Those of you who didn't like the Times' story might like these better, motivated by Jack Abramoff's now famous black-trenchoat-and-black-fedora-for-court outfit:
http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/60986.htm
http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/60990.htm
(this one might require a password...
ps re Brooks Brothers: went into their NYC store recently looking for a hat for my dad. Their selection was so limited, and so bad, it was pathetic. Very disappointing. Eventually went up Madison Ave. about a block to Paul Stuart and got a very nice fur felt crushable in their house label...
I'm not sure I was "raised" not to wear a hat indoors, it just feels weird to me and not something I would do.
I bought a Borsalino crushable so I can roll it up and put it in the sleeve of my overcoat or jacket when indoors, the way I do with caps. I had this very problem in mind when...
everyone's a critic, here at least.
JFK did not wear a hat during his speech, despite the frigid temperatures. That is a fact, not a fact error. The speech -- "ask not" -- is what everyone remembers about that day, not the tipping of the hat to his dad from the motorcade, something that...
well just by way of observation on the streets of NYC, it seems quite a few people wait until the weather gets really bad before they get out the fedora. I've seen more real fedoras in the last two days of solid rain than I usually spot in a month or two.
Seems to me to a large extent, at least for many people, fedora wearing is a vicarious experience to begin with, so if wearing your "good" hat in the rain makes you feel a little like Indiana Jones, I say go ahead.
If I had a yard I wouldn't wear my business suits when I worked in it. I'd...
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