Am I the only hat wearing girl in the Northwest?

[mysterygal]

Ok, Mark, this is for you on request...
I thought getting used to wearing a hat, and the reactions to it, wouldn't be that bad at all....when I first purchased my two hats (which was love at first sight) I was sooo excited that they were mine! Until...I wore them out in public
last week at church, I come strolling into service with the full vintage ensemble...got stares... I got A LOT of stared, I can't remember the last time I ever felt so uncomfortable! I did get a few compliments though.
Today, I decided to try it again...not quite in full vintage, but still looking pretty darn cute...church..reaction better, still got the stares, went to a family bbq for mother's day and got harrassed by just about every family member except my grandmother...I'm determined now though to see if this hat wearing thing catches on around here...would be kind of funny if it did.

 

[shoeshineboy]

you have my encouragement...

MG,

There is a thread about being too embarassed to wear a Fedora. Some good comments in there....When I started wearing a hat to work, I got the jokes. When I wore my panama for the first week, I heard about Juan the cuban cigar salesman....

However, got more compliments out of the customers...and that is who pays me !!! Last week someone called me "Southern"....because of the way that I conducted myself....I believe the hat just personified that....

MG, did you make the preacher stutter ???

lol

mark tssb

 

[mysterygal]

making the preacher stutter

lol now now Mark, *shakes finger...yet again* no tarnishing my respectable reputation now!
I'll have to check that thread out. It is a comfort to know that it does get better! I'm so in love with the whole look, that it's come to be worth it...as uncomfortable as it all is!

 

[shoeshineboy]

here's at least the top half of a blue vintage dress along with a sidecar

tarnish your reputation...i would never....was this before or after services ????

mark tssb

 

[mysterygal]

lol good one! seems like I'll have to be more careful with my props!

 

[jamespowers]

lol good one! seems like I'll have to be more careful with my props!

Gee, that sidecar is making me thirsty.
Yes, you can tell I am a married man.

Regards,

J

 

[mysterygal]

here's one of my hats from a picture in another thread in here

 

[shoeshineboy]

wow wow wow wow wow wow wow

with her permission here is MYSTERYGAL AND HER HAT FIRST APPEARANCE....

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[mysterygal]

Thanks Mark for posting those! yep, me and the kiddies on mother's day.
Next hat on my list...a fedora

 

[Lauren]

Horray for girls in hats

 

[magneto]

As an everyday hat-wearing girl of many years you have my sincere encouragement. This sort of thing makes me wonder if people are giving my hats odd looks all the time and I'm just not noticiing An advantage of being short, I suppose, and below people's eye-levels. Let me know if you're ever in the SF Bay Area, we can go about defiantly wearing hats in public and striking a blow for good taste together.

 

[adamgottschalk]

My friend Ariell...

...has been wearing a fedora I gave her all the time. She usually gets compliments, though I have seen a man give her a little talking to at a bar about his views on women wearing fedoras.

Here she is in a nice bowler which neither of us own but was on loan at the time. I like the bowler better than the fedora. Oh, and we're in Portland, Oregon.

 

[jamespowers]

Geez, she needed to tell the guy to take a hike. Who cares what he thinks?
Wear the fedora. Women had hats fashioned after the fedora for a long time. No big difference. [huh] :eusa_doh:

Regards,

J

 

[Not-Bogart13]

Women in hats are awesome!

MG and all the rest, keep wearing those hats, fedoras and all. You look great.

By the way, Lauren; Great glasses!

NB the Smitten.

 

[mysterygal]

As an everyday hat-wearing girl of many years you have my sincere encouragement. This sort of thing makes me wonder if people are giving my hats odd looks all the time and I'm just not noticiing An advantage of being short, I suppose, and below people's eye-levels. Let me know if you're ever in the SF Bay Area, we can go about defiantly wearing hats in public and striking a blow for good taste together.

I would love to!! and you could maybe show me some good hat places too?!

 

[mysterygal]

...has been wearing a fedora I gave her all the time. She usually gets compliments, though I have seen a man give her a little talking to at a bar about his views on women wearing fedoras.

Here she is in a nice bowler which neither of us own but was on loan at the time. I like the bowler better than the fedora. Oh, and we're in Portland, Oregon.

cool! so we're practically neighbors! I think fedoras are cute on women...actually hats in general are great (and no, I'm not talking about the baseball caps ) There's something about hats that really finish the look of what you're wearing

 

[Jake Sullivan]

My wife is a fan of the cloche type hats worn to acompany a flapper dress, but I would have a hard time convincing her to wear it, she's kind of shy.
Hates to stand out, exactly opposite of me of course lol

 

[Lauren]

Thank you, NB

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Best argument in favor of a woman wearing a bowler hat: the (ahem) scene in the film, The Unbearable Lightness of Being.

 

[shoeshineboy]

I would love to!! and you could maybe show me some good hat places too?!

if you are all buying lunch...call me....if you are buying !!!! lol

mark the shoeshine boy