How do folks react to your hat wearing?

[GHT]

Have I told this tale before? It's a trait of us oldies, so indulge me if I'm boring you. The model of my car is known as a Y-Type, only about eight thousand were produced. The rear end shares a great deal with a car from it's sister company. At the end of the production run a new model was to be launched, but there were problems. So what MG did was to upgrade the Y-Type, they only built 1301 upgrades and called it the YB. When the new model arrived it was light years from the pre-war shape of the YB, in fact it was much more similar to today's cars, it looked like this:

Sorry about all that trivia but you need to know that to get the gist of this story.
My car has been converted to run on unleaded, so fuel is not a problem. Just recently, whilst in the garage topping up the fuel tank, a silver haired fellow walked over from his new Jaguar and said: "It's a Y-Type," then he added, "a YB." "You've got to have had one," I replied. "About twelve I think, no make that fifteen," he answered, and before I could say anything he explained that his Father had a Jaguar dealership in the fifties, which he took over in 1958. He said that whenever customers traded in a Y-Type it would never be on the forecourt more than a week.

He and his sales team all loved the model. He knew that it had different size wheels than the original Y-Type, he also knew that the rear end shared a body with the Morris Eight and he was also aware that the MG TD sports car shared most of it's DNA with the YB.

He finished by saying that I dressed like his customers did, back in the day, adding that he couldn't remember a single customer who didn't wear a hat. So taken was he that he photographed me and then, at my request, texted me a copy.

 

[AbbaDatDeHat]

Have I told this tale before? It's a trait of us oldies, so indulge me if I'm boring you. The model of my car is known as a Y-Type, only about eight thousand were produced. The rear end shares a great deal with a car from it's sister company. At the end of the production run a new model was to be launched, but there were problems. So what MG did was to upgrade the Y-Type, they only built 1301 upgrades and called it the YB. When the new model arrived it was light years from the pre-war shape of the YB, in fact it was much more similar to today's cars, it looked like this:
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Sorry about all that trivia but you need to know that to get the gist of this story.
My car has been converted to run on unleaded, so fuel is not a problem. Just recently, whilst in the garage topping up the fuel tank, a silver haired fellow walked over from his new Jaguar and said: "It's a Y-Type," then he added, "a YB." "You've got to have had one," I replied. "About twelve I think, no make that fifteen," he answered, and before I could say anything he explained that his Father had a Jaguar dealership in the fifties, which he took over in 1958. He said that whenever customers traded in a Y-Type it would never be on the forecourt more than a week.

He and his sales team all loved the model. He knew that it had different size wheels than the original Y-Type, he also knew that the rear end shared a body with the Morris Eight and he was also aware that the MG TD sports car shared most of it's DNA with the YB.

He finished by saying that I dressed like his customers did, back in the day, adding that he couldn't remember a single customer who didn't wear a hat. So taken was he that he photographed me and then, at my request, texted me a copy.
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Not boring...not boring at all!
Great story...great legacy!
Bowen

 

[Cornshucker77]

Not boring...not boring at all!
Great story...great legacy!
Bowen

+1

 

[Hat and Rehat]

Goodness gracious...your wife is so talented!!!
My grandmother was a seamstress, worked in a shop in downtown manhattan and regularly made outfits for Lena Horne. I even got to meet her one time...set my little 10 year old heart fluttering for months. Still love hearing her voice to this day...it was even more amazing, sultry and alluring in person.....Ahhhhh....

But I digress.
My grandmother was a seamstress and made clothes, the way your wife does, from scratch. She could take measurements on us grandkids, get fabric from her basement stash, and make a full outfit for any of us within 2 hours. With just a day of notice, she would have brand new sunday outfits for all of us stitched up by saturday night.
Simply amazing. With the clothes she had us wearing, you would never know from looking at us that we ever knew anything of the word "Poor".
She made my grandfather a leather jacket that fit me (and him) like it was made for me. And thick durable leather too. I wore it until I got married and gained weight and started working out. Passed the jacket along to another that had their eye on it...probably should have kept it though. Ah well, too late now...
Amazing woman...miss her.
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Great story!
My grandmother didn't sew that I remember, but she had an eye for clothes. She dressed my grandfather, always dapper, all his life until she preceded him, and I was the first grandchild, the only one for 3 years. I remember very young her taking me shopping, many times in thrift stores much different than today's. I think she dressed me for every Olan Mills portrait at least until I was six, and I looked sharp! White shorts with shoulder straps and saddle shoes. Bow ties and light cardigan sweaters with a pocket square. Flannel trousers with a double breasted navy blazer and small cap ---- not a flat cap, but not a ball cap either. Something between the two.
My sister and brother were taken under her fashion wing too, but never as much as me. The oldest does get that. The most pictures, and oh so carefully chosen little outfits. I can see it in the pictures of my daughters in retrospect, but never thought about it at the time.

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[Hat and Rehat]

Have I told this tale before? It's a trait of us oldies, so indulge me if I'm boring you. The model of my car is known as a Y-Type, only about eight thousand were produced. The rear end shares a great deal with a car from it's sister company. At the end of the production run a new model was to be launched, but there were problems. So what MG did was to upgrade the Y-Type, they only built 1301 upgrades and called it the YB. When the new model arrived it was light years from the pre-war shape of the YB, in fact it was much more similar to today's cars, it looked like this:
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Sorry about all that trivia but you need to know that to get the gist of this story.
My car has been converted to run on unleaded, so fuel is not a problem. Just recently, whilst in the garage topping up the fuel tank, a silver haired fellow walked over from his new Jaguar and said: "It's a Y-Type," then he added, "a YB." "You've got to have had one," I replied. "About twelve I think, no make that fifteen," he answered, and before I could say anything he explained that his Father had a Jaguar dealership in the fifties, which he took over in 1958. He said that whenever customers traded in a Y-Type it would never be on the forecourt more than a week.

He and his sales team all loved the model. He knew that it had different size wheels than the original Y-Type, he also knew that the rear end shared a body with the Morris Eight and he was also aware that the MG TD sports car shared most of it's DNA with the YB.

He finished by saying that I dressed like his customers did, back in the day, adding that he couldn't remember a single customer who didn't wear a hat. So taken was he that he photographed me and then, at my request, texted me a copy.
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You dhould have asked for his card. If anyone could find your next one, he was the man.

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[Dm101]

They are not hard to see, just look for the umbrella.
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So smooth...you make butter look bumpy.

 

[The Jackal]

While not really a reaction, I do think it's worth pointing out that I've worn a hat so much that my son expects me to always be wearing one. He was mad at me for missing his school awards ceremony when he searched the crowd and didn't see me.

He was looking for the guy in the hat and I didn't have one on that day.

 

[Hat and Rehat]

While not really a reaction, I do think it's worth pointing out that I've worn a hat so much that my son expects me to always be wearing one. He was mad at me for missing his school awards ceremony when he searched the crowd and didn't see me.

He was looking for the guy in the hat and I didn't have one on that day.

That could come in handy if he starts getting into mischief.

 

[Frunobulax]

That could come in handy if he starts getting into mischief.

He's a boy. I guarantee he's already into mischief.

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[Tiki Tom]

Quite possibly the nicest and most meaningful comment I have ever received:
My daughter is home from college and her roommate was visiting our fair city for a couple of weeks. One Saturday I was giving them both my history walking-tour of the downtown area. It was a bright/warm day and I was wearing my Panama. Out of the blue the roommate said "You know, I would really like to buy my dad a hat like yours."
That's about the sincerest compliment I can imagine.

 

[GLewis]

Most people seem to ignore my hats, but occasionally I’ll hear “Nice hat.” I wore a black Akubra Adventurer and a black Carhart jacket, and a coworker said that I reminded her of the bad guy on Raiders of the Lost Ark!

 

[Trenchfriend]

Wegener hazelnut traveller hat brings respect to the kids.

"Guten Tag!"

 

[Tukwila]

An attorney who works near me has walked by my office several times now and exclaimed, "I love it! A different hat every day!"

 

[Bill Hughes]

An attorney who works near me has walked by my office several times now and exclaimed, "I love it! A different hat every day!"

A young man I've recently started working with noticed I wear a different hat each day. He asked how long it will be before he sees a repeat. I told him to give it a few months.

 

[The Jackal]

I recently had a guy stop me as I was riding past him in the warehouse to tell me how much he liked the Panama I was wearing.

A few days later, I was attending a briefing about the new alarm system they installed in the building, and as soon as I hopped out of the cart, one of the electricians started miming grabbing the brim of a hat, trying to figure out why I didn't have mine on at the time.

 

[Tukwila]

A young man I've recently started working with noticed I wear a different hat each day. He asked how long it will be before he sees a repeat. I told him to give it a few months.

Hehehe. It's just a few weeks for me. I could spread it out a coupl emonths, but I base my hat choice on weather and clothes more than trying to cycle through everything I have.

Today, the same guy walked by.... stopped cold, looking at my custom Steel beaver fedora from Penman Hat Co. and said, I really like that. It looks "gangster." LOL.

 

[Trenchfriend]

On my way to Edeka, I walked along our vital place, with one of our train stops and two bus stops, which are the most central for our "Gymnasium" around the corner and my old "Realschule" a little further afar.

A cute maybe 12 yo girl came the way from our Realschule, heading for the bus stop and smiled and greeted me with "Hallo.", with a heartmelting tone.

You see, why hazelnut Wegener rocks. Getting all the girls! The wrong ones...

 

[Andrew friedhofen]

This afternoon I was in unusual environs (for me) - downtown Brooklyn near Metrotech on the Court Street plaza, lots of people walking every which way, and I got a compliment from a gentleman on my Fed IV (featured this morning in the WHAYWT thread). Always a nice thing.

Just started wearing vintage hats about two years ago and only had compliments when I had on a beat up straw. Fuggitabout the borsalino, habig,cervino, bentley, champ etc. This is a ball cap area.

 

[Benny Holiday]

Being an Aussie, the majority of my hats are Akubra Stylemasters. The very first one I bought back in 1995 is black, then I bought one in acorn fawn, and I've also got dark brown, medium grey and bluegrass green.

Anyway, I was wearing my black one yesterday and was about to leave the office in the afternoon when one of the ladies downstairs commented on how she loves that hat. I was (pleasantly) surprised because some people might think the black is too sombre a colour, but I was wearing a black sport coat and wanted to match. Anyway, it was really nice of her to compliment the hat!

 

[scottyrocks]

My wife, who can be pretty blase about my hats, reacted quite genuinely positively when she turned around and saw me in my new Hufvud for the first time. That was a very important test it passed, at least for me, psychologically.