) hair.

I tried to look for images of brown and whiskey hats on gray-haired people with some luck. To me, gray-ish hair and brownish hats don't look bad at all. Here is where I need some help...

Can anyone with gray hair that has a whiskey and/or brown colored hat please post a picture (maybe a profile/side shot) of yourself in that hat (please identify the color).

I'm thinking the "brown hat/gray hair don't mix" thought is more myth than fact. Post your opinions about this as well.
Thanks.

 

[belfastboy]

I was going to post this in the "Ask a question" thread but this is a help request more than a question. I read somewhere that gray hair and brown hats don't go together. I am ordering a whiskey colored hat and I have salt and pepper (brown) hair.

I tried to look for images of brown and whiskey hats on gray-haired people with some luck. To me, gray-ish hair and brownish hats don't look bad at all. Here is where I need some help...

Can anyone with gray hair that has a whiskey and/or brown colored hat please post a picture (maybe a profile/side shot) of yourself in that hat (please identify the color).

I'm thinking the "brown hat/gray hair don't mix" thought is more myth than fact. Post your opinions about this as well.
Thanks.

I have multiples of both.....along with my grey/white hair. Unless you are rocking a mullett the hair does not show when you are wearing the hat. If you like the whisky colour....wear whisky.

 

[jlee562]

Have never heard this axiom before....

 

[Rmccamey]

Have never heard this axiom before....

Me neither.

Is that like the old fashion standard of not wearing a bowler with a tee shirt? Oops!

 

[ILB Frank]

It could be a thing younger people tried to stir up so us old folks wouldn't go around looking so dang suave in a brown felt hat.
The youths only wish they could pull off the bowler and t-shirt combo.

 

[daizawaguy]

I don't think it has to do with a match to hair, but a match to the clothing you wear, but here again there are no clear rules - just some common sense that displays your own style. Historically, a blue/black/grey hat would be worn with a blue/grey suit (black in a suit left out deliberately, thats another topic, and yes they exist for Tuxedo or funerals but not as a suit IMHO) and a brown hat with brown hues, but since hats became accessories and not part of the standard menswear, these informal rules if they can be called such have been broken over and over again.

So, just choose what you think suits your personal style - a bit like a brown or black pair of shoes - some people pull off the different combinations better than others, and it all reflects your personal style. But hats and hair color is an unusual way of looking at it IMHO. Wear in good health and enjoy.