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Hats....light or dark?

handlebar bart

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I noticed a curious thing about my hat collection. My first 5 hats were dark shades, a dark grey ,dark brown,and black 'store bought' and a dark brown and dark grey/blue custom. All my hats since then , about 8 or so, have been light shades in the grey and tan tones. Has anyone else seen a change in their buying habits or favorites? My dark lids are all 'work hats', except my VS which is heavily into rotation. I didn't knowingly decide to start buying light hats, but I sure am.
 

Selentino

One of the Regulars
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Washington
Greys, Greens, Browns, and Tans for me. I own one western black. But the Greys are always in rotation. I buy the hat and worry about the clothes later.
 

Lefty

I'll Lock Up
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O-HI-O
I think you really open up to different styles once you try out an OR. It took me a while to be able to go from a 2" (or just over) brim and 4" crown on a dark brown or gray hat to the monster. Once I could comfortably wear that big brim, high crown, thin ribbon, and lighter color in public, I was much more comfortable adding some color to my hat rotation.
 

HamletJSD

A-List Customer
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472
Location
Birmingham, AL
Lefty, you're right on. I specifically was going to respond "I had all darker colors until my silverbelly OR ... now I'm looking at mostly lighter colored hats."
 

Orvil Newton

One of the Regulars
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228
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cruisinglealea.com
Seasonal?

I always thought it was, more or less at least, seasonal: lighter colors for spring and summer(Or straw if it is really warm), darker for fall and winter.
 

kaosharper1

One Too Many
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Pasadena, CA
I started this hobby when I lived in New England and my hats are mostly dark colors, but now with the move to Pasadena, I'm thinking that some lighter colors would be nice. I'm dressing in lighter clothes as well.
 

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