# Fashion question **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 17, 2000, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fashion-question/33458 "2000-09-17T03:39:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2000, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fashion-question/33458/21 "2000-09-20T03:14:06Z")
When I was in Texas (against my will šŸ™‚ ) I noticed that most men, by far, wore hats. But not one restaraunt had a hat check girl. Hmmm. Peace, mangeorge ---
**Author:** ![Aglarond](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@Aglarond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aglarond)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2000, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fashion-question/33458/22 "2000-09-20T12:40:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mangeorge \* > \*\*When I was in Texas (against my will šŸ™‚ ) I noticed that most men, by far, wore hats. But not one restaraunt had a hat check girl. Hmmm. > Peace, > mangeorge \*\* Hats or caps? Iā€™m in Texas and see very few hats. Itā€™s not uncommon to see a lot of men in a restaurant wearing caps, though. I consider it rude, but itā€™s apparently acceptable. ---
**Author:** ![tevya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@tevya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tevya)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2000, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fashion-question/33458/23 "2000-09-20T14:07:56Z")
[yet another hijack] I know it is rude to wear a hat indoors (although a surprising number of people donā€™t realize this). However, I donā€™t know _why_ this is rude. It is one of those points of etiquette that I know but do not understand.[/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2000, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fashion-question/33458/24 "2000-09-20T14:16:26Z")
* * * [T]he people who wear them donā€™t care what you think anyway. In fact, thatā€™s why they wear them. * * * Well hello, Yogi! ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2000, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fashion-question/33458/25 "2000-09-20T16:43:25Z")
The big concert hall at my Alma Mater, built around the turn of the last century, had these cool wire things built on the underside of the seats that would hold your topper while you listened to the music. What I miss are those hats-that-you-were-SUPPOSED-to-wear-indoors, back during the end of the Victorian age and through the Edwardian one. Iā€™d like to get a skullcap (not a yarmulke, a skullcap) or possibly a Fez, to wear while I lounge about in my dressing gown, reading the _Evening Transcript_ and smoking Turkish cigarettes. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2000, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fashion-question/33458/26 "2000-09-20T17:10:33Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by Aglarond \* \*\* > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mangeorge \* > Hats or caps? Iā€™m in Texas and see very few hats. Itā€™s not uncommon to see a lot of men in a restaurant wearing caps, though. I consider it rude, but itā€™s apparently acceptable. \*\* Heā€™s probably talking about cowboy hats. Outside of the big cities, Iā€™d say heā€™s right. ---
**Author:** ![Aglarond](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@Aglarond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aglarond)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2000, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fashion-question/33458/27 "2000-09-20T20:35:53Z")
Aaahhh. Forgot about cowboy hats. Since I moved away from Ft. Worth, I donā€™t see very many. Very abundant around the stock yards. ---
**Author:** ![Suo\_Na](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@Suo\_Na](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suo_Na)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2000, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fashion-question/33458/28 "2000-09-20T22:06:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ukulele Ike \* > \*\* Iā€™d like to get a skullcap (not a yarmulke, a skullcap) or possibly a Fez, to wear while I lounge about in my dressing gown, reading the _Evening Transcript_ and smoking Turkish cigarettes. \*\* Iā€™ve got a skullcap, itā€™s red and yellow and black, so it wouldnā€™t go well with a smoking jacket (at least not any Iā€™ve seen). I wear it all the time and you wouldnā€™t believe the number of morons who say, ā€œI didnā€™t know you were Jewish!ā€ ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2000, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fashion-question/33458/29 "2000-09-21T02:08:01Z")
**LazarusLong42** wrote: > [@](#): > > I disagree; I think itā€™d still be rude, just as wearing a hat in church (except a yarmulke in synagogue) is considered rude. Since I started wearing hats years ago, Iā€™ve been trying observe the conventions set down in an age long ago, that have become more or less obsolete since hats have waned in popularity, but Iā€™ve come to realize that nobody really cares much. I still take my hat off when Iā€™m not going anywhere anytime soon, but I do it out of a self-imposed notion of propriety, not one that society cares about anymore. **tevya** wrote: > [@](#): > > [yet another hijack]I know it is rude to wear a hat indoors (although a surprising number of people donā€™t realize this). However, I donā€™t know why this is rude. It is one of those points of etiquette that I know but do not understand.[/hijack] Iā€™ve been told that it suggests youā€™re going somewhere, instead of intending to stick around for a while. But that would presuppose that you wouldnā€™t wear the hat indoors in the first place. So I donā€™t know. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2000, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fashion-question/33458/30 "2000-09-21T23:28:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Aglarond \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by mangeorge \* > > \*\*When I was in Texas (against my will šŸ™‚ ) I noticed that most men, by far, wore hats. But not one restaraunt had a hat check girl. Hmmm. > > Peace, > > mangeorge \*\* > > Hats or caps? Iā€™m in Texas and see very few hats. Itā€™s not uncommon to see a lot of men in a restaurant wearing caps, though. I consider it rude, but itā€™s apparently acceptable. \*\* I was in Arlington, near Dallas. Cowbow hats and pickups, esp. the Dodge pickup/Mac truck. Peace, mangeorge ---
**Author:** ![Gunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gunslinger)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2000, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fashion-question/33458/31 "2000-09-22T02:55:22Z")
[How do I look in a hat?](http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=135174&a=8598327) ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2000, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fashion-question/33458/32 "2000-09-22T03:40:39Z")
I really wish hats and gloves would come back into style. I LOVE vintage clothing, and the hats women used to wear-the big straw picture hats and the Merry Widowsā€¦_sigh_ ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2000, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fashion-question/33458/33 "2000-09-22T04:40:07Z")
Terry, The Hat Lady. [http://www.thehatlady.com/](http://www.thehatlady.com/) Enjoy. Love the audio. šŸ˜ƒ Peace, mangeorge (Sadistic putz. :putz: ) ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2000, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fashion-question/33458/34 "2000-09-22T04:42:31Z")
Terry, The Hat Lady. [http://www.thehatlady.com/](http://www.thehatlady.com/) Enjoy. Love the audio. šŸ˜ƒ Peace, mangeorge (Sadistic putz.) ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mr\_Elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Elbows)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2000, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fashion-question/33458/35 "2000-09-22T06:23:49Z")
I think you missed the point of the bad looking hats thing. The whole idea is for a new ā€˜youngerā€™ generation of people willing to go to any ridiculous lengths to seperate themselves from, well, your generation. In a culture that worships youth they gotta keep coming up with things that oldsters wonā€™t co opt to look younger. This explains the return of bellbottoms and platform shoes. Hey, Iā€™m as hip as the next person but I wonā€™t go back there. Been there, done that, still destoying the photos. This also goes a long way to explaining body piercing, you just wonā€™t see 40 yr olds mimicing this fashion. Kids today, theyā€™re pretty smart I say. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2000, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fashion-question/33458/36 "2000-09-23T01:08:57Z")
Actually, bell bottoms, or flairs can be very well, flattering. They make my hips look smaller! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fashion-question/33458.md?page=1)