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as much as i love indiana jones i hate being called indy whenever i wear my fedora i know that feeling
Try having some fools humming the theme when you pass by---morons!
as much as i love indiana jones i hate being called indy whenever i wear my fedora i know that feeling
I probably wouldn't mind being called indy if I went out wearing a brown fedora and a brown leather jacket, or even if I had a brown fedora and some kind of tan adventurer shirt and khakis on or something, but sometimes you really wonder if these people have ever even SEEN indiana jones, as their only knowledge of him seems to be that he wore some kind of hat...
Try having some fools humming the theme when you pass by---morons!
Like I said, if you are just wearing a hat you are Indy. I suppose I can live with that better than gangster. That is a really good idea to call someone a gangster who might just be. Death Wish much?
Some here might find it offensive, but someone nicknamed me cowboy (and "The Man With No Name") while I was wearing a Stetson Open Road (modern), Levi's, desert boots, and a railroad stripe work shirt. I identify quite a bit with the cowboy image even if I may be a city slicker (or an "Urban Cowboy?"), so I'll accept it as a badge of honor. Even when I was a little kid, I dressed sort of western looking; tan felt cowboy hat (it used to have feathers around the crown), jeans, and at one point cowboy boots. I stopped dressing this way regularly around age 11, but I never left my interest in things western behind.
Anyway, my fedoras don't actually give me cowboy comments that much, although my Indy styled Akubra Fed IV did a little. My light grey and black ribbon Stetson usually gives off more of a noir detective or gangster vibe based off of some comments I've heard about it, but mostly just sharp hat. Almost all remarks are positive, people seem to think hats are cool if they've got anything to say at all.
I think you hit on the one I could best live with. The Man with no Name. I like it.
Were you wearing a serape?
I've had it before, but never again after that. This is what happens when something falls into obscurity, such as felt hats. Many people will associate it with some part of the prevailing popular culture; Indiana Jones in this case. That's not to say that Indiana Jones films aren't great, though!
As a big fan of crime/noir films, I think I can handle "gangster" with less embarrassment than "Indy." To say that my interest in hats isn't in part influenced by gangster style is basically a lie. Real gangsters were awful people, sure, but movie gangsters looked cool.
No serape or poncho, just the same stuff I posted in "What Hat/What Are You Wearing Today" threads; suede boots, jeans, and a railroad stripe blue shirt. Getting close to the look, come to think of it.
In reality, gangsters looked like everyone else though. When you were doing something illegal, you wanted to look like everyone else and blend in. Legitimate businessman etc. Only big time hoods like Capone were flashy and had enough juice to live like that with nearly all of the constabulary forces bought off.
I think you are owning that look. No "business associates" named Tuco?
As a matter in fact, I wonder if an actual gangster/criminal were to dress in a suit and hat today, they would look even less suspicious than just wearing a baggy t-shirt and jeans/shorts, and a flat-billed baseball cap. Maybe more attention might be drawn to them in public eyes, but they might look less obviously threatening?
Indiana Jones!?:eeek::eusa_doh:
Fortunately the young woman neutralized that comment. Did you get a phone number?
Out shopping yesterday, just buying groceries. It was a bit sunny so I wore my Panama. Two kids were scootering past. They looked like a brother and sister, about 5 years old. The girl stops and she says: "Cool hat, man!" and then scooters off.
Awwww
As a matter in fact, I wonder if an actual gangster/criminal were to dress in a suit and hat today, they would look even less suspicious than just wearing a baggy t-shirt and jeans/shorts, and a flat-billed baseball cap. Maybe more attention might be drawn to them in public eyes, but they might look less obviously threatening?
While at the Getty Center, someone in an elevator told me my pale grey Stetson St. Regis (mine is a fedora now, not a homburg) was a nice hat. I just said thanks with a bit of a smile.
I got a chuckle out of a young stock clerk at Home Depot Saturday.
I had asked him for the location of an item...and he replied ...Hey, that's a real hat isn't it? Where did you get it? lol
I got a chuckle out of a young stock clerk at Home Depot Saturday.
I had asked him for the location of an item...and he replied ...Hey, that's a real hat isn't it? Where did you get it? lol