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Do women hate men's hats?

LizzieMaine

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Was anyone else as mystified by this hat as I was?

goofy.jpg


What is it? Brim turned up like a cuff? Crown looking like a stocking cap pulled down over the end of a cow's legbone? What exactly is this creature trying to tell us? I could never concentrate on enjoying a Goofy cartoon because I was so distracted by whatever it is that he's wearing on his head.
 

GHT

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It's a chef's hat, at least in cartoon world, where anything's possible, it remains on Goofy's head. You should see the actor at Disney, Florida. The actor(s) wear a massive plastic head, complete with comic hat. It takes some balancing.
 

Edward

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Was anyone else as mystified by this hat as I was?

goofy.jpg


What is it? Brim turned up like a cuff? Crown looking like a stocking cap pulled down over the end of a cow's legbone? What exactly is this creature trying to tell us? I could never concentrate on enjoying a Goofy cartoon because I was so distracted by whatever it is that he's wearing on his head.

I never questioned it as a kid; nowadays, I assume it was some sort of cut-down fedora like Jughead and other characters wore:

https://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/what-the-heck-does-jughead-wear.29067/
 

Edward

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Actually, I think as a kid I just assumed it was some sort of top hat as they were pretty fancy dress by then?
 

scottyrocks

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Was anyone else as mystified by this hat as I was?

goofy.jpg


What is it? Brim turned up like a cuff? Crown looking like a stocking cap pulled down over the end of a cow's legbone? What exactly is this creature trying to tell us? I could never concentrate on enjoying a Goofy cartoon because I was so distracted by whatever it is that he's wearing on his head.

Yeah, this hat always mystified me, too. I always supposed it was supposed to be a fedora of some sort, but just a cartoon version unique to this character (yeah, I was that literal kid).

But I didn't really take to Goofy, as the character, as well as the hat (and that voice - oy!), annoyed me. And I was a WB LT/MM fan, anyway - never got excited about Disney animation.
 
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Was anyone else as mystified by this hat as I was?

goofy.jpg


What is it? Brim turned up like a cuff? Crown looking like a stocking cap pulled down over the end of a cow's legbone? What exactly is this creature trying to tell us? I could never concentrate on enjoying a Goofy cartoon because I was so distracted by whatever it is that he's wearing on his head.
According to Wikipedia (yeah, I know): "Goofy is a tall, anthropomorphic dog with a Southern drawl, and typically wears a turtle neck and vest, with pants, shoes, white gloves, and a tall hat originally designed as a rumpled fedora."
 

Edward

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According to Wikipedia (yeah, I know): "Goofy is a tall, anthropomorphic dog with a Southern drawl, and typically wears a turtle neck and vest, with pants, shoes, white gloves, and a tall hat originally designed as a rumpled fedora."

See, that's the thing that weirded me out. Goofy is a dog, but treated like a human. Pluto is a dog, but he's Mickey's pet. As bizarro as Rupert Bear world....
 

Andrew friedhofen

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Are you sure? Mickey could have been Pluto's pet mouse.
All my hats are 30's to 60's. I have some nice homburgs and bowlers I wear on certain occasions but I always have on a fedora or trilby and I couldn't care less if someone thinks I'm not "pulling off the look".
 

scottyrocks

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All my hats are 30's to 60's. I have some nice homburgs and bowlers I wear on certain occasions but I always have on a fedora or trilby and I couldn't care less if someone thinks I'm not "pulling off the look".

And I think that if one has that attitude then the hat, or whatever the garment in question is, looks like it belongs, and is noticed that way by (most) others.
 

LolitaHaze

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I always thought it was a train conductor's hat...? Now you have me wondering.

Was anyone else as mystified by this hat as I was?

goofy.jpg


What is it? Brim turned up like a cuff? Crown looking like a stocking cap pulled down over the end of a cow's legbone? What exactly is this creature trying to tell us? I could never concentrate on enjoying a Goofy cartoon because I was so distracted by whatever it is that he's wearing on his head.
 

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