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Robert (RLK) wore one yesterday (What Hat Are You Wearing Today) with an Hawaiian Shirt and I thought it looked great. I just don't see the big deal.
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We're all cads, rakes, bedlamites and ne'er-do-wells around here. That's for sure.
NH is covered by this rule as well.
I have a knice Knox boater (I bought it because it was cheap and I wondered if my head would touch the top) but I have never worn it outdoors and I don't expect to.
Also would there not be a difference between what Americans and English would wear in a city?
Boater hats fit in that class of clothing and accessories that was broadly referred to as "sport" wear, which were not thing worn to play sports but rather to watch. That's why a polo coat is called a polo coat and two-tone shoes are called spectators . . .
I'm not sure I entirely agree with this. The distinction between city and country was (is) definitely less about geographic boundaries and more about climate, social setting, time of day and frame of mind. I don't think you can say that "The City" only consisted (consists) of old City of London though.
Yeah, I've been strangely drawn to the boater of late too - my biggest fear is that I might be mistaken for a member of a barbershop quartet, but based on how Johnny Depp pulled it off at the end of Public Enemies, I think you could get away with wearing it casually and not look like a loon. As for the question about Jeeves and Wooster, the impression I get, knowing the era, is that Jeeves would probably think a gentleman in the metropolis should only wear either a bowler or a Top hat. Any of those uncouth soft felt and straw hats would be out of the question.
I know that FL member Anton AAK regularly wears a straw boater and he lives in a part of South London that I associate with gangsters, prostitution and cut-throat razor wielding postmen.
If he can wear a straw boater there, I don't think anyone else needs to worry.
I have two boaters, love them both. Only reason I limit their wear in Summer is because of the relative fragility of the design, made worse by the propensity of inebriated lady-buffons to want to "try on your 'at" on the street.
I know that FL member Anton AAK regularly wears a straw boater and he lives in a part of South London that I associate with gangsters, prostitution and cut-throat razor wielding postmen.
I know that FL member Anton AAK regularly wears a straw boater and he lives in a part of South London that I associate with gangsters, prostitution and cut-throat razor wielding postmen.
If he can wear a straw boater there, I don't think anyone else needs to worry.
Also would there not be a difference between what Americans and English would wear in a city?
You act like this is a bad thing. I can't remember the last time an inebriated lady wanted to try on anything of mine.
I'm not sure I entirely agree with this. The distinction between city and country was (is) definitely less about geographic boundaries and more about climate, social setting, time of day and frame of mind. I don't think you can say that "The City" only consisted (consists) of old City of London though.