I think men used to wear hats a little further back on their head than we do now when we try to dress like our grandfathers. For instance, on the TV show Foyle's War, Foyle wears his hat to far forward, at least in my opinion, for what it's worth. If you look at old photos of soldiers, particularly British and German, they all seem to be wearing their caps rather low and far back on the head, or at least that's my impression. When I was in the army, I could never get a baseball cap that felt like it fit just right.
I've never had the nerve or the cash to buy a fine hat, such as a Stetson and I just don't think I could pull it off. I even feel self-conscious in a baseball cap, in spite of having worn them for three years in the army. But I happily wear a whole bunch of cotton bush hats, mostly all old and heavily stained. I should get one in a conservative dark blue to wear with suits.
One scene in a movie serial, The Fighting Marines, from the mid-1930s, there is a scene in which a man gets in the back seat of a touring car which had the top up but no side curtains. I was very impressed by the way he took his hat, holding it by the brim with both hands front and back, and jammed it down on his head. Then the car drove away in a cloud of dust.
There are some nice photos here of real people wearing hats and there was something I couldn't quite put my finger on compared with the ones that were so beautifully and perfectly correctly worn in the old movies. Then I realized that it was simply that they were all nicely focused and in color. The color just ruins that highly desirable period look.
I've never had the nerve or the cash to buy a fine hat, such as a Stetson and I just don't think I could pull it off. I even feel self-conscious in a baseball cap, in spite of having worn them for three years in the army. But I happily wear a whole bunch of cotton bush hats, mostly all old and heavily stained. I should get one in a conservative dark blue to wear with suits.
One scene in a movie serial, The Fighting Marines, from the mid-1930s, there is a scene in which a man gets in the back seat of a touring car which had the top up but no side curtains. I was very impressed by the way he took his hat, holding it by the brim with both hands front and back, and jammed it down on his head. Then the car drove away in a cloud of dust.
There are some nice photos here of real people wearing hats and there was something I couldn't quite put my finger on compared with the ones that were so beautifully and perfectly correctly worn in the old movies. Then I realized that it was simply that they were all nicely focused and in color. The color just ruins that highly desirable period look.