# Best hat for fat balding man? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 1, 2011, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-hat-for-fat-balding-man/591059 "2011-08-01T16:16:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-hat-for-fat-balding-man/591059/1 "2011-08-01T16:16:38Z")
Pretty self-explanatory. Need suggestions for a decent hat for sun/rain protection that doesn’t look ridiculous on a fat guy. Imagine Drew Carey before he lost weight or the computer programmer Nedry from _Jurassic Park_. Let’s also assume baseball caps/trucker hats are out. Those are too dumb to consider. Should go with jeans, boots and a button-up long sleeved work shirt. Maybe panama hats, boonie hats or Aussie slouch hats…? I’m not a hat wearer so not sure what would look decent on a fat guy past 30. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-hat-for-fat-balding-man/591059/2 "2011-08-01T16:30:01Z")
I’m a fat balding guy, and when I don’t think a ballcap would work for whatever I’m doing, I really enjoy wearing my [newsboy hat](http://www.google.com/search?q=newsboy+hat&sourceid=ie7&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&ie=&oe=#q=newsboy+hat&hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&prmd=ivns&source=univ&tbm=shop&tbo=u&sa=X&ei=Q9Q2Tu6fMYyztweunbz1DA&ved=0CGIQrQQ&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=456189861fc5277e&biw=911&bih=493). Looks pretty good and is flattering on a bigger guy. ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-hat-for-fat-balding-man/591059/3 "2011-08-01T16:33:12Z")
I’m a fat guy in my 30s, and I wear either a cowboy hat or a bush hat. Opinion does seem divided on whether it looks ridiculous though… My advice is to find a hat you’re comfortable wearing, and if people think it looks stupid, it’s their problem. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-hat-for-fat-balding-man/591059/4 "2011-08-01T16:35:36Z")
Fedora. ---
**Author:** ![FatBaldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@FatBaldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FatBaldGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-hat-for-fat-balding-man/591059/5 "2011-08-01T16:59:53Z")
Did I hear someone paging me? Sorry, but I’m not usually a hat person. If I’m going to be out in the sun a lot doing yard work or recreation, I usually wear a baseball cap. Anything else looks stupid on me. ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-hat-for-fat-balding-man/591059/6 "2011-08-01T17:20:15Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > Fedora. Never tried one, but can’t imagine it would make me look like anything other than a fat, white wannabe pimp. I find most hats uncomfortable, and I don’t like baseball caps because I need some ear/neck protection. My once-luxurious hair is now thin enough that I get a sunburned scalp after just a short time. I love the Crocodile Dundee bush hats, and the straw hat Sam Neill wore in _Jurassic Park_. I don’t look like Sam Neill, though. I look like a fat Zach Galifianakis. ---
**Author:** ![Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfluous_Parentheses)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-hat-for-fat-balding-man/591059/7 "2011-08-01T18:55:44Z")
I’m not _that_ fat, but I’ve got a fat head 🙂 I tried a few hats and whole bunch of caps at my local quality hat shop, and on me [his type of Stetson “newsboy” cap](http://www.villagehatshop.com/stetson-gilchrist-8-4-newsboy-cap.html) looks just about the best. ---
**Author:** ![Al\_Bundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@Al\_Bundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al_Bundy)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-hat-for-fat-balding-man/591059/8 "2011-08-01T18:58:28Z")
Why not get some of Ron’s spray on hair and avoid the hat altogether? ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-hat-for-fat-balding-man/591059/9 "2011-08-01T19:02:30Z")
Pork pie hat! Propeller beanie! Seriously, I think everyone looks good in a fedora EXCEPT for young, slim, too cool for school hipster types. Everyone else looks awesome in them. ---
**Author:** ![Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfluous_Parentheses)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-hat-for-fat-balding-man/591059/10 "2011-08-01T19:06:53Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > Seriously, I think everyone looks good in a fedora EXCEPT for young, slim, too cool for school hipster types. Everyone else looks awesome in them. I don’t know. I do own a fedora, but I’m sort of ambivalent about the way it looks. It seems to require a kind of attitude that I’m not always up to. The cap I linked above is more low-key and works pretty much all the time. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-hat-for-fat-balding-man/591059/11 "2011-08-01T19:09:00Z")
> [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](#): > > I don’t know. I do own a fedora, but I’m sort of ambivalent about the way it looks. It seems to require a kind of attitude that I’m not always up to. The cap I linked above is more low-key and works pretty much all the time. **holds you down and forces a fedora on your head as you struggle** ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-hat-for-fat-balding-man/591059/12 "2011-08-01T19:18:05Z")
> [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](#): > > I don’t know. I do own a fedora, but I’m sort of ambivalent about the way it looks. It seems to require a kind of attitude that I’m not always up to. The cap I linked above is more low-key and works pretty much all the time. Don’t worry about being up to the attitude, dude. When you put on the fedora, the attitude comes with the hat. People look at a man in a fedora, and they see a man with the attitude. Trust me, it’s true. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-hat-for-fat-balding-man/591059/13 "2011-08-01T19:20:02Z")
I have no idea what my hat is called. It’s straw and has a wide brim, and has a piece of cloth around it with golf stuff on it. It goes well with my beach bum image and keeps my head from burning. ---
**Author:** ![cuberdon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/45deac/32.png) [@cuberdon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuberdon)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-hat-for-fat-balding-man/591059/14 "2011-08-01T20:10:59Z")
“Fat balding man past 30” pretty much sums up my SO’s physical appearance, and he wears his Tilley hat every day. I think his model is the T7MO. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-hat-for-fat-balding-man/591059/15 "2011-08-01T20:16:01Z")
Propeller beanie. Failing that, newsboy caps and [flat caps](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_cap) work really well. ---
**Author:** ![Clark\_Cello](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@Clark\_Cello](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clark_Cello)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-hat-for-fat-balding-man/591059/16 "2011-08-01T20:32:54Z")
Mortar board. Protects from the sun and makes you look smart. ---
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-hat-for-fat-balding-man/591059/17 "2011-08-01T20:47:03Z")
My chunky monkey looks great in this: [http://www.hatsinthebelfry.com/product/wool-felt-safari-indiana-jones-indy-IJ551.html](http://www.hatsinthebelfry.com/product/wool-felt-safari-indiana-jones-indy-IJ551.html) Hats in the Belfry rocks. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-hat-for-fat-balding-man/591059/18 "2011-08-01T20:54:54Z")
[Chef’s hat](http://partywiththis.com/images/P/chef-hat.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-hat-for-fat-balding-man/591059/19 "2011-08-01T21:46:57Z")
If you aren’t a hat person now, IMO you never will be. Rock the bald spot and fuck anyone who has a rude comment to make. ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-hat-for-fat-balding-man/591059/20 "2011-08-01T22:08:38Z")
> [@rachelellogram](#): > > If you aren’t a hat person now, IMO you never will be. Rock the bald spot and fuck anyone who has a rude comment to make. even one step further, how imposing/intimidating/cool can you look if you shave your head completely and skin tight? Not there yet myself, but getting there, celebrate the baldness!! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-hat-for-fat-balding-man/591059.md?page=2)