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In my opinion, style went out of the window when men stopped wearing hats.
It went to absolute schit when Crocs were invented (though they are still far from socially acceptable). I think Birkenstocks was the start of the downfall then came crocs and now we Have "men" wearing skinny jeans
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The scary thing is that there is an entire forum dedicated to hats. Although, why not, I guess....
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In my opinion, style went out of the window when men stopped wearing hats.
It went to absolute schit when Crocs were invented (though they are still far from socially acceptable). I think Birkenstocks was the start of the downfall then came crocs and now we Have "men" wearing skinny jeans Bet them aint real men Ribka.   Gunner
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What happened to fedoras? ![[Linked Image]](https://3.bp.blogspot.com/--p4s5MDulnM/UJ-PwQUzYJI/AAAAAAAAAEM/hN-HCtwh-tk/s1600/justin_tim.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://www.rockefellernews.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Fashion-Trend-Spring-Summer-2011-Trilby-and-Fedora-Hat-1.jpg) Douchebags happened to fedoras. Apparently lots of hats qualify under the umbrella name fedora. But I wouldn't classify those as actual fedoras any more than this is a real cowboy hat. ![[Linked Image]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41tq77n0TiL._SL500_SS500_.jpg) This is a fedora. ![[Linked Image]](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Pk9uWXTeruY/Tf_3so61BJI/AAAAAAAABZ4/i0ZCxc6uUFA/s1600/Last+Man+Standing+2.jpg) This is a fedora. ![[Linked Image]](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vj2e1m7Hlgw/TLlJqj0mGoI/AAAAAAAAtJ0/_OMltT34aLQ/s400/SMTMM+Perfect+Clark.jpg) This is a girl named Dora, but not a fedora.  ![[Linked Image]](https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_vi9bz_fbuU/TzVEUgTSwDI/AAAAAAAAYhE/WZoSYzmHPTE/s1600/Pictures-hot-girls-wallpapers-sexy-hd-photos-hot-girls-wallpaper-3.jpg)
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I concede the technicality. But the douchebags remain as such. Dora is nice.
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I think Tom Landry was the last gentleman to wear a fedora. Bear Bryant sported one too.
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Hellsfire....LEO in most cities don't wear a cover anymore! Afraid they'll mess up their hair!!
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In the winter I wear a Filson wool packer hat. Not a fedora, but close enough for me. I get quite a few compliments on it.
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True about JFK, but my Paternal Grandfather, being bald, wore a hat until about ten years ago. It was his 80th birthday, and after "Saving Private Ryan" came out. Along about that time, it became ok for WWII veterans to talk about their experiences. My aunt bought him a WWII veteran Baseball cap and he began wearing it. Still does. Just celebrated his 92nd birthday this year.
A baseball cap will never be as class as a hat, but when you have reached the age of 92, been through Kasserine Pass, Algeria, Tunisia, Rome and all other points in the Medeterranian during WWII, you get to wear whatever kind of headgear you darn well please.
Your grandfather certainly has earned the right to wear whatever he pleases, and you deserve recognition for knowing the difference between a cap and a hat. (I have never seen a baseball hat, and I hope never to see one.)
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Wasn't trying to argue against your post and hope mine did not come across that way. But to my mind a fedora is a dress hat meant to be worn with a suit. It will have a moderately wide brim and be made out of wool or felt with a wide band, a squared off crown and two deep creases in front where it is grabbed to be taken on or off. The color usually matches the color of the suit being worn. My grandfather was a farmer in North Carolina and his daily wear was a sweat stained straw hat. But his church clothes consisted of a suit and a fedora. He died in the mid 1960's but I always remember him in a nice gray suit and matching gray fedora. The douchebags seem to be wearing more of a porkpie style, which I believe is a lower class subspecies of fedora characterized by a slightly lower crown and much narrower brim and is not nearly as snazzy as a fedora. ![[Linked Image]](https://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JbcW7ewATGo/S9ttyPfkyNI/AAAAAAAACQU/QIes2hPO9pk/s1600/hackman+popeye.jpg) Funny this post came up since I was thinking about hats earlier today after posting the pic of Bruce Willis in a Handgun thread. Everything old is new again and it seems like a real fedora, not a pimped out version and God forbid not a porkpie, would make a stylish addition to a real dress suit.
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Only lesbians wear fedoras now, I think. Might be on to something. ![[Linked Image]](http://www.chubstergang.com/img/gangpics/unskinny.jpg)
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I have two flat caps and one fedora. I wear them around a good amount. Style never fades.
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My Dad always wore a Fedora. Now that I'm approaching his expiration date I've been trying to find a decent one. No luck so far. Lots of places that say they sell Fedoras but few of them really are and so far haven't found one with that old Fedora look.
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It became the ball cap. Stunning how many cannot live without.
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Ball caps were given away as an advertising tool.
Why buy a high dollar fedora when you've got a shelf full of caps to wear, get dirty and throw away?
I know, it has to do with class which doesn't seem to have any meaning to the youngsters.
Never saw anyone wearing their fedora backwards!
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The baseball cap has resulted in a plague of skin cancer on farmers necks & ears.
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Fred Bear wore a Borsalino hat with a turkey feather in it. I always thought it looked really good.
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fedoras went the way of women's one piece shapewear with garters,cone shaped bra cups various other items that used to be worn by what was the "fairer" sex.Hidden away in closets and chests gone from current style and fashion.When men started to down dress to increased jeans and casual wear use the dress hat went to.The fedora was allways a stand up take notice type of hat, it gave the wearer an aura of someone to respect.Probably a liberal plot to take that away and put it back on Lesbo's.Just my 2cts worth. Magnum Man
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