We need a name for a hat style

[Aerol]

This past winter I saw many more men wearing hats on the streets of Chicago. However, for the most part they weren't fedoras. They were these outdoorsy LLBean/Orvis/Stetson Gun Club type hats. I'm sure you know what I'm talking about.

Well, what are they? Are they fedoras? Are they cowboy hats? Are they something else entirely?

What should we call them?

 

[Dreispitz]

How about:

contemporary transitional mainstream

or

modern ecleticism

or

The Lost Generation lol

 

[gtdean48]

You mean like the 3 Forks or Moose Creek hats by LLBean & Cabelas? Those are a fedora or even a trilby since the brims are about 2 1/2" and under.
Other hats they sell, I consider outback style, like the Stetson crushers.

 

[ortega76]

I heard someone describe them as "Indy-wannabes", which isn't strictly accurate but the spirit is there.

 

[OddSteve]

Hats like these are quite popular in Germany too, especially in fall and winter.
People wear them with suits as well as casual clothes, but almost exclusively black ones.

 

[rrog]

I was at Arby's getting a bite to eat yesterday and had my hat complimented by a guy wearing a hat of his own. He asked me what kind my was, so I told him it was a Stetson Fargo. When I asked what kind he was wearing, he took it off, flattened it and said it was a "crushable." He got it at Bass Pro. No mention of style or brand, just "crushable." So I dunno.

rrog

 

[gtdean48]

I have a couple from this collection
http://www.stetsonhat.com/collections.php?prod_id=36
and I have an older Stetson 3 Forks which is close to the LLBean Moose Creek except a slightly wider brim, also made by Stetson
http://www.cabelas.com/prod-1/0036548951128a.shtml

 

[Chuck Bobuck]

From the examples I've seen, I refer to that style as an Outback style fedora. It's like the hat John Popper of Blues Traveller used to wear. I think he helped sell a lot of hats that looked like that. How about a "Popper"?

Here he is eating a 'tin sandwich'

 

[RobFedoraField]

I go for "casual fedora's"

This past winter I saw many more men wearing hats on the streets of Chicago. However, for the most part they weren't fedoras. They were these outdoorsy LLBean/Orvis/Stetson Gun Club type hats. I'm sure you know what I'm talking about.

Well, what are they? Are they fedoras? Are they cowboy hats? Are they something else entirely?

What should we call them?

Let's be honest, to the average joe schmo on the street, fur is fur, straw is straw, the only thing that really differentiates a cowboy hat and a fedora is brim width and band treatment (even then, a lot of people will always call a full brim hat a cowboy hat)

a lot of people may hate me for this comment, but I kind of categorize a lot of hats in the "casual fedora" category. this includes the hats mentioned above as well as the "thin ribbons" generally anything I wouldn't wear with a suit (though I'm sure this comment will be challenged)

 

[Lefty]

I vote for referring to them as "down vest" hats. A guy who owns the type of hat in question just seems like the kind of guy who wears a down vest - which is neither here nor there.

 

[Neil]

So, Aerol

What's that hat in your avatar?
Snappy.

 

[Pilgrim]

I think of them as "Outdoorsman" hats. They're generally worn by those in a casual, outdoors setting.

 

[Mid-fogey]

Dunno...

...Boonie hats?

 

[AtomicEraTom]

I really want one of those Cabella's hats. But sadly, I'm a bit on the thrifty side. My grandpa wears one with a much larger brim when he's not sporting a fedora, so usually for lawn chores, etc. Around these parts, they're referred to as "Fred Bear Hats" Even though it doesn't really look like his famous lid to me.

 

[Michaelshane]

Fred Bear wore what would be called....a vintage fedora.

 

[HATCO]

We call them crossovers or outdoors hats

 

[RobFedoraField]

I really want one of those Cabella's hats. But sadly, I'm a bit on the thrifty side. My grandpa wears one with a much larger brim when he's not sporting a fedora, so usually for lawn chores, etc. Around these parts, they're referred to as "Fred Bear Hats" Even though it doesn't really look like his famous lid to me.

Fred Bear, is he of the bear branded bow and arrow fame?

 

[Akubra Man]

I refer to them as western or outback styled hats.

 

[rrog]

but I kind of categorize a lot of hats in the "casual fedora" category. this includes the hats mentioned above as well as the "thin ribbons" generally anything I wouldn't wear with a suit (though I'm sure this comment will be challenged)

I like the "casual fedora" moniker. But in this day of hip-hop abreviations (J-Lo, P-Diddy, etc.), how about just calling them the C-Fed?

lol

rrog

 

[Wolfwood]

Nah, C-Fed might get confused with Federations that have been bashed in a certain way. Better just call them casual 'Doras.