Sartorial Objections

[Senator Jack]

'A hat's not a hat till it's tilted'

Sammy Kahn - (You've Either Got or You Haven't Got) Style
From the film 'Robin and the Seven Hoods'

 

[HoosierDaddy]

Ringling Brothers

Lets see..I don't want to critisize other's attire! Someone wearing his oversized shirt pulled down tight to tuck it in his belted baggy pants around the knees..doesn't irk me one bit...not one bit..I tell ya!
HD

 

[jamespowers]

'A hat's not a hat till it's tilted'

Sammy Kahn - (You've Either Got or You Haven't Got) Style
From the film 'Robin and the Seven Hoods'

You gave me another reason to listen to it again. :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap

Regards,

J

 

[jamespowers]

Yeah I am serious. Baseball caps worn sideways looks dumb in my opinion. And that is the only one I am qualified to give.

a vintage hat while even worn crooked will still shade your eyes. I was not refering to anything other than baseball caps.

Maybe their head is on crooked?
Dressing for the occassion is to be commended. It will be more than obvious when you go out dressed correctly for the daily endeavor. Pajamas are for wearing int he house and to bed. Wearing them around the streets and to the mall just isn't cutting it---unless there is a bag lady sale at the mall. Going to work as such is wrong as well unless you model the stuff for a living.
I just don't understand what happened to the words shame or dignity anymore. There seems to be nothing worthy of shame anymore. Having your daughter go out dressed like she is doing business with a John is shameful and undignified. You dress respectfully in order to get respect. You spent the time picking out that which is stylish and not just something dug out of the hamper. Just as Camus and other social scientists noticed with the white jacket studies, what you wear evokes a reaction in the people around you and it shouldn't be written off out of hand. Commercial products even use this when they have the guy who isn't really a doctor "but plays one on TV" advertising pharmaceutical products.
I just don't understand how we went from my grandparent's generation thinking that they could be dead broke but they still went out of the house dressed as well as they possibly could because they respected themselves and took pride in their appearance to getting out of the house looking as dead broke as possible regardless of your means. :eusa_doh: [huh] Cie la vie.

Regards,

J

 

[Mr. 'H']

The "Rakish Angle":

http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?t=8150&highlight=tilted+hat

 

[Mr. 'H']

wearing a baseball cap sideways.

Ahh, you're referring to baseball caps, I get ya....

Wear your hat straight.

See here's the confusion: a baseball cap is not a "hat" to me....

 

[gpwpat]

What is this "older" of which you speak?

When the person wishes he or she did not have a large gaping hole in the lobe. That is older. heck maybe it will still be in fassion in 60 years I don't know.:eusa_doh: It was just my satorial objection that is all.

I really wish I was not a critical person. I critique way too much. And frankly it is driving me nuts. Really I don’t care what people wear or do or anything. But for some reason I always develop an opinion wheither I want to or not. I guess if I liked everything I wouldn’t have anything to gripe about.

Oh Crap. I have to go to my treatment now. My critical thinking treatment. So I can get my meds and be happy. and like everything I see.

 

[jamespowers]

See here's the confusion: a baseball cap is not a "hat" to me....

Welcome to the club on that one. I don't even consider them a cap. That is reserved for newsboys to me.
I tend to be more descriptive:
"Synthetic material object worn on the head that is mistakenly called a hat or cap---better described as a UFO that landed on the wearer's head and took over their brain."

Regards,

J

 

[jamespowers]

I really wish I was not a critical person. I critique way too much. And frankly it is driving me nuts. Really I don’t care what people wear or do or anything. But for some reason I always develop an opinion wheither I want to or not. I guess if I liked everything I wouldn’t have anything to gripe about.

Oh Crap. I have to go to my treatment now. My critical thinking treatment. So I can get my meds and be happy. and like everything I see.

You just described why ritalin was invented.

Regards,

J

 

[Hemingway Jones]

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There is nothing wrong with critiquing here. This is a hypothetical conversation about general likes and dislikes. No one is singling out anyone else for derision. Discerning people make decisions, have opinions, and pass judgement on some behavior. On one level or another, this is what we do.

A wise person realizes that others may see things differently.

 

[Mr. 'H']

lol

Yes, HJ, I believe you are not a espouser of the rackish angle yourself, and prefer the Fed. Agent look.

 

[Hemingway Jones]

lol

Yes, HJ, I believe you are not a espouser of the rackish angle yourself, and prefer the Fed. Agent look.

Hi H!

I try it sometimes, I do. I find that I need a hat a little smaller than my normal size to pull it off at all. Hats just seem to sit level on my head; level headed fellow that I am.

 

[jamespowers]

I try it sometimes, I do. I find that I need a hat a little smaller than my normal size to pull it off at all. Hats just seem to sit level on my head; level headed fellow that I am.

lol lol lol lol lol lol lol What a hat pun.

Regards,

J

 

[Maj.Nick Danger]

Clothes make the man?

I think there is a lot of truth in that old saying. Traditionally, some one dressed in an overall slovenly fashion was perhaps considered to be a morally, mentally, and socially slovenly person.
Maybe the overall slovenly appearance of so many people nowadays is a direct cause of the fashion industry attempting to lower everyone's self esteem? [huh]

 

[gpwpat]

The "Rakish Angle":

http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?t=8150&highlight=tilted+hat

Is the intent of the gentleman in the photo to look stylish? or to keep the sun out of his eyes. It seems he is keeping it out of his eyes. I have been known to posture my hat like this to keep the sun out of my eyes. but don't purposly wear my hat at that angle to look "cool". However wearing it at that angle doesn't really bother me.

That much. lol But it would look better with a slight angle not one so extreme.

Damn. my meds havn't taken affect yet. I am still developing opinions.

 

[jamespowers]

Is the intent of the gentleman in the photo to look stylish? or to keep the sun out of his eyes. It seems he is keeping it out of his eyes. I have been known to posture my hat like this to keep the sun out of my eyes. but don't purposly wear my hat at that angle to look "cool". However wearing it at that angle doesn't really bother me.

That much. lol But it would look better with a slight angle not one so extreme.

Damn. my meds havn't taken affect yet. I am still developing opinions.

When you wear a hat every day, you find that it ends up that way just through activity. Round a corner too fast and brush the doorway--instant tilt. Brush past a low lying something or other and tilt it goes again. I am on the other end. I can't understand how you can manage to keep it straight on your head. My hat always ends up tilted to the left. [huh] I must make a lot of right turns around here.

Regards,

J

 

[Mr. 'H']

That gentleman was being stylish, not being practical (by tilting it against the sun all day long).

I'll bet you a dollar that not one of his friends wore theirs fedoras dead level - it was a sortorial faux-pas. Remember, the fedora (being a more casual hat than a homburg or a top hat) was meant to be cocked to show a care free element to an otherwise symetrical suit.

Douglas Fairbanks:

Even the MILITARY did it:

 

[Mr. 'H']

Hi H!

Hi HJ!

Good to hear from ya buddy!

 

[Mr. 'H']

I'm a tilter:

O, to tilt or not to tilt.... That is the option....

lol

 

[Amelie]

I think the one thing I can't stand is boys trying hard to walk and not lose the jeans they are wearing soooo low they tend to fall on the floor

oh god I can't stad those ones. Sweatpants are nothing compare to that