# Hats (guys) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 1, 2005, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hats-guys/324355 "2005-10-01T17:49:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hats-guys/324355/41 "2005-10-04T16:34:53Z")
Beaver and rabbit fur hats can all be worn in the rain – you just have to dry them thoroughly afterward. I wear a straw hat in the summer and one of a variety of felt hats in the winter – I’ve got a fedora, a Stetson cowboy-style hat, a Borsalino wide-brimmed hat, etc. I’ve even got a Homburg, but I rarely wear it because I don’t think I can pull it off. Eventually, I’d like to get a Derby and a top hat. ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hats-guys/324355/42 "2005-10-04T19:25:00Z")
I own a dark brown campaign hat, complete with Boy Scouts insignia on the front, from time to time. With the rain cover on it, I can wear it outside during torrential downpours with a leather jacket on cooler days. It actually goes quite well with my leather jacket, not so well with any of my t-shirts sans jacket though. When I was in JROTC, I wore a blue flight cap with my Air Force uniform, and on numerous occasions, I tried to convince the other cadets that the cadet officers should wear aviators’ sunglasses and MacArthur-style commander’s caps. Apparantly they didn’t agree with me. ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hats-guys/324355/43 "2005-10-04T19:36:33Z")
I’ve got a black flat-top bowler (derby). I wear it when I feel like, for formal occations or not. I’ve also got a black, silk top hat, reserved for situations where tuxedos are mandatory. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hats-guys/324355/44 "2005-10-04T19:57:37Z")
I have a very nice fedora that I wear while camping. It has faded over the years and acquired a number of honorable scars. My Gods, have I really had that hat for 21 years? Other than that one, it’s baseball caps and the odd cowboy hat in rainy weather. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hats-guys/324355/45 "2005-10-04T20:37:59Z")
I was just thinking the other day that I’d like to get a hat other than a baseball cap. Not too dressy, but something distinct and different. I’ll have to give that to a lady friend of mine as a Christmas challenge. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hats-guys/324355/46 "2005-10-05T00:29:01Z")
> [@seosamh](#): > > In England, if a bloke wears a hat these days he’s considered to be a bit of a twat. A mate (from Australia) turned up at work a couple of years ago wearing a fedora and everyone laughed. “Twat” has certain gender associations…are you saying that a guy wearing a hat is considered womanish, or what? > [@](#): > > My dad always wore a trilby - he wouldn’t leave the house without it. Before he adopted the trilby, he always wore a flat cap; he was born in 1915. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hats-guys/324355/47 "2005-10-05T00:38:10Z")
> [@This Year's Model](#): > > I like fedoras. I have three. The only issue I have with hats is that at my age (late 40s), women seem to assume I’m wearing a hat to cover my baldness. I’ve surprised more than one when the hat came off. That’s funny. I’m the same age and mostly bald, and that’s the main reason I do want a hat when it’s cold. I like ‘traditional’ hats but rarely wear my fedora–as noted it’s usually not cold enough to do so. Also, I have a sneaking fear, reinforced by some of the comments in this thread, that wearing a hat will mark me as “the old guy”, or that people will otherwise be snickering. If I lived in a cold climate I’d really be in a quandary. ---
**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hats-guys/324355/48 "2005-10-05T19:40:36Z")
I have a suspicion that the guys who think of a real hat as an affectation or a mark of old age are the same guys who cringe at being called “Sir” and still think of themselves as little boys. I have several colleagues who wear real hats as protection against the elements, and they usually look quite nice in them. Sure, a hat will look like an affectation if you’re wearing it with baggy jeans and a football jersey. But they look great with real, grownup clothes. ---
**Author:** ![sleeepy2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@sleeepy2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleeepy2)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hats-guys/324355/49 "2005-10-05T20:38:43Z")
I’ve got my floppy boonie-style gardening hat and my ratty old wool ski cap I wear from November through March. Sadly, the pom-pom is long gone. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hats-guys/324355.md?page=2)