I need a hat
#16
Re: I need a hat
How about this? Alternatively get a really cheap and nasty wig...
http://www.pajamacity.com/H355-BK-ha...x#.UWFM-2SPiF4
http://www.pajamacity.com/H355-BK-ha...x#.UWFM-2SPiF4
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Re: I need a hat
They may well be, especially by Americans and youths, but they really shouldn't be.
Bahtatboy, surely one of these?
http://i49.tinypic.com/20sshf4.png
Bahtatboy, surely one of these?
http://i49.tinypic.com/20sshf4.png
#21
Re: I need a hat
Sorry............. you mention that you're going bald, and that you have an unsightly head, but nothing can justify wearing a hat indoors........ take a look around when you are in a bar or other place where people gather, and ask yourself what you think of those you can see who are wearing hats........ precisely.
The same is true of people who wear hats while driving cars...........
The same is true of people who wear hats while driving cars...........
#22
Re: I need a hat
They may well be, especially by Americans and youths, but they really shouldn't be.
Bahtatboy, surely one of these?
http://i49.tinypic.com/20sshf4.png
Bahtatboy, surely one of these?
http://i49.tinypic.com/20sshf4.png
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Re: I need a hat
My recommendation is a stopover in Istanbul. I can give suggestions for bespoke hatters there. Waering a hat became a political symbol in the 1920s under Ataturk. Hats-modern. Other headgear - reactionary. People were hanged for wearing the wrong headgear !
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Re: I need a hat
Thanks for all suggestions so far. Watched Top Gear on iPlayer last night, and Hamster was at one point wearing what looked like a nubuck flat cap--looked ok. However, the immediately-limiting factor is choice of shops (sweet FA where I am right now), so will have to see what's available in Casablanca in a few weeks, and if I can't find something suitable wait till I get home in the summer.
Although I do agree with The Dean in that most men who wear a hat indoors look stupid, but there is that occasional exception...
Although I do agree with The Dean in that most men who wear a hat indoors look stupid, but there is that occasional exception...
#28
Re: I need a hat
Measure your head and get it online?
Just get something that uses a proper size, like the US/UK sizes and not go by S/M/L etc, as those tend to be well different depending on the hat, but a UK 57/US 7 is pretty exact for instance.
At least in my experience, they've all been bang on and it's only been the ones in medium/large that have been well off despite them saying what the range of sizes that make the banding.
Just get something that uses a proper size, like the US/UK sizes and not go by S/M/L etc, as those tend to be well different depending on the hat, but a UK 57/US 7 is pretty exact for instance.
At least in my experience, they've all been bang on and it's only been the ones in medium/large that have been well off despite them saying what the range of sizes that make the banding.
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Re: I need a hat
Thanks for all suggestions so far. Watched Top Gear on iPlayer last night, and Hamster was at one point wearing what looked like a nubuck flat cap--looked ok. However, the immediately-limiting factor is choice of shops (sweet FA where I am right now), so will have to see what's available in Casablanca in a few weeks, and if I can't find something suitable wait till I get home in the summer.
Although I do agree with The Dean in that most men who wear a hat indoors look stupid, but there is that occasional exception...
Although I do agree with The Dean in that most men who wear a hat indoors look stupid, but there is that occasional exception...