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Even when I'm drunk at horse races in Dublin, I still look good in a scally cap.

I think that is one of the few places such a hat is acceptable. Outside of selling newspapers in 1880's New York.

 

[EVOL 100%]

I think that is one of the few places such a hat is acceptable. Outside of selling newspapers in 1880's New York.

Huh, I see them everywhere. They look good enough.

And for the record, no, I don't wear them.

 

[kukouri]

It's not my responsibility to convince you, you can either take constructive criticism from a faceless person on the internet or not. The difference being that an anonymous person doesn't thrive on telling you what you want to hear, like a person in real life, simply for the sake of a positive experience. It's just sheer brutal honesty. I'm not out to crush your day or cut you down, just provide constructive criticism.

You're the face of a game developer, so I should expect that you're versed with taking constructive criticism.

Do what you want with it.

I did do with it what I wanted. I disregarded it. Also noted it, but disregarded. I disagree and made that known.

People are pretty serious over hats. I should have known this from TF2.

 

[Dastardly Jerks]

I did do with it what I wanted. I disregarded it. Also noted it, but disregarded. I disagree and made that known.

People are pretty serious over hats. I should have known this from TF2.

You can either disregard or disagree. If you disagree, you acknowledge the post, which is highly more mature way of approaching it. Or if you disregard it you ignore it entirely. Your last post made no insinuation of either, it was rhetorical argument.

Either way... You know you look stupid, you're cool with that, let's move on.

 

[LyleLanley]

I did do with it what I wanted. I disregarded it. Also noted it, but disregarded. I disagree and made that known.

People are pretty serious over hats. I should have known this from TF2.

You seem oddly serious about hats...

 

[BGBW]

Even when I was young I heard things like "take of your hat inside, you aren't Jew", so I imagine it somehow translated from antysemic prejustice from few centuries ago towards meaningless bad manners (in some parts of the world earlier than in other)

What? Did you just associate standard social etiquette with antisemitism.

If anything it's because a man wearing a hat in a Christian church in a big no-no.

 

[Cohsae]

What makes the Okcupid thing even better is that I have an account there... and in my main profile pic, I'm wearing a fedora. YES

Set it up a few months back... not actually searching out a relationship... 7 year marriage will be ending within the next month or two fuck relationships

You should have taken off the fedora.

 

[polyh3dron]

So I checked into a hotel today in Oakland... Guess there is some RPG/LARP convention going on called Big Bad Con.

Needless to say, nerds and fedoras on full display. In the flesh.

 

[MrCunningham]

This is what the hat looks like on men:

This is what the hat looks like on people who think masculinity can be found in a hat:

There's nothing wrong with people who have portlier faces wearing fedoras... but if you want to pull off the look and make it work. Make sure the fedora is one size larger than your head...

See how the look can work:

Terrible movie I know, but John Goodman and Dan Aykroyd pull it off well. Big head + tiny fedora makes you look like an idiot .

 

[jaxword]

You seem oddly serious about hats...

The male of the species enjoys having control and dominance. When this is taken away due to societal/economic/social pressures, the male reverts to dominating that which they CAN control, i.e. clothing, and will defend this with the ferocity usually reserved for territory or mates.

 

[siddx]

Headwear serves two purposes: 1. to keep your head warm when it is freezing outside. 2 to keep the sun off your face and out of your eyes.

Wearing anything on your head in any other situation is unacceptable and you should proceed immediately to a detention center where you will be stripped naked and set ablaze.

 

[kukouri]

I give the following to you for free.

There is more material here to work with than most of you will know what to do with.

 

[bomma_man]

I can't believe there isn't a word in the English language for that feeling when you feel embarrassed for someone on their behalf. Surely some clever language has a word we can co-opt?

 

[D.Lo]

Dammit, now I'll only be able to wear my bandanna with my suit.

Maybe pirate hats can make a comeback.

PS: Most posts in this thread and the article that inspired it are judgemental bullshit.

 

[Whitebison]

first post nails it.

 

[kukouri]

I can't believe there isn't a word in the English language for that feeling when you feel embarrassed for someone on their behalf. Surely some clever language has a word we can co-opt?

Igry. You're welcome.

 

[Cohsae]

I can't believe there isn't a word in the English language for that feeling when you feel embarrassed for someone on their behalf. Surely some clever language has a word we can co-opt?

Wahjah has been used historically.
As has douche chill.

 

[EVOL 100%]

I give the following to you for free.

There is more material here to work with than most of you will know what to do with.

That coat looks really bad on you, it looks like it's slipping off your shoulders. Might want to find one with a better fit.

The hat looks nice with the shirt though.

 

[encephalon]

The coat is worse than the hat. I blame the collar.

 

[54-46!]

The general consensus seem to be that unless you have a fashion sense in the first place.. avoid.

 

[kukouri]

That coat looks really bad on you, it looks like it's slipping off your shoulders. Might want to find one with a better fit.

The hat looks nice with the shirt though.

Second person I've heard that from. First being the one who took the photo.

I'm tall and skinny, well fitting coats are hard to find, but you aren't wrong.

It keeps snow and wind off, keeps rain away, is warm, moves well and aside from being slightly too large in some area, it fits surprisingly well.
Seeing as it is a coat from the 1970's and made of leather I'm pleased with it. Will give it some love down the line to try to get it to fit better to my build (if even possible, it's waxed leather, pretty sure it isn't the easiest stuff to work with, I dunno)

The non-perfect fit is complicated by my slouching a bit.

Have a wool jacket that has padded shoulders, so fit better, but it tends to suck up snow and rain and become heavy.

 

[Alucrid]

The general consensus seem to be that unless you have a fashion sense in the first place.. avoid.

in which case you still avoid

 

[way more]

I give the following to you for free.
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There is more material here to work with than most of you will know what to do with.

Inspector Gadget!

 

[bbagwell]

One word: Goorin Bros

If you are going to try the look, do it with something worth wearing.

 

[kukouri]

One word: Goorin Bros

If you are going to try the look, do it with something worth wearing.

Anything is worth wearing, if it feels right. Hats and shoes are two things I will never get online. They can look great all they want in a picture, how it fits on your head or feet is something else all together. Have to try on first.

 

[bro1]

I give the following to you for free.

There is more material here to work with than most of you will know what to do with.

The hate is the least of your concerns.

 

[soqquatto]

in this thread highly insecure people who don't have the balls to wear what they want bitch about people actually doing it.

 

[Switters]

This thread

 

[Gallbaro]

This thread

How the hell does that exist!

 

[Chuckie]

I can't believe there isn't a word in the English language for that feeling when you feel embarrassed for someone on their behalf. Surely some clever language has a word we can co-opt?

You can have the Dutch: 'Plaatsvervangende schaamte'.

Schaamte = shame/embarrassment
Plaatsvervangend = replacing or 'acting' (as in after the president died, his brother became acting president_

 

[kottila]

Norwegian finance minister presenting the new budget in a hat.

 

[Omegasquash]

in this thread highly insecure people who don't have the balls to wear what they want bitch about people actually doing it.

Anyone can wear what they want, and they're welcome to do so. My opinion on whether they look good or not is solely my own. I don't think it's a question of insecurity...I think it's a question of opinion.

Edit: @above...Before reading the words, my first thought was "Jerry Sanduski wears fedoras."

 

[sohois]

I can't believe there isn't a word in the English language for that feeling when you feel embarrassed for someone on their behalf. Surely some clever language has a word we can co-opt?

Erm, isn't that just pity?

 

[Rikkun]

But I thought it was only to travel through doors.. I was gonna buy one two weeks ago (to never wear it)

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

This thread

Haha

I agree with the general sentiment that it's a tough look to pull off. If it's not fitted right, or you don't have the appropriate wardrobe, it's definitely the kind of clothing item that can make you look worse, kind of like Yoga pants on girls.

 

[Continuity]

I consider a well groomed head of hair to be more attractive than a silly hat

 

[hbkajshdvfbkjhvgkahsgdfka]

I give the following to you for free.

There is more material here to work with than most of you will know what to do with.

I want to favourite this post but NeoGAF doesn't have a favourite system so I'll just bookmark it. screencap it and set it as my wallpaper.

 

[Mully]

Someone needs to bring back the bandanna over the head. Every kid wore one when we'd play soccer. I wasn't cool enough to wear one.

 

[MidnightRider]

They should only be worn with suits.

 

[out0v0rder]

It's never been about indoors/outdoors but actually about an implicit public/private distinction, as well as a sign of respect [the latter surviving from medieval times, with tipping one's hat the supposed descendant of raising the visor on one's helmet].

Break out old etiquette books and they say it is appropriate to wear hats [meaning dressy hats like fedoras, bowlers, etc] in hallways, lobbies, malls, grocery stores, etc. that are indoors. It is not ok to wear one inside someone's home or inside someone's office, or inside a cinema or theatre where you are implicitly a guest. [There are places that are mixed public private- like restaurants-where the code was shakier and more arbitrary- the rule was hat off in booths or tables, on at the lunch counter.]

It's also supposed to be removed as a sign of respect: for God [e.g. in church], country [flag], and women.

Broadly speaking, I still use that code [though I only remove it for elderly women who would be offended otherwise and/or are pleased by old school, though arguably sexist, manners.] Since the public/private distinctions understood in previous generations are not necessarily the same we have, I've instead found that a seated or standing rule seems to largely take care of it with less thought. [That is to say, off when visiting a friend's house, in church, in a presentation, in a movie, or in a restaurant; on most other places].


Also- cross posted from another thread. As noted by some of the previous posters, the real problem with people wearing "fedoras" now is that they aren't fedoras, but tacky, fragile junk trilbies sold at a mall cart and worn inappropriately/without the rest of the outfit.

A proper fedora not only looks good, but is incredibly functional- I use it and an old trench coat instead of carrying an umbrella, and they last forever if you buy a quality hat [that required some cute animal to die for it, as before], instead of some wool crap.

http://hatsdirect.com/federation/index.html

I bought three of these four years ago. One has almost never worn, one worn a few times, and one worn almost every day: not only to work with coats and ties, but out in the rain in lieu of an umbrella, when it's snowing to the point of an inch building up on the brim, and even out walking in the desert a couple times. Took it all like a champ and is in the same condition as the other two--even after all that I can still wear it with my suits and sport coats, as they really ought to be worn.

thanks for this post, good info

 

[fabricated backlash]

I would love to wear hats, but with my watermelon/head I'd need a bathtub sized one. I can't even wear my brothers Viking Helmet for crying out loud because it's too small in circumference. I'm perfectly fine with wearing bandanas from time to time though.

Still, I know lots of people who pull off Fedoras, but all of them are confident of themselves without it too, so people who expect that any piece of clothing will increase their masculine/feminine look is dead wrong. Dress for what you are, and live it, instead of thinking that clothes make people.

 

[Interfectum]

Can you instagram the pic to see if it makes an improvement?

6-7 photoshop filters later...

 

[border]

"Hahaha -- all those guys look like such douchebags in those fedoras! I'm the one that can really pull it off though!"

Cognitive dissonance is hilarious.

 

[Mike M]

"Hahaha -- all those guys look like such douchebags in those fedoras! I'm the one that can really pull it off though!"

Cognitive dissonance is hilarious.

Hey, I know better than to throw stones in glass houses and such.

 

[ohhthegore]

Sorry to bump this thread but I just dropped my bro in law at USC for a League of Legends tournament and let's just say I saw a lot of people with fedoras

 

[JohnDoe]

That coat looks really bad on you, it looks like it's slipping off your shoulders. Might want to find one with a better fit.

Either that or work out

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

I checked back into the "fedoras of okc" tumblr.

Worth it.

 

[Dabookerman]

So, if one has long hair, Fedoras are a no no, correct?

I hate trilbys

 

[demon]

I checked back into the "fedoras of okc" tumblr.

Worth it.

Wow. Both are bad but at least the first guy is consistent in his tackiness. That second one, the fedora comes out of no where at all, it just doesn't belong. Like a cocktail umbrella on a turd.

 

[cacophony]

Fedoras are a no no, correct?

yes