Where do you see fedoras worn the most?

[Worf]

I work in the State Capital in Albany, NY. There's only 3 to 4 guys that wear fedoras on a regular basis. I don't count Hassidim who wear them for religious reasons (though some might argue we're not much different). A lot of downstate heavy hitters roll through town though, particularly around budget time like now, you seem some good hats here then. I don't wear mine at all in the Winter. The wind HOWLS up here. I chased my custom CRM grey Fedora for a whole block, that cured me of it. If it's windy the hat stays in the office. In the spring and summer, out they come... although I must admit it's almost April and there hasn't been a single HINT of Spring anywhere to be found. Single digits last night. I wear lined newsboys and wool watch caps. I also recently picked up shearling lined Fudds, one in black and one in brown.

Worf

 

[Huertecilla]

The wind HOWLS up here. I chased my custom CRM grey Fedora for a whole block, that cured me of it. If it's windy the hat stays in the office.

Nothing new so they thought of something for that a lóng time ago;

 

[Worf]

^^^^^ Only one hat I own... a modded Campdraft from Casehopper has this little doohickey. I'm not knowledgeable enough to add this device to my other hats... so... Better safe than sorry and there's no hat experts to add em for me either.

Worf

 

[Huertecilla]

^^^^^ Only one hat I own... a modded Campdraft from Casehopper has this little doohickey. I'm not knowledgeable enough to add this device to my other hats... so... Better safe than sorry and there's no hat experts to add em for me either.

Worf

I found more answers than I had questions in http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?27690-Installing-Wind-Cords

 

[Latoso]

I would have thought a Lounger in Chicago would have chimed in to say
fedoras are worn in the Windy City.

Sorry it took me so long to chime in hatflick1. Hats in general, from fedoras to trilbys and homburgs are not an uncommon sight in Chicago. Especially downtown and on the south side. It's funny when I hear other loungers talk about getting Indiana Jones comments, because it's never happened to me in Chicago. But depending on the hat, I will get the occasional Capone/mobster or Blues Brothers (Jake or Elwood) comment. I even have on security guard where I work say Hey Chicago everytime he sees me in a hat. But my guess those comments are more unique to Chicago than anywhere else.

 

[skydog757]

Although still not common, I tend to see fedoras worn to courthouses. We have several lawyers and a judge that wear them regularly.

 

[tuco1963]

i have seen more and more of them since i started wearing mine in new castle indiana.
its like i told a guy at work fedoras are makeing a comeback and me and jonny depp are leading the way :eusa_doh::eusa_clap

 

[Joe Rotax]

They are not unusual where I live; mostly the small brim ones but I don't pay attention to them much as they are a relatively common sight.

 

[LoveMyHats2]

Most men will comment on either myself or Daniel wearing a fedora, wanting to know where the hat can be purchased?

Coming and going to the VA Hospital, Fedora hats are more spotted than any place else (around our neck of the woods).

 

[J.B.]

Where do you see fedoras worn the most?...LA phenomenon...?

At Santa Anita & Del Mar Race Tracks... :llama:

 

[gear-guy]

Very few fedoras here, but my wife gets far more comments on her hats than I do on mine. I wear mine to church and will receive nice remarks but there is a 4 year old boy who always has a fedora on and everyone goes crazy. He deserves it he really looks good in it.

 

[Brian Niebuhr]

Today I stopped in Frank Fritz( from American Pickers) antique shop in Savannah IL and I had to contain my drool. There was a man browsing the shop wearing the best looking fedora I've ever seen in person. It was a lighter mid brown 1940's style mid ribbon. The felt looked just amazing! Brim was maybe 2 3/4", raw edge with a great up curl in the back and nicely down in the front(not a snap brim just curled). Looked to be a perfectly sloppy diamond. It had that nicely relaxed look. I should have complimented him and tried to find out more about the hat. Dang it! I hardley ever see a nice fedora around here.

 

[countryclubjoe]

Today I stopped in Frank Fritz( from American Pickers) antique shop in Savannah IL and I had to contain my drool. There was a man browsing the shop wearing the best looking fedora I've ever seen in person. It was a lighter mid brown 1940's style mid ribbon. The felt looked just amazing! Brim was maybe 2 3/4", raw edge with a great up curl in the back and nicely down in the front(not a snap brim just curled). Looked to be a perfectly sloppy diamond. It had that nicely relaxed look. I should have complimented him and tried to find out more about the hat. Dang it! I hardley ever see a nice fedora around here.

Sounds to me you were Hat Struck.. LOL

 

[countryclubjoe]

The younger casino crowd is starting to sport the cheaper stingy modern brims.. I receive many compliments on my GE fedora's from the same crowd..

Regards.

 

[PHIL1959]

This weekend I saw several people wear hats, but apart from myself and one other chap I saw, they were cheap tacky trilby's!

 

[KingAndrew]

Here in Shanghai, I see lots of men wearing hats of fedora shape. Of course, lots of them are cloth trilbies. But there are quite a few felt hats. Also popular are black leather stingy models that make me think of Run-DMC.

People here spend a lot of time walking on the street, and it gets pretty cold in the winter and sunny in the summer, so nearly everyone sports some kind of headgear. Berets are very popular with both genders, whether traditional wool or knit. These are often in bright colors. Women often wear large brimmed felt hats as well as fedoras in fashion colors. A popular women's style here that I've never seen in the US features a curled-up brim and rounded crown like a derby, but with two animal-style ears protruding from the top. This is fashionable in both felt and straw. Summer straw hats for women have big, swoopy brims and elaborate ribbons and bows. As soon as it gets warm, there will be pushcarts selling these hats on many streetcorners downtown.

Men's winter hats lean heavily on trilby/fedora styles, but flat caps, berets, and fur hats are also very popular, as is the fake-fur lined winter hat of the People's Liberation Army (green with a red star on the forehead and earflaps that tie under the chin). I have even seen some young men sporting derbies once in a while. Summer sees a wide range of straws, many marked with the name "Ronaldino" in large letters. Brims come from stingy to very wide.

One curious thing I've noticed is that many people wear their hats backwards, with the pinch in back. Another odd tendency is to push the hat down until the crease pops out, creating a sloppy sort of open crown. This not only happens on the heads of commuters, but on mannequin's heads in shop windows. I once fixed such a hat, recreasing it into shape, only to see the sales clerk jerk it back down on the dummy's head as I left the store.

I see the occasional very nice hat on some man, and I get a lot of compliments on mine. There is only one real men's hat store in town, although nearly every fashion shop sells cheap hats, as do the aforementioned street vendors.

 

[Young fogey]

The only men in my city who dress like me are older black gentlemen who kept their hats from the '60s and wear them on Sundays.

I think the cheap-hat fad among kids is over.

 

[Brother cavefish]

On this forum, they dont wear them much where I live, the docks of So Cal

 

[Huertecilla]

Went for a cup of coffee at the village square with my guest the hat lady and she was amazed. 3 stingy brimmed felt fedoras, 2 straw ditto Panamas and 4 generic Panamas with less than two dozen males about.
´All middle aged and older though...´ upon which two teenage boys on atb bikes with promotion Trilbies zipped past...