So? Is it a sin...

[tonyb]

I wear all my hats in the rain, kept nice and dry under a brolly.

Yeah, that'll work, too. But so few of us carry umbrellas these days. (Mine is in the car. I think.) And then there's the question of what to do with the thing when it's not open. Or even when it is, if you are carrying anything requiring two hands.
It is often said (apochryphally, perhaps?) that out here on the western side of the Cascade Range, in what is sometimes called the Pacific Northwest Maritime Region, where the weather tends toward the cool and damp, umbrellas don't sell particularly well. (But -- get this -- sun screen does. Or so they say.) Instead of umbrellas, people in general, and men in particular, often wear water-repellent outer garments, such as Gore-Tex jackets. You see 'em worn over "decent" (as in sport coat and tie, if not a suit) clothes, which, to my eye, looks less than sharp. Yeah, it keeps the wearer dry, but so would a garbage bag with three holes cut in it.

 

[carouselvic]

Sin

When I see a thread about sins, I do not expect to read about hats. *yawn* A little nudity... something....

If it makes you feel any better I had Cinemax after dark on will I typed! I don't think I saw anything I hadn't seen before. Time for bed.

 

[Edward]

Yeah, that'll work, too. But so few of us carry umbrellas these days. (Mine is in the car. I think.) And then there's the question of what to do with the thing when it's not open. Or even when it is, if you are carrying anything requiring two hands.

That, dear boy, is why a gentleman carries an umbrella with a curved handle - it can be hooked over an outstretched arm, leaving the hand free to carry something else.

Have to admit, I haven't carried an umbrella for years. Gonig to university in Belfast (where it rains a lot from September through to about August every year), typically by the time i got wet enough I'd be bothered with a brolly, it'd also be too windy to wield one easily. That's what got me into hats, funnily enough. I no longer have an umbrella myself - I did have a nice modern golf umbrella Dad gave me, but an ex-girlfriend lost it at the theatre (not that I'm the suspicious type, but in retrospect she never did like it...). Just recently though, I've taken the notion for something traditional for those occasions when it would be appropriate - in particular, when one is escorting a lady and expecting rain. I'd love a top quality umbrella a la Gene Kelly's, though I find myself disinclined to spend what would buy a very nice hat on an umbrella. Illogical, of course - though rooted in the notion that I am unlikely to lose the hat, whereas an umbrella I could easily leave on the train and therefore don't want to invest too much in!

It is often said (apochryphally, perhaps?) that out here on the western side of the Cascade Range, in what is sometimes called the Pacific Northwest Maritime Region, where the weather tends toward the cool and damp, umbrellas don't sell particularly well. (But -- get this -- sun screen does. Or so they say.) Instead of umbrellas, people in general, and men in particular, often wear water-repellent outer garments, such as Gore-Tex jackets. You see 'em worn over "decent" (as in sport coat and tie, if not a suit) clothes, which, to my eye, looks less than sharp. Yeah, it keeps the wearer dry, but so would a garbage bag with three holes cut in it.

Right with you there. At a push, and for very wet days, there is one of those Drizabone things that isn't too far away from a trenchcoat, but most of them are garments that to my eye look terribly out of place over a suit. I suppose it's partly a fashion thing, trenchcoats not being particularly in these days and therefore not so widely available. I'd rather a good Burberry myself, though outside of used that would never be an option for me, not at GBP800 or so new. The best coat I personally have ever owned for rain wear is my leather trench, which I suspect is horse.

 

[ShortClara]

If it makes you feel any better I had Cinemax after dark on will I typed! I don't think I saw anything I hadn't seen before. Time for bed.

Yes, that does help - thank you. I don't have anything against hats. I love a good lid! But I was fooled into entering the thread by my own bad thoughts. Bad Clara!

I think wearing one in the rain is romantic. I think being in the rain and looking glamorous is always romantic.

 

[carter]

Oh, please wear it in the rain and snow and sleet and scorching heat.Hats look their best when used.

I wore a wide-brimmed black hat of inderterminate pedigree along with an Army field jacket or a Navy peacoat throughout my 1st four years of college. Wind, rain, sleet, hail it didn't matter. My head stayed warm and dry.
Consider your health and dress appropriately, the rest will follow in due course.

 

[PA Dancer]

There's a rather extended discussion of this issue in another thread, if you feel like searching for it.

dean

Found it...
http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?t=2663

(I have too much time on my hands today...)

 

[Fast]

Hats and rain

Bera: "Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded."

Fast: "I won't wear that felt hat in the rain. It's too good."

Fur felt hats are supposed to be able to protect one's head in severe weather. Fur felt is supposed to repel water, at least to some extent. Long ago I had a wool felt hat, and could not wear it when I needed to wear a hat. It was a bad hat.

I sometimes have nightmares about cowboys racing across the stormy plains, hats bent in the wind, brollies held high.

Fast

 

[jamespowers]

There's a rather extended discussion of this issue in another thread, if you feel like searching for it.

dean

You mean this one?
http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?t=11106&highlight=Hats+poll

I think you can tell what I think.

Regards,

J