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Do you wear your hat or does it wear you?
Posted: Fri Jan 03, 2014 11:49 am
by fedoralover
I ran across this quite a while ago and maybe some have seen it already. I got quite a kick out of it, but it makes a point. Many people think they don't look right wearing a fedora. That could be because they let it wear them. This short video shows the difference.
fedoralover
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Re: Do you wear your hat or does it wear you?
Posted: Fri Jan 03, 2014 12:26 pm
by Indiana Jeff
Love it! Though I will say I wear nearly all my fedoras straight on - no tilts at all.
With one exception. I worked with David Garrison on a black Bogey style fedora.
My main concern was black hats can too easily move into the range of costumey gangster hats. David understood my concerns.
The hat arrived and I absolutely loved it.
On the hat stand.
On my head, well....something was off.
Part of it was getting it a bit broken in and the brim the way I wanted it.
The other was...something else.
I put it on one day with a tilt toward my left ear and that was it.
It needed a little tilt to bring out it's true character.
Regards,
Indiana Jeff
Re: Do you wear your hat or does it wear you?
Posted: Fri Jan 03, 2014 12:33 pm
by fedoralover
Indiana Jeff wrote:
I put it on one day with a tilt toward my left ear and that was it.
It needed a little tilt to bring out it's true character.
Regards,
Indiana Jeff
Most fedora's really do look better with a bit of a tilt. Interesting you mention your black fedora. Here's one of me in a black fedora with a tilt.
fedoralover
Re: Do you wear your hat or does it wear you?
Posted: Fri Jan 03, 2014 1:38 pm
by Ken
The guy in the video cheated!! His hat looks good on him at all angles.
Re: Do you wear your hat or does it wear you?
Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2014 2:38 pm
by Michaelson
Honestly, I don't think about my fedoras one way or the other. I wear them for head protection year round, so they take on an attitude of their own.
If you do that in mind....using your hat as a tool.... then you're wearing your hat, not vice versa.
Regard! Michaelson
Re: Do you wear your hat or does it wear you?
Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2014 11:01 pm
by WConly
Michaelson wrote:Honestly, I don't think about my fedoras one way or the other. I wear them for head protection year round, so they take on an attitude of their own.
If you do that in mind....using your hat as a tool.... then you're wearing your hat, not vice versa.
Regard! Michaelson
Amen! Doesn't matter if it's a fedora or what kind of hat/cap, etc. If 'it' is truly yours -- it will work! If not, then the 'hat' is wearing you! I've never had this problem. Of coarse I grew up wearing hats, so I guess I need to understand that not all people process hats the same way I do
! Just my two cents. W>
Re: Do you wear your hat or does it wear you?
Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2014 11:49 pm
by Michaelson
