Men: Why Don't You Wear A Hat?

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  1. ~Zen~

    ~Zen~ California Tripper Administrator

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    Why did men stop wearing hats?

    You see old pictures, everyone wore a hat.

    What was with that?

    When I moved to Holland I marveled at all the Dutch bravely going about in the rains with no hat, no umbrella, just bravery.

    If you did wear a hat, what style would you prefer?
     
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    ~Zen~ California Tripper Administrator

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    I prefer a Panama or Ecuadorian hat:

    A Panama hat, also known as an Ecuadorian hat, a jipijapa hat, or a toquilla straw hat, is a traditional brimmed straw hat of Ecuadorian origin. Traditionally, hats were made from the plaited leaves of the Carludovica palmata plant, known locally as the toquilla palm or jipijapa palm,[1] although it is a palm-like plant rather than a true palm.

    Ecuadorian hats are light-colored, lightweight, and breathable, and often worn as accessories to summer-weight suits, such as those made of linen or silk. The tightness, the finesse of the weave, and the time spent in weaving a complete hat out of the toquilla straw characterize its quality. Beginning around the turn of the twentieth century, these hats became popular as tropical and seaside accessories owing to their ease of wear and breathability.[citation needed]

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    Hat stand in Montecristi, Ecuador.
    The art of weaving the traditional Ecuadorian toquilla hat was added to the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists on 5 December 2012.[2]

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  5. Toecutter

    Toecutter Senior Member

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    My grandfather wore a hat similar to the one below when he would take my grandmother out in public,

    Fashion trends have a way of returning, my hat is a baseball style sporting a Green Bay Packers logo.

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  7. MartNorth

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    Grew up always wearing a hat cuz it was dads rule, after I got outta the military I burned ever hat I could except stocking caps in the winter. Now I have to wear a baseball cap to keep the sun or bright light outta my eyes. Much prefer my hair blowing in the wind.
     
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    I wear one of these...

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    Mine is cooler, though...
     
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    If the flies & mosquitos don't mellow the fk out soon this monsoon season it's going to be one of these real soon...
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    Though with the prospect of working outdoors for a living installing wrought iron in my future I'm going to have to pick something brimmed in the near future.

    EDIT (Offtopic): It would be an interesting thing to see if perhaps a dynamic image size editing feature could be enabled for posts, aka "grab & drag" like when you resize a window on the desktop by clicking the corner and "adjusting the hypotenuse"?
     
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    I started wearing hats outside, skin cancer from years of sailing.

    Baseball caps only seem to be good for driving or playing poker.

    I need a wide brim all around for shade from this tropical sun.
     
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    I can see that. Nice hat!
     
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    I have had one of these!

    In Montana when hiking around Glacier Lake it was very much needed. The mosquitoes were the biggest I ever saw, and swarmed like a cloud in front of you.

    I remember coming across some crying teenage girls hiking without these, and had no insect repellent. They were miserable and bitten to pieces. We had some deet to share, and made sure they got back to the campsite.
     
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  19. Totally Yoda

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    I used to wear a hat. But now it annoys me whenever I wear one.
     
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    As you can see from my avatar photo I wear a Trilby. (a) it keeps the sun out of my eyes, (b) it protects the top of my head from the sun where my hair has worn very thin, (c) It shelters my head from getting wet in the rain/snow, (d) It keeps my head warm in the cold weather. When its really cold I have a couple of Ushanka Russian fur hats to wear - like this:

     
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  23. Piobaire

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    In cooler months, usually a flat cap.
    Sometimes a glengarry (occupational hazard), a broad-brimmed hat (out in the sun); a watch cap (winter hiking), a Panama (tropical sun/rain), a fedora (rain), or baseball cap (hooded rain gear). Rains a lot here; don't like rain on my glasses.
    Hard to find a proper hat in a S,M,L,XL world when you wear a 7 7/8-63cm.
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    I wear one like that in the winter taking care of the driveways, I call it my Rocky J Squirrel hat, incredibly warm
     
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    Both of mine have the emblem of the former Soviet Union with the Hammer and Sickle cap badge !!!
     
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    No emblems on mine, rabbit fur liner, with black and red checkers on the outside
     
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  31. Vladimir Illich

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    The 'real' fur one I have is made of Otter fur.
     
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  33. wooleeheron

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    Hats are a great disguise, and allow me to walk down the street, without people screaming.
     
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  35. Toecutter

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    A friend just sent me this, :)
    How the world's oldest hat shop survived lockdown


    Established in 1676, Lock & Co in St James's, central London, is considered to be the oldest hat shop in the world.

    Throughout the centuries, the business has survived numerous recessions and two world wars, but how has it coped during the pandemic?
     
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  37. Piobaire

    Piobaire Village Idiot

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    Best hat I ever wore.

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  39. AstroShark

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    Hats give me a headache.
    If I do wear one it's as loose as I can get it :)
     
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