# Any men who wear hats? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 9, 2012, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-men-who-wear-hats/640456 "2012-11-09T05:26:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-men-who-wear-hats/640456/1 "2012-11-09T05:26:37Z")
Not baseball caps and not just stocking caps, but real hats. Be it a fedora or a bowler or a pork pie … Last winter I started to wear a bowler hat if I was wearing either my well worn old leather jacket or my dress coat and also have a foldable ascot cap. Amazingly warm things, much more than a stocking cap. Any other men who wear hats? Of those who do what are your favorite styles? ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-men-who-wear-hats/640456/2 "2012-11-09T05:45:03Z")
I’m a [hat guy](http://www.nouilles.info/sdpix/19867.html). I’m most drawn to the [larger](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Hatt.jpg/220px-Hatt.jpg)-[fedora](http://www.thinkgeek.com/images/products/frontsquare/indiana_jones_hat.jpg)-to-[smaller](http://www.hatcountry.com/images/352981-RETRO_medium.jpg)-[cowboy](http://www.rankopedia.com/CandidatePix/105189.gif)-hat styles. I enjoy wearing hats and love the protection from sun, rain, or cold, but I sure wish restaurants made it easier to put them somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![StuffLikeThatThere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc8723/32.png) [@StuffLikeThatThere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StuffLikeThatThere)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-men-who-wear-hats/640456/3 "2012-11-09T05:56:38Z")
My dad always wore a faux fur envoy hat in the winter. My most-oft-remembered visual memory of my father includes the hat, but I’ve rarely seen one on anyone else, ever. A few years ago I saw an older man in the grocery store wearing one and actually teared up a little. In a nice way. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-men-who-wear-hats/640456/4 "2012-11-09T06:04:37Z")
Armed Forces personnel. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-men-who-wear-hats/640456/5 "2012-11-09T06:09:36Z")
I wear a hat. A fedora type. Sometimes I’ll have a straw version for summer. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-men-who-wear-hats/640456/6 "2012-11-09T06:28:05Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > Armed Forces personnel. Marines call it a cover. ---
**Author:** ![GameHat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ed655f/32.png) [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-men-who-wear-hats/640456/7 "2012-11-09T06:40:26Z")
I wear [ivy caps](http://www.hats.com/c/2165/Ivy-Caps-and-Newsboys.aspx) pretty regularly. Does that count? ---
**Author:** ![gracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@gracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gracer)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-men-who-wear-hats/640456/8 "2012-11-09T07:04:30Z")
My friends often declare “hat day”: all the guys have to wear hats out. This presents an interesting problem for my friend Maarten, because he becomes a cougar magnet. It’s really odd, but when he wears a hat older women in leggings start chatting him up. They usually wear fedoras, but also sometimes bowler hats. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-men-who-wear-hats/640456/9 "2012-11-09T07:21:06Z")
I wear a [pork pie](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=608128) on occasion. Those I’m in contact with on Facebook or Google+ can attest to this. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-men-who-wear-hats/640456/10 "2012-11-09T08:35:15Z")
I wear hats, but practical clothing choices (not just for hats) for men are dwindling in the UK due to cultural association with specific movie characters - if you wear a Fedora, you’re _trying to look like Indiana Jones_. If you wear a long leather coat, _you must think you’re Neo or something_. If you wear a long leather coat _and_ a Fedora, _Oh, look - here comes Van Helsing!_ It doesn’t matter if you chose the thing for some practical reason, or just because you like it. You’re automatically perceived as trying to make a statement of some kind. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-men-who-wear-hats/640456/11 "2012-11-09T10:56:00Z")
I always wear a hat outside for sun protection. not a stylish dress hat though. ---
**Author:** ![manila](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@manila](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manila)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-men-who-wear-hats/640456/12 "2012-11-09T11:05:22Z")
Yup! The squashy. > **[Barmah Hats Australia](https://www.barmahhats.com.au/)** > > Australian Leather Hats. Australian Owned and Operated since 1994. Barmah Hats are ideal for all outdoor activities, work and play. Keeps the sun off in summer and keeps my shaved empty head warm in winter. I would like to wear a pork pie but at my age hats need to be utilitarian and not for style ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-men-who-wear-hats/640456/13 "2012-11-09T11:12:25Z")
I own and wear a nice soft gray fedora, an olive/ tan Stetson Mallory fedora, several wool flat caps, a panama hat for summer, a few canvas bucket hats and boonies for sailing, pith helmets, and a fez. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-men-who-wear-hats/640456/14 "2012-11-09T11:13:28Z")
I wear a panama hat when it’s nice. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-men-who-wear-hats/640456/15 "2012-11-09T12:08:39Z")
Mostly baseball caps, but I’ve started wearing a bowler. It goes good with my leather coat. I’m looking for a good wolf’s head cane to finish off the combo. BTW: The bowler is the actual hat that won the west, not the Stetson. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-men-who-wear-hats/640456/16 "2012-11-09T12:28:54Z")
I have a bunch of hats, some utilitarian, some for pizazz. My most recent acquisition was from [Cedric’s offerings.](http://whoced.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-men-who-wear-hats/640456/17 "2012-11-09T13:11:56Z")
So where do you buy hats in the real world? I’ve never owned a real hat so I want to try before I buy, but I’ve never seen real rimmed hats in a department store. Just straw hats and rimless drivers caps. I ask because I want to buy a real hat, because my current straw hat is falling apart, and looks bad with my long coat, and drivers caps don’t offer sun protection for the ears. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-men-who-wear-hats/640456/18 "2012-11-09T13:16:37Z")
I wear a [flat cap](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_cap) in cold or rainy weather. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-men-who-wear-hats/640456/19 "2012-11-09T13:17:37Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > So where do you buy hats in the real world? I’ve never owned a real hat so I want to try before I buy, but I’ve never seen real rimmed hats in a department store. Just straw hats and rimless drivers caps. > > I ask because I want to buy a real hat, because my current straw hat is falling apart, and looks bad with my long coat, and drivers caps don’t offer sun protection for the ears. [Chopper Read](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chopper_Read) fixed that by having his ears cut off. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-men-who-wear-hats/640456/20 "2012-11-09T13:50:08Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > So where do you buy hats in the real world? I’ve never owned a real hat so I want to try before I buy, but I’ve never seen real rimmed hats in a department store. Just straw hats and rimless drivers caps. > > I ask because I want to buy a real hat, because my current straw hat is falling apart, and looks bad with my long coat, and drivers caps don’t offer sun protection for the ears. I’ve bought mine at [Goorin Brothers](http://www.goorin.com/) (Chicago location.) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-men-who-wear-hats/640456.md?page=2)