g.durand
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I've been watching Perry Mason episodes from the 50s lately, and characters are just as likely to wear thin ribbons as wide ribbons. The shows I've been watching were set and filmed in L.A. in 57-59, so the division between country and city hat was already fading. At the same time, a few months back, an older gentleman commented on my "casual" fedora, a mid-50s blue Stratoliner, so the perception. Still lingers. Isn't it odd?
Aaron, that's an interesting comment and perception. I saw a promotional film about San Francisco a couple of years ago that was filmed in 1955. There were a lot of street scenes. Most men were wearing suits and just more than half were wearing hats, many of which were light-colored thin ribboned hats like Open Roads. The interesting thing for me is if I wear an OR in San Francisco these days I feel like I'm wearing a hat more closely associated with rural or small-town life. But since there aren't any firm hat-wearing trends or unwritten hat rules these days I don't care.