[Closed] What fancy hat?

One very fancy hat that would definitely look out of place at a baseball game.

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Good start, MW.

Has one tried a fascinator?

Don't struggle with hats, dude... Start with a beginner's hat - a beanie, maybe - and assert your mastery over said hat from day one. NEVER let your hat control you. Remember, you are a human and your hat is just a hat.

When this first step is mastered, move on to more complex and frisky hats.

Do not begin your hat phase with a Stetson or fedora. That way madness lies.

This one is quite fancy:

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I have a Fedora from [url= http://www.hatsandcaps.co.uk/ ]here[/url] and very nice it is too.

I also have an Australian Akubra and a flat cap...

Lets narrow this down.

Are you from the North?
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or are you from the South?

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Or maybe you're not English at all, Scottish?
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Welsh?
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Possibly of Nordic origin?
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Dang, that's a fancy Homburg... I can really see that working with my New Biggles 'tache. 😀

French Hat?

An oversize Rastafarian Tam, stuffed with socks and worn centrally on the top of your lovely bonce could be a good place to start..

The Rastamouse look..

Winner

What's wrong with baseball caps for men in the summer? Nice big peaks keep sun from your eyes

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I saw a chap wearing one of these at Waterloo Station a couple of weeks ago. To his credit he carried it off pretty well.

Taking the pith?

http://www.petoffice.co.jp/catprin/english/

dannybgoode - Member
I have a Fedora from here and very nice it is too.

That [url= http://www.hatsandcaps.co.uk/ ]website[/url] is pretty dangerous, now looking at trilbies to go with my summer Tilley hat. And the freebie straw hat I got for drinking too much beer.

Some hat tips [url= http://www.artofmanliness.com/2008/05/28/the-perfect-hat-for-your-ugly-mug/ ]here[/url]
Maybe something with ostrich feathers ...

My girlfrinend has a pink cowboy hat that I could try, I guess.

I just don't feel comfortable with a baseball or trucker cap. I feel like I'm pretending to be something I'm not. What I am, is a Welshman, so I think I have my answer above, thanks to MW again.

Whatever it is, just avoid those leather Australian waterproof thingies.
A clear indication of a complete c***/B**h rugby fan (same thing 😀 )

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I like a baseball cap as long as its not one of those silly oversized ones with the size label and price tags left on.. WTF all that about anyway?

My girlfrinend has a pink cowboy hat that I could try, I guess.

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Akubra The Territory - to keep the sun off, practical and good.
http://www.akubra.com.au/products_country.html

Ah, mikewsmith, may I refer you to wrecker's point a few posts back..

[quote=yunki ]Ah, mikewsmith, may I refer you to wrecker's point a few posts back..

Yes but if we all listened to Wrecker....

Keeps the sun off my head and neck, great thing. I'm also living in Oz so much more acceptable.

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Edit - Or one of these
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Take the advice of the bard, Rabbie Burns, and "cock up your beaver"

Some fancy plumage brightens any mans headgear.

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Avoid traditional ballcaps by sporting a military-style cap.
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Avoid traditional ballcaps by sporting a military-style cap.

Is the sensitive caring man look obligatory?

Yes but if we all listened to Wrecker....

An Australian hat in Australia is acceptable. Coupled with a barbour and hunter wellies in the home counties; definitive c***.

Is the sensitive caring man look obligatory?

Look closer. Notice, it's Jonathan Trott pulling his 'damn, I just got out' face...

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Barhma Squashy for the summer sun

http://www.barmahhats.com.au/squashy.asp

EDIT: even if wrecker doesn't agree (although I do agree about the wellies and Barbour)

camo16 - Member
Dang, that's a fancy Homburg... I can really see that working with my New Biggles 'tache.

How's yours going Camo?

How's yours going Camo?

Not to shabby, Pinkster - I'm about 85% Selleck, but obviously nothing like your abundant 'tache magnificence! Still, there's some nice width going on now, which makes for good twirling!

To my shame, I actually was looking at...

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...a snip 😯 on eBay for £45!

I reckon it's just the hat for my 'tache - but can anyone seriously stroll about in a Homburg in 2013?

Can't beat a good twirl. 😉

but can anyone seriously stroll about in a Homburg in 2013?

I'm currently considering a beret.

Not Frank Spencer stylee before anyone comments

nothing specific wrecker but this place is not somewhere anybody should take fashion advice from 🙂

Wearing appropriate clothing for the situation is fine, barbour and hunters in the UK is OK on the farm - that you own. Cleans up better when shooting and plucking pheasants (or what ever that sounds like)

Is the sensitive caring man look obligatory?

I think he's looking down at a bug he just squished.

If you have the confidence you can carry off anything on your head.

Well, I am a self-confessed hat lover.

In the past I've worn Berets with Gallic panache, military caps with 'nam vet flair and my stetson gets a rare outing, always at a jaunty angle a la Douglas Fairbanks in The Gaucho... but I worry that a Homburg may be beyond even my hat-wearing confidence...

Mind you, it worked for Winston:

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Not Frank Spencer stylee before anyone comments

So you'll be going for the Benny Hill look then:

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I've ditched the baseball cap in favour of the cloth duck-bill six panel hat. Enough peak to keep the sun and rain off my specs, and comfy with it. I have a wax-cotton look one made by Stetson, as it happens.

So you'll be going for the Benny Hill look then:

Baseball caps don't suit me at all. Many years ago I turned to one of [url= http://www.tilley.com/The-T3-Cotton-Duck-Hat.aspx?id=10CD03HT0T31071 ]these[/url].
lots of sun cover. Stays on in windy weather. Keeps the rain off.
[edit] and my children are still young enough to walk with me when I wear it.
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Aaarghhh yes those ****tish Australian style hats with immaculate long waxy coats and Hunters - nothing says "Twunt" more loudly and I will soon be seeing many on my way to work and trying to restrain myself from bursts of Tourettes.

Homburgs are the coolest headgear ever - and that's a fact.