Cars and hygiene killed the middle-class hat
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#3I've been wearing a hat outdoors for about 10 years now, since the doc carved pieces of flesh out of my forehead. It was annoying at first, but I grew to like it. It keeps the sunburn away. I was surprised how pleasant it made walking in the rain.
It doesn't affect my hairstyle because my hair departed long ago.
I do get ridiculed for it now and then, but one advantage of getting older is one stops caring about that, and if pressed I'll just tell 'em they'll change their mind after going under the knife.
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#4I've been wearing a hat outdoors for about 10 years now, since the doc carved pieces of flesh out of my forehead. It was annoying at first, but I grew to like it. It keeps the sunburn away. I was surprised how pleasant it made walking in the rain. It doesn't affect my hairstyle because my hair departed long ago. I do get ridiculed for it now and then, but one advantage of getting older is one stops caring about that,…
> since the doc carved pieces of flesh out of my forehead.
Melanoma or fishing accident?
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#5My wife is Japanese.
She trained as a Milliner, and has been desinging and making hats for decades.
She's a damn great milliner. She won 1st prize in The Worshipful Company of Feltmakers of London competition, in the 90's.
She worked for Philip Treacy.
She's been in numerous magazine and newspaper articles.
There is only one problem: no one buys hats these days :/
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#6I’ve often wondered about getting a more wide brimmed hat as I get older, but I find that baseball cap does the job just fine.
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#7I've been wearing a hat outdoors for about 10 years now, since the doc carved pieces of flesh out of my forehead. It was annoying at first, but I grew to like it. It keeps the sunburn away. I was surprised how pleasant it made walking in the rain. It doesn't affect my hairstyle because my hair departed long ago. I do get ridiculed for it now and then, but one advantage of getting older is one stops caring about that,…
> since the doc carved pieces of flesh out of my forehead. Melanoma or fishing accident?
Fortunately not melanoma, but typical problems caused by sun damage.
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#8As George Costanza said "What a bald paradise that must have been. Nobody knew" referring to the 20's and 30's when everyone wore hats.
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#9I've come to really appreciate good hats, especially good bush hats (think Crocodile Dundee type cowboy hat) when I'm in the bush.
They don't just keep the sun out of your eyes. They keep your head warm when it's cold outside and cool when it's sunny. They keep your head dry when it's wet, but don't end up drenched in sweat.
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#10My wife is Japanese. She trained as a Milliner, and has been desinging and making hats for decades. She's a damn great milliner. She won 1st prize in The Worshipful Company of Feltmakers of London competition, in the 90's. She worked for Philip Treacy. She's been in numerous magazine and newspaper articles. There is only one problem: no one buys hats these days :/
Any chance you could link to some of her work? Not that it would make that much difference in the overall scheme of things, but I bet a lot of people reading this comment are curious now!