# Men! When Will These Things Be BACK In Style? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 24, 2003, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-when-will-these-things-be-back-in-style/214974 "2003-11-24T07:57:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-when-will-these-things-be-back-in-style/214974/61 "2003-11-26T00:49:22Z")
Ah, thanks **Lou**. For those of you who are either sartorially or intelligence-challenged, here are [spats](http://www.celticbagpipes.com/spats.jpg) and [chaps](http://www.feralchilde.com/collections/fallwinter2002/images/chaps.jpg) :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-when-will-these-things-be-back-in-style/214974/62 "2003-11-26T01:59:23Z")
Well If you want to bring back hats, why not push for cool manly hats not wussy little things like fedoras. Why not try to bring these back in style? [http://store.museumreplicas.com/cgi-bin/www11650.storefront](http://store.museumreplicas.com/cgi-bin/www11650.storefront) ---
**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:** [November 26, 2003, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-when-will-these-things-be-back-in-style/214974/63 "2003-11-26T03:15:17Z")
YES! Guys who dress as they did in the first forty years of the 20th century make me dizzy. Whew, is it warm in here? Wow, cool link, **Olentzero**. For a Leninist, you’re not so bad. _ducks_😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rodd\_Hill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ab097/32.png) [@Rodd\_Hill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodd_Hill)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-when-will-these-things-be-back-in-style/214974/64 "2003-11-26T04:47:06Z")
Oddly enough, just yesterday I got a St. Clement’s Day card from my hatmaker…no, really! Chap in Ontario who mainly does Fur Trade stuff for Parks Canada, but has done some WWI and WWII Canadian men & women’s hats for us (including an outsize Sergeant-major’s titfer tat for Yours Truly’s freakish cranium). The only people I know who still wear spats on a regular basis are Scottish regimental pipers, as part of the uniform. The only people I know who still wear ascots are retired university profs and retired artillery officers (and only after 5 oclock, for cocktails, old boy!) ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-when-will-these-things-be-back-in-style/214974/65 "2003-11-26T13:24:42Z")
When will canes come back into style? ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-when-will-these-things-be-back-in-style/214974/66 "2003-11-26T13:54:29Z")
I’ve ALWAYS wanted to wear a deerstalker hat (you know, the hat that Sherlock Holmes wore).However, my GF will disown me if I do! Anybody know where I can buy one? Also, those Victorian coats (with the shawl/cape tops-are they obtainable anywhere? ---
**Author:** ![sirtonyh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@sirtonyh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sirtonyh)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-when-will-these-things-be-back-in-style/214974/67 "2003-11-26T14:24:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dantheman \* > \*\*Ah, thanks **Lou**. > > For those of you who are either sartorially or intelligence-challenged, here are > > [spats](http://www.celticbagpipes.com/spats.jpg) > > \*\* The look like sartorially-challenged leg warmers with buttons to me. Do they do them in luminous pink? ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-when-will-these-things-be-back-in-style/214974/68 "2003-11-26T16:06:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Guinastasia \* > **For a Leninist, you’re not so bad.** For a Leninist, I’m very _very_ good. Once you go Red you won’t wanna leave the bed. Or something like that. Anywho, yeah I like those links. I keep fantasizing about having a summer wardrobe of zoot suits and a winter wardrobe of sack suits. Someday, I suppose… ---
**Author:** ![Rodd\_Hill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ab097/32.png) [@Rodd\_Hill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodd_Hill)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-when-will-these-things-be-back-in-style/214974/69 "2003-11-26T17:59:34Z")
If one is seeking the real Deerstalker, one must deal in St. James St, London: [James Lock & Co.](http://www.jameslock.co.uk/prod2.taf?groupId=100032&_UserReference=B858E81A3B88F1353FC4E81E%5B/url) How about a Coker, **Ralph124c**? And **Olentzero** , do I sense a joke somewhere about “Trotskyite entryism?” ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-when-will-these-things-be-back-in-style/214974/70 "2003-11-26T18:51:52Z")
James Lock & Co.! I still have their brochure from the time I visited them in 1987. Now **that** was a hat store! Wish I’d been able to afford a bowler back then… **Rodd** , I really think I should leave well enough alone on the other subject… ---
**Author:** ![Rodd\_Hill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ab097/32.png) [@Rodd\_Hill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodd_Hill)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-when-will-these-things-be-back-in-style/214974/71 "2003-11-26T19:31:22Z")
Oh, and **Algernon** …your vest (or should I say wesskit:) [waistcoat](http://www.jameslock.co.uk/prod2.taf?groupId=100087&_UserReference=B858E81A3B88F1353FC4E81E%5B/url) And **Governor Quinn’s** canes: [canes](http://www.jameslock.co.uk/prod1.taf?catuid=100040&_UserReference=B858E81A3B88F1353FC4E81E%5B/url) ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-when-will-these-things-be-back-in-style/214974/72 "2003-11-26T20:01:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rodd Hill \* > \*\*And **Governor Quinn’s** canes: > > [canes](http://www.jameslock.co.uk/prod1.taf?catuid=100040&_UserReference=B858E81A3B88F1353FC4E81E%5B/url) \*\* Piffle. I prefer [James Smith & Sons](http://www.james-smith.co.uk/inside.htm) for walking sticks, although these days they probably sell more umbrellas than sticks. I would love to have a Smith umbrella – they’re very good quality indeed – but I have a habit of losing them and I’m not buying a £50 umbrella only to leave it on the train. ---
**Author:** ![Godfrey\_Daniels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Godfrey\_Daniels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Godfrey_Daniels)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-when-will-these-things-be-back-in-style/214974/73 "2003-11-26T21:28:01Z")
Well, **dantheman** , those are indeed chaps. But I have a feeling it’ll be a cold day out on the range before I see a cowpoke wearing pants like those…😃 ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-when-will-these-things-be-back-in-style/214974/74 "2003-11-26T22:01:24Z")
I have three fedoras that I wear semi-frequently; and have had a full beard for 27 years. I sincerely hope that neither of these EVER come back in style. ---
**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:** [November 27, 2003, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-when-will-these-things-be-back-in-style/214974/75 "2003-11-27T02:26:51Z")
Some of my favorite links: [http://artandartifact.com](http://artandartifact.com) [http://www.victoriantradingco.com](http://www.victoriantradingco.com) Mostly women’s things, but there are some male accessories. This site has menswear, though: [http://www.premierclothing.com/](http://www.premierclothing.com/) I myself have a really cute pair of boots that while lace up, look like the old-fashioned high button shoes of the 1900s. I call them my Gibson Girl boots. They’re brown leather-with a darker leather around the bottom. Sorry, I may be a leftist, but I’m a Tsarist at heart! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2003, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-when-will-these-things-be-back-in-style/214974/76 "2003-11-27T06:21:07Z")
Michael Jackson is known to often wear hats. :eek: I’d love to see a resurgence of the long cigarette holders ladies of the 20s and 30s often dangled in their dainty fingers, dahling. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2003, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-when-will-these-things-be-back-in-style/214974/77 "2003-11-27T06:46:50Z")
Oddly I am the only person who wears a Panama hat while in Panama. It is just thing to keep the sun out of my eyes while riding. ---
**Author:** ![Quack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e99b99/32.png) [@Quack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quack)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2003, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-when-will-these-things-be-back-in-style/214974/78 "2003-11-27T07:32:51Z")
Heheh, **Enola** , those cigarette holders are awesome. If I smoked, I would make a point to use them. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2003, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-when-will-these-things-be-back-in-style/214974/79 "2003-11-27T08:45:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Guinastasia \* > \*\*YES! Guys who dress as they did in the first forty years of the 20th century make me dizzy. \*\* Including the pants pulled up to the nipples? 😃 Seriously, apart from that strange concept, I think the 1940s fashions look good on men (and 1920s for the ladies), and I’d like to wear them myself - but it might look a little precious in modern Sydney suburbia. I love those old black and white photos of rush-hour commuters pouring out of railway stations, and it’s just a sea of suits and hats. Very sharp. I’m a little restricted in that I work a blue-collar job in a warm climate city, so I tend towards the jeans and t-shirt look, rather than the natty mid-century business attire I mentioned above. I do wear a hat (Australian broad-brimmed Akubra-style), but it fell apart from years of loving use, so I’ll have to get another. Unfortunately, I neglected to buy a new one halfway through the career of the old: every Aussie bloke should have _two_ of these hats - a new one that you can wear somewhere decent, and a beloved, moth-eaten old one covered in stains and frayed patches that you can wear to the pub and that you rescue from the rubbish from where your wife has thrown it. I also find the city gals go gaga for these hats 🙂 And yes, I have a full beard. It’s not long, but I don’t trim it as often as I should. When it’s neatly trimmed it looks good, when it’s not it looks okayish, but if I go clean-shaven I don’t look good at all. It’s more about my facial structure than about fashion. I think I will go to my grave with a beard. I like ascots too, but I’d look silly in one myself. ---
**Author:** ![elfje](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19b73/32.png) [@elfje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfje)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2003, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-when-will-these-things-be-back-in-style/214974/80 "2003-11-27T21:52:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mr. Babbington \* > \*\*I don’t see a return to berets, however. Samuel L. Jackson and The King of Queens do them, but I just don’t see them coming back. People might think you are trying to be French, and beat you up. > /B] hey, my dad wear’s em. and his name is Xavier. he ain’t French, he’s Belgian. he’ll be happy to beat anybody up that mistakes him for French, Dutch or German. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-when-will-these-things-be-back-in-style/214974.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-when-will-these-things-be-back-in-style/214974.md?page=5)