# Are fedoras dorky? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 12, 2013, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-fedoras-dorky/671037 "2013-10-12T00:30:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-fedoras-dorky/671037/61 "2013-10-13T03:33:12Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > No. But he WANTS TO BE one. No, he doesn’t. He thinks he looks like a 40s detective. He’s definitely not going for the hipster look. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-fedoras-dorky/671037/62 "2013-10-13T05:33:41Z")
> [@monstro](#): > > I have a coworker, a guy who’s in his 30s or early 40s, who wears a fedora. > > He looks fine in his. I too have a co-worker who affects a fedora. He isn’t very tall nor very big around, and although the hat is the right size, it just overpowers him. It reminds me of some cartoon character I saw (Warner Bros. maybe?) of a small gangster guy in a great tall fedora. If it was a cowboy hat he would be “all hat, no cattle.” I don’t know the equivalent for a fedora. Unfortunately I have a narrow face (rather like Mr Spock in that photo linked earlier) and hats with wide brims make me look like I’m about to fly. I wear a suede driving cap when I need to keep my head warm, and a porkpie to shade my head when I’m gardening in the sun, or in Hawaii. Roddy ---
**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-fedoras-dorky/671037/63 "2013-10-13T12:54:50Z")
I’m confused… are those relatively small, often plaid, fedora style hats that are popular these days actually considered fedora’s? ---
**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:** [October 13, 2013, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-fedoras-dorky/671037/64 "2013-10-13T13:24:47Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > … It reminds me of some cartoon character I saw (Warner Bros. maybe?) of a small gangster guy in a great tall fedora. … [Rocky from Bugs Bunny.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPhw1Ldp0fg) ---
**Author:** ![CLee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f19dbf/32.png) [@CLee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CLee)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-fedoras-dorky/671037/65 "2013-10-13T13:37:50Z")
> [@GovernmentMan](#): > > But the majority of those fedoras shaming pictures are of neckbeards and nerds, not hipsters. And if you image-search the terms hipster + fedora, how many hits do you get? Now try with neckbeard + fedora. Bonus question: how many fedoras do you own? ---
**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:** [October 13, 2013, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-fedoras-dorky/671037/66 "2013-10-13T13:53:43Z")
There are very few photos of me just being me, but i like my hats. > **[Log into Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3365933219985&set=t.100001650938114&type=3&theater)** > > Log into Facebook to start sharing and connecting with your friends, family, and people you know. > **[Log into Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=406989069366121&set=t.100001650938114&type=3&theater)** > > Log into Facebook to start sharing and connecting with your friends, family, and people you know. > **[Log into Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=576492905749069&set=a.154952324569798.37863.100001650938114&type=1&theater)** > > Log into Facebook to start sharing and connecting with your friends, family, and people you know. ---
**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:** [October 13, 2013, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-fedoras-dorky/671037/67 "2013-10-13T13:57:47Z")
> [@What\_the](#): > > I’m confused… are those relatively small, often plaid, fedora style hats that are popular these days actually considered fedora’s? No. Those are the aforementioned trilbys. Nothing wrong with them, but they are a different style of hat with different appropriate times and places to wear. ---
**Author:** ![CLee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f19dbf/32.png) [@CLee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CLee)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-fedoras-dorky/671037/68 "2013-10-13T14:02:45Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > There are very few photos of me just being me, but i like my hats. > > [Redirecting...](https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3365933219985&set=t.100001650938114&type=3&theater) > > [Redirecting...](https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=406989069366121&set=t.100001650938114&type=3&theater) > > [Redirecting...](https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=576492905749069&set=a.154952324569798.37863.100001650938114&type=1&theater) Those all suit you very well. Some people just have the right face for hats. ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-fedoras-dorky/671037/69 "2013-10-13T14:08:44Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > There are very few photos of me just being me, but i like my hats. > > [Redirecting...](https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3365933219985&set=t.100001650938114&type=3&theater) > > [Redirecting...](https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=406989069366121&set=t.100001650938114&type=3&theater) > > [Redirecting...](https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=576492905749069&set=a.154952324569798.37863.100001650938114&type=1&theater) That settles it… They’re dorky (just kidding… don’t whip me Indy) ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-fedoras-dorky/671037/70 "2013-10-13T14:09:21Z")
[quote=“DrFidelius, post:66, topic:671037”] There are very few photos of me just being me, but i like my hats. That hat looks perfect for you. The first fedora style hat I bought was a few years ago and one of these bargain out lets for $6.95 I just wanted to keep the sun off my head. I took a liking to them, yesterday I bought a vintage Italian one off of e ebay for $30.00 can’t wait for it to arrive. ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-fedoras-dorky/671037/71 "2013-10-13T20:06:11Z")
> [@CLee](#): > > Those all suit you very well. Some people just have the right face for hats. While that’s true, with men it’s often a case of finding one suitable for you. Brim size (wide or narrow), brim direction (upturned or down), height of the hat, band. And they work with different clothes as well. Most people just plop one on, which does them - and the art of hat wearing - no favors. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-fedoras-dorky/671037.md?page=3)