Living in California, I had thought that the trend of not wearing hats was just a California thing, but I understand it’s pretty much nationwide. So what do people do to keep their heads warm when it gets really cold, like, say, Chicago in February? The ubiquitous baseball cap might be OK with casual attire, but what do you wear with a business suit? If they ever set an episode of Sex And The City in the wintertime, would Big actually not wear any type of headgear to go with that Armani? Do people just bundle up more with sweaters and coats to compensate for the loss of heat through the head?
I wear a hat. I always wear hats, as a matter of fact – baseball caps in the summer to keep the sun out of my eyes, and a fleece hat in the winter to keep warm.
People do tend to wear hats in winter when they’re staying outside, but since most people are only out in the cold until the car heater kicks in, they don’t need it.
Personally, I think hats should make a comeback.
I don’t like hats – I’ve got a big head so getting hats that fit is more trouble than it’s worth. When I lived in Regina (very cold in the winter) I found that my hair was enough to keep me warm. That and a big collar on my jacket!
I just accept my nothingness before donning a hat in cold weather. The same method may also be used to solve a variety of other such sticky fashion conundrums.
I hate hats, but need a warm head. I usuasly wear a hooded sweat Jacket. Sometimes two. i like the layered llok as well and believe that multiple layers do keep one warmer than one big jacket. I usualy make my own by sewing a hooded swatjacket inside a Flannel. Better if it’s a hooded flannel.
Less often haircuts.
You wear a hat in California? HAHAHAH! Sorry, but I’m canadian and I find that a little silly. I could probably be out in shorts during a California winter. Up here, in winter, you will need a hat. Not a baseball cap. A touque or something along those lines. (a touque is basically a thick fluffy wool dome that you wear over your head, it usually covers your ears. Just in case you don’t know:)) Hoods will work sometimes, but touques are better.
When it gets cold here it not so much about being fashionable as it is about keeping your ears from freezing off.
You crazy Americans 
They have the internet in Canada?
I wear a hat. I make hats, so everyone I know (well, everyone I like) wears a hat.
>> You wear a hat in California? HAHAHAH! Sorry, but I’m canadian and I find that a little silly.
Of course you are totally ignorant about skin cancer and the need to protect your skin from the sun. Mad dogs and Canadians i guess. . .
I always wear a broad brimmed hat when I am in the sun. One more reason I prefer to sail at night.
I’m curious. Besides that Canadian hat Wearia describes, what kind of hats do people wear in winter? All I’m coming up with is a mental image of Russian mafia in James Bond films, with those fluffy square boxes on their heads.
FWIW, it doesn’t get cold enough where I live to require headwear in winter. Hats are strictly worn for sun protection or for fun.
I’m guessing you’re talking about professional- or work-wear rather than weekend-wear, right?
For the hair-conscious (women, mostly), ear muffs are fairly popular in my neck of the woods. Trendy-type men have this elastic-type dealybop which sort of looks like a wide headband - you may have seen these while watching skiing scenes on TV. It has to be really, REALLY cold before you see those come out, though; -10 or 20F.
Weekending is different. If you’re hanging out in the woods or on a frozen lake you wear whatever it takes to stay warm, up to and including ski masks, Russian fur hats, and fleece-lined leather mittens (mittens are warmer than gloves - your fingers are all next to each other. Some wear thin light gloves under their mittens, just in case).
I’m not so fashion-conscious. I crocheted myself a HUGE scarf that starts off underneath my coat, wraps around my face, goes around the back of my head, and tucks back underneath my coat. In the four years since I’ve returned to Minnesota I’ve actually used it twice.
It’s just not necessary to wrap yourself up like a mummy anymore. As RealityChuck mentioned, we have car heaters and indoor heat. Climate control may have saved the south, but during bad winters it’s heaven in the north, as well 
I happen to like hats sometimes. In the summer I run in a baseball hat to keep the sun and sweat out of my eyes. In the winter, which can be brutal around here, I sport a black “Indiana Jones” hat when I have to be outside for business. I get a lot of compliments on it.
I wear hats all the time- it gets darned cold in NY in the winter, especially while shoveling. (NC, here I come!)
As a side note, my mother knits the warmest hats on earth. I swear, the folks in the Antarctic would be peeling her hats off and saying “DAMN, I can’t stop sweating!” I have two- ugly as sin, but MAN, are they warm!
I hate hats but wear them when it’s that cold
I do own a hat but almost never wear it. I’m bald on top, so I thought it would be good to have when out on a cold night. But I found that even if I thought it was cold when I put the hat on, I soon found it to be uncomfortably warm, especially if I’m exerting myself in any way whatsoever. Then I’d have to take off the hat and carry it, which was a drag.
You’re a milliner? Cool!
I love hats, (although I don’t have any). But I’d say in cold weather, everything else be damned-wear a hat if you’re cold.
Is it true that you lose about 30% extra body heat if you don’t wear a hat on cold weather ?. I am sure I have read that somewhere.
Lots of hat-wearers here in the Land of Enchantment. I have a wide-brimmed straw hat that I wear every day while outside. The sun is very fierce here. It can tie under my chin on windy days. Many of the guys wear cowboy hats. Very practical.
For winter, I have a cute, woolly touque with tassels, and matching mittens. Yes, it does get cold here in winter. I’m in the Southern Rockies.
Considering that Canadians are always claiming that Americans thin everyone in Canada lives in igloos, this display of ignorance is pretty ironic. Apparently your image of California is based on watching Baywatch. For you information in many parts of California there is snow on the ground for several months of the year. In San Francisco locals get a laugh out of seeing the tourists freezing their butts off in their shorts during the summer. That said the OP points out that most people in California do not wear hats to keep warm.
I see a lot of people in New York wearing hats in the winter. Funky knit hats with earflaps and tassels and whatnot are trendy.