DR Ulloa wrote:I was having this conversation with my wife just last night. she doesn't like the wide brimmed hats but she knows I like em so she doesn't bother me about it. I asked her if she though my hats were as silly as those guys decked out completely in some sports clubs clothing. I pointed out a guy dressed entirely in blue and orange with the Florida Gators stapled everywhere from his ball cap to track pants. Even his sneakers were blue and orange. How come someone can look like a complete fool like this and no one bothers them, yet you dress nicely, topping it off with a hat, and you are suddenly a sideshow act? I don't get it and frankly don't care.
Dave
I actually was having the conversation too. My gf and I decided to go to walmart around 9 p.m. She threw a coat on over her pjs. I put on slacks, a button up flannel, a wool vest and a sports coat and my hat. She kinda laughed and shook her head. Thus I started talking to her about how I refuse to give into "Walmart Mentality" that I can go to Walmart and be as rude to people and inconsiderate and also dress in clothes that were never meant to be worn in public. If I'm going out, I'm going to look to what I feel is presentable.
It's just like how I take my hat off indoors, and always, always open the car door for my gf. I also always stand on the side of traffic when we walk anywhere.
She loves it, and mostly understands it. Calls me her "old man"
gwyddion wrote:
Well, in these times a guy under 50 wearing a wide brimmed fedora is a bit of an anachronism I'm afraid. It's the majority of people in their teens/early twenties that dictate what's fasionable nowadays and I don't know about you, but I was quite foolish at that age
Cowboy remarks.... A clear sign that people don't know their hats any more after 4 decades of not wearing them
Not a big surprise really. I used to get irked every time I heard one. After a while I realized that people were so out of tune with hats that it has simply become quite understandable to confuse one wide brimmed hat for another.
Regards, Geert
lol, when I was young I wanted to wear a fedora.......so I guess I can't say anything. Even before Indy I loved fedoras, watching old Bogart movies, etc. Then after Indy, it was over all I wanted was THAT hat.