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Short brim vs. wide brim fedora

Which do you prefer?

  • Short brim

    Votes: 9 7.0%
  • Wide Brim

    Votes: 88 68.2%
  • I wear both

    Votes: 32 24.8%

  • Total voters
    129
Messages
12,018
Location
East of Los Angeles
I favor the wide brims and tall crowns for three reasons;

1. aesthetically they look good to me (2 1/2" brim, 5 1/2" crown or maybe a little bigger)
2. they're functional, sun, rain protection and they keep my bald head warm
3. the young hipsters tend toward the stingys and I'm an old contrarian
This sums up my opinion on the matter fairly well, except that my head isn't bald...yet.
 
Messages
10,883
Location
Portage, Wis.
I like the look of some of the sixties stingier brimmed fedoras, but could never wear one myself. I've tried a couple on and they just look disproportionate to my large frame.
 

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