How do folks react to your hat wearing?

[GHT]

I suppose it really boils down to the customs of each locale and country.

Times change, people change.

 

[Who?]

The intelligent ones think it looks good.

Note: A baseball cap is not a hat.

 

[AbbaDatDeHat]

I had one of the nicest things happen at church a couple weeks ago. I usually wear a western style fedora [broad brim] and there is a teen boy there who is autistic. He has kind of take a liking to me and he said he really liked my hat and asked if he could try it on [this is VERY unusual for someone autistic]. Anyway it was a hair too big but he really liked it. I had a new hat like it but in a different color that I had bought but it was a bit tight, so I had only worn it a couple of times. So I took it to Church and it fit him perfectly. He loves it and his Mom said she has to tell him to take it off!

Salute Deacon!!
To give a hat to someone and know it gives them true joy Is one of the true joys of being a hat guy.
B

 

[DeaconKC]

Salute Deacon!!
To give a hat to someone and know it gives them true joy Is one of the true joys of being a hat guy.
B

As a follow up, he loves the hat and according to his Dad wears it everywhere. Turned out nice. And thanks to all who said kind words.

 

[Who?]

It’s nice to bring joy to what must be a very strange existence.

You did a good thing.

 

[Olumin]

99% of "Autistic" people are really just people with a little more common sense then the rest of us, so we invented this label to convince them they are "sick". Really, most of them just talk less bulls**t. Only "censored" because most forums have rules against swearing. It's a very convenient label really, because it's so broad that you can diagnose anyone with it if you wanted to. And they do.


You would be surprised how many people would like to dress a certain way, but don't do so because they are afraid of what other people might think. When they see you walking around in something unconventional like a fedora, it might just give them the push they needed to start being more true to themselves.

"You're damned if you do and damned if you don't."
Other people will think what they want anyway, so you might aswell just do what you want to start with.

 

[Trenchfriend]

Yesterday, I had a smalltalk with an high-aged guy, when we sat down waiting for omnibus.

Long story short:
He was irritated by my white Elbsegler cap plus the white poloshirt and asked, if I'm a Navy man.

 

[milandro]

I have to say that the reactions to my hat wearing have been very positive in the last few months .

I got several compliments from young persons and they noticed me at the hospital where I had to go daily for a while because I often showed up with a different hat.

There were also negative moments.

I remember distinctly in the weeks after 7 October 2023 that some people looked at me in a puzzled way when I was wearing my black Stetson Dune Gun Club ( which, for someone not particularly " In the know" may look like a Hassidic hat).

A funny one was when I wore a Stetson " Amish" (not quite but close) black hat I have , someone (who might have been in a Jocular mood) greeted me with a title used for vicars

 

[BobHufford]

Got out of the car at this evening’s Stones concert and put on my hat. Some dude walked up and said “You know when they pull someone out of the ticket presentation line for a body scan? You’re getting pulled out.”

(They pulled my daughter instead)

Another guy: “That’s a bad-ass hat!”

The night is young…

 

[BobHufford]

^^^^^ I couldn’t find a thread on “How do folks react to your bib-front overall wearing” so I’ll link this here. My daughter posted the above pic on Instagram and referenced the Key Apparel company. The company took notice!

 

[DeaconKC]

That's great!

 

[scottyrocks]

That's very cool.

 

[Edward]

A couple of weeks ago, I was in Paris for a few nights again with work. On the way back to my hotel after a long morning in class, I was waiting to cross the road when I saw, waiting at the other side, a young man dressed in a very 40s silhouette. Trenchcoat, fedora... It had been a very wet morning. He was I would guess maybe early 20s, with a young lady of a similar age (dressed modern), possibly students. We clearly clocked each other - I was dressed in modern items that are in a vaguely 50s cut and assembled in a way that has a sort of mid 50s look to it - and as it was still fairly warm, one of my old Akubra Capricorns:

His fedora far outshone mine is style - furfelt, not unlike a Federation in Tawny Fawn. As we passed in the middle of the road he said something in French that I didn't quite catch but which was clearly complementary - I just had time for a smile, anod, and an "Et vous!" Nice little interaction. One of the sort of things that happen when you spot one of Your Tribe.

I'll be wearing my new Hat Centre hat (posted about over on the "post new hats here" thread) when I'm back on the 13th, be funny if we cross paths again. I did wonder if he's on here somewhere... I keep meaning to get a couple of cards prnted up with the Lounge details to have to hand when I'm out and about.

 

[Blare]

An older gentleman who was chatting up everyone on the elevator says to me as I walked on….

Is that a Stetson?!?

Yes… yes it is.

Really? A real one? (Seeming quite surprised… as I think he was just making a half hearted joke as “elevator talk”)

I told him yes…. Likely from the Late 1940s to Early 50s

You mean made to look like it was from then… or really from then.

Yes actually made then.

Just the the elevator door opened and he loudly (and jokingly) said to a woman in front of the door.. GET OUT. Thinking we had reached the bottom. She started out the door as the rest of us let her know it was still second floor. Leaving the rest of our decent with an awkward laugh.

After exiting he stopped me again and asked to see the inside of the hat and asked more questions on where I would get something like this…. As my wife proceeded to poke fun at the size of my collection and how most husbands will say their wife has all these Amazon packages on the doorstep… but for us…. It’s … ”Another hat!?”



It’s real…. And it’s Spectacular

 

[hatsRme]

At the grocery store I was approached by a gent who asked how much I would sell my hat for.

We had a great hat chat.

 

[RickP]

Its been pretty common this year that I may wear multiple hats in the same day for different errands. Twice in the last month Ive had someone stop me in the grocery store or at lunch and ask " didnt I see you wearing a black/ brown/ silver hat earlier?" People DO notice hats