Vertically Challenged Newbie

[player676]

I am brand new to your site and I must say that it's been extremely informative. I've been thinking of getting a hat for a while now and was apprehensive and nervous due to my height. I'm about 5'4"-5'5" and feel that hats are a tall person's accessory. I don't know if it's new self confidence or saying "screw it", but I want to take the leap. In general, I wear suits every day to work and then I'm either business casual or very casual outside the office. I have no problem buying a hat for business and business casual, I just need guidance on which way to go given my height.

Thanks in advance!

 

[johnnyphi]

Welcome!

I'm not an expert on the subject, but I could see how the right hat would actually enhance a person's stature. I'm positive that hats aren't for "tall people". The FL has taught me that the right hat is out there for everyone. You just need to find the right hat for you.

Thinking/typing out loud... My first impression is that I wouldn't recommend a wide brimmed hat because it would tend to hide your face from people who are taller than you.

On the other hand, the wide brim might be the perfect fit for your features, so...

The question is... Have you tried on any hats? Do you know your hat size?

Again, welcome to the Lounge!

 

[J. M. Stovall]

I'm 5'6" and am in the "screw-it" category. I've been wearing hats now for at least 10 years or so and can count the negative comment on a half a hand. Just go for it!

 

[Ugarte]

I think the real question here is, what shape of face do you have? Your height is pretty much irrelevant because hats are all about proportion.

Have you seen this? Deciding What Style of Hats to Wear?

Mark
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[Miss Crisplock]

Hat's are a tall people's accessory? I've never heard of such a thing!

There would be few ladies hats ever made if that were the case.

 

[Marcus Brody]

I'm 5' 6", and I don't think hats are for tall folks. Besides, people were shorter in the past anyways and they wore hats more often then. If anything, the right hat could make you look taller. It's all bout the proportions like a previous poster said.

 

[RBH]

Welcome to the Lounge!!!
Fedoras are for everybody!

Find what style and type you like and go for it!

 

[Mr. Lucky]

Welcome! Just spent an evening with an old friend of limited height - he was wearing a nice brown fedora and looked damn good in it! Go! Find a hat! Fall in love! It's a hoot!

 

[Atterbury Dodd]

I think short people look great in hats.

 

[MrFusion]

Quite a few of us out there...

I'm 5'6" as well (popular size for us shorter guys I guess ). You will have no problem wearing a hat.
Jump on in! The water's fine!

 

[David Conwill]

I had a short friend in high school who was heavily into the swing dance scene. He had a vintage pork pie with a stingy brim and it looked great on him. Definitely not just a tall guy thing.

-Dave

 

[Flieger]

Go for it, player676!

[slightly off-topic]

Can someone explain to me why hats are supposed to look better on a tall person then a shorter one? I would have thought it was the other way around... somewhat like high heels on a tall lady? [huh] And where do "rules" like that come from anyway? Don't wear xxx with xxxx, never mix X with Y, *** looks bad on tall/short/stout/thin... etc, etc. It all sounds like hogwash to me.

[Rant-mode OFF]

/F

 

[Colby Jack]

Flieger...Great new avatar!:eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap
I'm 6'3" and short people should wear hats...makes 'em easier to spot so I don't step on them...lol lol

 

[MrFusion]

Flieger...Great new avatar!:eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap
I'm 6'3" and short people should wear hats...makes 'em easier to spot so I don't step on them...lol lol

Glad my new hat has quite a tall crown then!!!

 

[Colby Jack]

:eusa_clap :eusa_clap

 

[indycop]

Flieger...Great new avatar!:eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap
I'm 6'3" and short people should wear hats...makes 'em easier to spot so I don't step on them...lol lol

shakeshead lol lol

 

[Colby Jack]

At least I didn't say that it made them cute... :eusa_doh: [huh]

 

[Marty M.]

Make sense to me.

Flieger...Great new avatar!:eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap
I'm 6'3" and short people should wear hats...makes 'em easier to spot so I don't step on them...lol lol

Actually CJ, we shorter guys like when you 6'3" guys wear hats so we know not to hang Christmas Ornaments on you .
Marty Mathis

 

[J. M. Stovall]

Actually CJ, we shorter guys like when you 6'3" guys wear hats so we know not to hang Christmas Ornaments on you .
Marty Mathis

Maybe if all the tall guys wear big brims we could slow down global warming.

 

[dhermann1]

My Grand dad

I've posted this several times before, I have to admit, but I love this picture, and it's apropos. (I originally posted before I knew how to resize pics, sorry.) My Granddad was a jockey. He was 5' 5", and never weighed more than 100 pounds in his life. Here he is fishing around 1932. In a white shirt and bow tie, no less. I think he looks pretty cool in a very prodigious lid: