Why fedora-wearing IS coming back in style

[Doctor Strange]

I second the recommendation for Steinbeck's "Sea of Cortez" - a very entertaining read. And don't forget his charming sort-of-sequel to "Cannery Row" - "Sweet Thursday".

Hmm, I gotta reread some Steinbeck one of these days!

 

[Hemingway Jones]

Arguing? Are you kidding? I enjoy reading your points, and I always learn from them! You make me examine my opinions, and that's a very good thing. Cheers! :cheers1:

Thank you, sir. The feeling is mutual. I hold you and your opinions in high esteem.

We should all be able to disagree without being disagreeable.

 

[Tony in Tarzana]

It seems like society took a turn for the worse when men quit wearing hats. Maybe it's turning around.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

We should all be able to disagree without being disagreeable.

Yes. Or at least try not to be insufferable.

Imagine how boring it would be if folks always agreed with each other; we'd never be encouraged to question ourselves. It may just be true that "The unexamined life is not worth living."


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[Marc Chevalier]

It seems like society took a turn for the worse when men quit wearing hats.

I wouldn't be so quick to equate fedora-wearing with better societies. The age of the Borgias was a hat-wearing one. In Nazi Germany, practically all men, including Hitler, wore fedoras. (Hitler was especially fond of wearing brown fedoras with grey suits.) And in the former Soviet Union, leaders as recent as Gorbachev wore fedoras in public.

 

[qwerty]

I personaly do not want a fedora to become something you have to wear in order to look respectable. I just want enough people to wear fedoras so it wouldn't look weird being seen on the street wearing one.
If ten percent of people would wear a fedora I would call it a succes.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

I think you'll be able to shout "success!" in about 5 years, maybe 10.

 

[Mr_Misanthropy]

I hope it's sooner than that, Marc! I've noticed more celebrities wearing hats, and i'm seeing more and more fedora clad models in GQ. Designers have talked about using fedoras as props for model shoots, then their models wanting to take them home, so, several are producing their own lines now. A couple that come to mind are Kris van Assche and Stacy Adams. The whole Stacy Adams line has a very retro vintage feel to it, just more colorful. And the shoes are classic.

-Jeremiah

 

[gimmesomeshelte]

Upside to hole in ozone

All-

I was in a local hat shop a few weeks ago and the owner reported that many of her clients were ordered by their doctor to go buy a hat. Why? Skin cancer. A fair number of her clients are missing the tops of their ears, and one has a big divot on the top of his head (she never knew the scalp had that much meat to it.) Now that I think about it, my boss just had three pre-cancerous lesions removed from his face.

Paul

"Yes honey, I just bought another hat. You don't want the doctor to saw off my nose, do you?"

 

[Baron Kurtz]

I can't see it. I imagine a new type of hat coming into style. Neither a fedora, nor a baseball cap.

The problem with fedoras is that they would look really dumb with the type of branding that would be necessary to sell them to the current clientelle.

Simply by wearing a baseball cap, one associates oneself with a particular tribe. Because of this, the tribe can sell you more cr*p to go along with the cap. The marketing (and brand-consciousness) aspect of modern fashion cannot be denied. Any new fashion in hats would have to incorporate this - our society will not allow it to be any other way ...

bk

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Branding could be incorporated into the hatband .. though I sincerely hope that it won't be.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Would that be ...

... visible enough? The beauty of the baseball cap (from a tribal point of view) is that the branding is right there, directly above the eyes when someone is walking towards you, and right on the back of the head when walking away from you. Unmissable.

bk

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Would that be ... visible enough?

If it's a wide hatband, then yes.

 

[Mr_Misanthropy]

Nah, it's possible... haven't you guys seen this one at Foot Locker?

:coffee:

-Jeremiah

 

[Marc Chevalier]

:rage:

 

[Mr_Misanthropy]

Uh oh...

:eusa_doh:

 

[gekisai29]

perish forbid that someone in nike even sees that

 

[Mr_Misanthropy]

perish forbid that someone in nike even sees that

I'd be drawn and quartered for sure...

Looks like I need a disguise... :cool2:

 

[Hemingway Jones]

...Unmissable.bk

Excellent Neologism!

 

[maintcoder]

I'd be drawn and quartered for sure...

Looks like I need a disguise... :cool2:

Yep... put on a hat and some glasses and no one will recognize you (unless it is 'that' hat!) What, don't believe me? It worked for Superman, didn't it?