# What kind of hat do you wear? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 13, 2008, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-hat-do-you-wear/433348 "2008-01-13T02:26:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2008, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-hat-do-you-wear/433348/61 "2008-01-16T13:19:48Z")
I have a large noggin, so if I wear baseball cap, it has to be fitted. Either 7 7/8 or 8. This winter i’ve been wearing a Newsboy (sometimes called an 8 panel) hat. [http://www.hatpeople.com/tourshop/dkgreen/dherr.html](http://www.hatpeople.com/tourshop/dkgreen/dherr.html) ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2008, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-hat-do-you-wear/433348/62 "2008-01-16T14:34:06Z")
I wear a wool knit hat made by Carhartt in the winter. I’ve had it for years, and apparently it’s made with a magic material because it hasn’t stretched at all, and comes down over my ears. In the summer, I have a straw trilby. It’s a little bit hipster-looking for me, but it’s also quite utilitarian. . .covers the ears and eyes effectively, and I have a small head so large brims look stupid on me. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2008, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-hat-do-you-wear/433348/63 "2008-01-16T14:44:50Z")
[QUOTE=Trunk] I wear a wool knit hat made by Carhartt in the winter. [/QUOTE] I was doing a wreck/deep dive for my Advanced Open Water Diver card off Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, BC. There was a group of photographers on the boat with us, and one of them had forgotten his hood. (A hood is very important in 42° water!) Someone loaned him a Carhartt tuque, and he dove with that. When he came back up, he said it did help. Someone said that Carhartt had an ad that said ‘Carhartt: As tough as the men who wear them’. I wonder if they sent in the photo? ---
**Author:** ![FateHappens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/53a042/32.png) [@FateHappens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FateHappens)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2008, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-hat-do-you-wear/433348/64 "2008-01-16T17:28:59Z")
My hat has ear flaps. I hate hats and will only wear one if I’m walking somewhere while it’s snowing. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2008, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-hat-do-you-wear/433348/65 "2008-01-16T18:04:37Z")
No hats for me. They give me hat-head and though it gets cold here, I’m not outside for long enough to have to wear a hat. Although, apparently my ears lost all their blood and turned grey one time when I had to walk farther than usual. It really alarmed the co-worker I was walking with! ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2008, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-hat-do-you-wear/433348/66 "2008-01-16T21:11:48Z")
A cute little red toque in the winter, and that’s about it. My hair does things to hats that Cthulhu himself would be proud of. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2008, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-hat-do-you-wear/433348/67 "2008-01-16T21:56:23Z")
I favor [this snazzy beret](http://www.phase42.net/hosted/beret.jpg). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-hat-do-you-wear/433348.md?page=3)