"The Rock 'n' Roll Hat You Need Right Now" by GQ

[ConsiderMeMilesDavis]

http://www.gq.com/story/rock-n-roll...0&spJobID=980092044&spReportId=OTgwMDkyMDQ0S0

Drugs, rock 'n roll, and thousand dollar reliced hats. Kids these days...

 

[Eliesti]

What's with all the holy (I.e. Ragged) hats? Where are Art, Gannon, Esther, Black Sheep, Alley Kat, Penman, etc. on that list? They are the ones who should be outfitting the stars.


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[belfastboy]

Wow, having money certainly does not confer having taste. What a load of hipster crap.

 

[HoosierDaddy]

Yikes! Looks like they were dragged out of a dumpster.

 

[tropicalbob]

I love the logic: the hat should be an extension of your style -- so buy one of these "lived-in, pre-distressed styles!" BTW, a friend gave me a BoH cd and I listened to it once, hoping for something interesting. Not a thing.

 

[tropicalbob]

It's pretty obvious that the author of the piece knows nothing about hats, other than what he's gathered in the last few days since he met the singer at a party. From what I remember of my days in Manhattan, many of the people who wrote such stuff were recent Ivy grads and trust-fund babies who did it for networking reasons. I was once offered a job at Andy Warhol's Interview magazine as an editor but found out that the job paid absolutely nothing: unfortunately, I had rent to pay and no trust fund.

 

[Bamaboots]

I remember when GQ used to be a men's magazine. Don't know what it is now. Bohemian and western are two words I've never considered putting together and the Black Bart $**t, he'd probably shoot their @$$. Not a hat presented suits his style.

 

[gtdean48]

Yikes! Looks like they were dragged out of a dumpster.

And to think of those I donated because they were too far gone to send to Art for the Vets....could've made a mint selling to musicians....

 

[RJR]

And to think of those I donated because they were too far gone to send to Art for the Vets....could've made a mint selling to musicians....

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Wannabe drugstore Cowboys have been buying rusticated cowboy hats for a long time. The demand by musicians, hipster & BOHO wannabes has apparently now moved it into the fedora market.

 

[Moviehats]

I always wondered why people liked the looks of my aged hats.

 

[moontheloon]

most of those hats are hideous ...

 

[Bob Roberts]

I hit the link and get 403 forbidden, so I cant access. From your posts though, it appears I'm not missing anything...

 

[Joao Encarnado]

I always wondered why people liked the looks of my aged hats.

I don't. That have that fake look.

 

[emigran]

Meh...
( sound coming from throat and nose together...)

 

[Bob Roberts]

Meh...
( sound coming from throat and nose together...)

Feh...
(sound coming from mouth and throat together...)

 

[pjt113]

The author of the article is obviously clueless....

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[LuvMyMan]

most of those hats are hideous ...

You can make a hat look just like any of those hats...easy to do. Let your neighbor's cat "pee" on the hat, drag the hat behind a vehicle driving down a dirt road, shoot the hat at least one time with your favorite shot gun, play William Tell and shoot it with an arrow, leave it outside in the sun for a week, and at least one rain storm. The let your worst neighbor try it on to get it back into shape, and sell it to anyone wanting that "tore up" look!

 

[KY Crusader]

These monstrosities remind of some of the student projects I would see when I was invited to critique art studios at the various universities where I taught (I was an art/architectural historian). The student would start off by explaining that he was trying to get that "edgy" feel by smearing urine/feces/rancid cod liver oil/etc. over strategic locations of the work, and/or by making it appear as something dredged up from the dump. Usually I would remain silent while the other critics gushed over the boldness of the statement; but if I was pressed by the student or fellow prof, I would just say that I had nothing productive to contribute to the conversation. Then I would go home and drink heavily to try to erase the images from my mind.

 

[addison]

If a grown man wears a wore out hat, it got that way on his head. Otherwise it's just posing.