Right,left,or straight...which way does YOUR hat sit?

[Stratoholic]

Apologies if there has ever been a thread about this before - but I'm "the new guy".

Which way do you tilt your hat on your head? To the left? To the right? Level? Down in front? Pushed up in front?

Thought it would be fun to see if there are any preferences, unwritten rules, nuances, or just plain habits as to how folks toss their lid on top of the ol' head.

 

[Dinerman]

a little bit of a tilt to the right (my right). That's the way it lands when I plop it on.

 

[suitedcboy]

Fore-aft I usually go with level or the slightest bit tilt up from browm.
Left-right my noggin holds a hat a faint amount lower on right unless I get fussy and look inmirror and adjust it.

 

[Stan]

Straight and level

Hi,

Pretty much level in both planes for most of my hats. I do have a couple that I don't actually wear much with crowns a little too low, and they tend to tilt, but not in a uniform manner.

Later!

Stan

 

[carter]

Generally straight on and down in front. I like the shade. However, I notice that my avatar shows a slight tilt to the right. Perhaps I'm a bit off kilter.

 

[Boxerken]

More often than not, i'm tilted right.

 

[Geesie]

Tilted towards my right eye, so right and forward.

 

[indycop]

I notice that my avatar shows a slight tilt to the right. Perhaps I'm a bit off kilter.

lol

 

[kaosharper1]

To the right, though there are no hidden meanings in that.

 

[jpbales]

hhmmm

usually I like straight and maybe a little low in the front, but sometimes i'll tilt with a stingy brim a little (because my girlfriend said she liked it haha)

 

[Delthayre]

Just like Count Basie played, "straight ahead."

I always wear hats straight and sometimes pulled down in the front. I seldom like the look of a tilted hat, especially upon my ungainly head.

 

[Spats McGee]

Straight. I don't look right with a tilted hat.

 

[Bingles]

Tilted to my left.

"A hats not a hat, till it's tilted!"

 

[HarpPlayerGene]

Although there is the common tendency to tip forward to get that swoop to show more from the front I tend to keep them level in profile.

With my western hats I keep them level.

From the front, with fedoras and even Open Road styles with fedora bashes I tilt 'em. I tilt somewhat to the right but my hats tilt to the left.

 

[handlebar bart]

Tilted to the right; depending on the lid it is somewhere between slightly and barely. [huh]

 

[Torpedo]

Hello,

On the frontal plane, I usually wear hats (or caps) tilted to the right, the severity of the angle is variable depending on the particular hat; not too rakish anyway.
Sometimes a given hat looks better to me straight, and so it goes. This seems to happen with porkpies, I think it has something to do with they being flat-topped.
On the lateral plane, I tend to wear them more or less straight or somewhat pushed back. Again, it depends on the hat. I may also modify this on purpose depending on the situation, as a gestual language tool.

Regards!

 

[PabloElFlamenco]

Pretty straight...like the guy. Maybe, when there's wind, pushed a bit deep up front, to tighten the brim against my forehead.
I do however fail to see how any one can wear a hat "brim up" (this seems to be, in some way, associated with "nice guy"...is this cartoon code?)

 

[Slim Portly]

Just like Count Basie played, "straight ahead."

I understand JFK liked to wear his back, and to the left... back, and to the left... back, and to the left.

 

[Lefty]

Tilt.

Float.

Sling.

More tilt.

 

[nola89]

I understand JFK liked to wear his back, and to the left... back, and to the left... back, and to the left.

That was so wrong. Back and to the left (zoom) back, and to the left (zoom more), back, and to the left (zoomed to pixelation) lol

Seriously though, I wear slightly back and ever so slightly to the left. Come to think of it I wear certain hats differently. Some I always wear level, some only back, some back and slightly tilted. Weird.