everybody on ilx complains about reddit

PS beret guy, if you find your way here googling fedoras vs berets and are offended by my post, I somewhat appreciated your earnestness but it was a little overbearing and don't do that to every woman you happen to be on the same street as

(which you presumably do, because there was no more specific reason to do it to me)

is joey jeremiah the ur-fedora nerd? "that one kid who wears a fedora" has existed as a type since the 80s but i can't think of any other specific classical examples in popular culture from the pre-brony/ reddit atheist era.

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lol young fedora'd joey jeremiah used to be my livejournal profile pic

tom waits is obvs the ur fedora nerd booger

oh man depps outfit is brutal there

is it worth bothering to point out a lot of these hats are trilbies not fedoras? well anyway.

http://images4.fanpop.com/image/photos/17600000/Pretty-in-Pink-Duckie-Screencaps-duckie-17679309-852-480.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newsboy_cap

Resurgence

Although traditionally a men's cap, it has recently seen a resurgence as it has become popular with affluent women and fashion houses in the 2000s. It has also become popular among the nerd subculture, although fedoras are more common. Baker boy hats are now seen in many high street retailers. For summer, many girls and women are choosing soft cotton options as the brim offers sun protection. In winter, wool blend baker boy hats are a popular option for those who want to wear a natural material. In 2011, floral cottons are the current trend following a renewed interest in home sewing.[1]

i dont like newsboy caps they make u look like a lil newsboy

this guy can pull off all manner of hats

http://www.vueweekly.com/images/sized/img/old_stories/666/arts-cohen-300x300.jpg

disagree he looks dumb

call the hat police

harry anderson might be the stooges of fedora nerds. harry the hat, tho, not harry stone.

that snl skit is what i was thinking about in terms of calling out the type by name, even though the type had existed long before that but maybe not identified as such afaik.

x-posts

I may have mentioned this on ilx before, but once when my sister was wearing a trilby as part of her outfit, a guy approached her unsolicited at a gas station to brag that his band had once opened for Tom Waits.

ahaha

that'll teach her

Fact: All men's headwear is officially ridiculous.

http://blisssmag.com/bloggg/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/yarmulke.jpg

What, you're not going to post one with Spongebob on it?

a coworker of mine showed up on halloween day with a newsboy cap on and i asked him if it was a halloween costume lol he said "but x and y said they liked my hat!" which led me to the realization that when someone says they like your hat, it basically translates to "you don't usually wear a hat, but i notice that you are wearing one now"

I had a flat cap one winter a few years ago. It was like a newsboy, but more streamlined. I was going through a phase where I felt that I was much further into middle age than I actually am. It was kinda a "give up on life" hat.

Sometimes I wake up and I think I should start wearing a beret, but I don't do it though. One day I'm gonna though. You bet, I will have a beret on. That's ridiculous, but it's true. I always fight with wearing a beret.

I don't know what to do these days. Usually just go for a beanie if the weather calls for it. Seems like such a cop-out hat though. Wish I could make a cowboy hat happen. What kind of dork would that make me though?

i think we still live in a culture where a woman can still wear a hat. any old hat, whatever. with a dude it's like a life choice; that's who you are now, that hat.

I always fight while wearing a beret

FEDORA - adequately covered in this thread
NEWSBOY - makes you look like a newsboy
PORKPIE - Hey, Mr. White! Starting a new ska band?
BASEBALL CAP - I am old enough to buy liquor and haven't played in years.
BEANIE - I plan on being indoors sometime during the day with my hair groomed.
YARMULKE - Not a Jew.
WAVECAP - Not black.
BERET - Not a mime.

Is this because the hat 'seals you in' to a particular look?

guy fawkes mask, horse mask and football helmet all very in for 2013

pplains what about the bowler

Only if you can fling it like a frisbee and cause fatalities.

http://i.imgur.com/UFKOdWw.png

Why the hell wouldn't you just call it a durag

guy fawkes mask, horse mask and football helmet all very in for 2013
wtf is with the horse mask anyways? Suddenly it's all over the place. Why? Where did this crap start? The Guy Fawkes mask I assume has to do with _V Is For Vendetta_. Horse mask though? No one could find a decent Marmaduke mask, so they settled?

Because you can buy one for like $20 from Amazon and it used to have a "WTF" factor

well that's disappointing

let's get david johansen's thought on hats

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DqNdlONAeA

tennis hat

BASEBALL CAP - I am old enough to buy liquor and haven't played in years.

i wear a phillies cap often. i think it's good to advertise the team of the city you live in - it makes u feel like an insider.

baseball caps are not something i do but they are fine

u shd only wear them w a ratty overcoat while carrying the sunday paper under yr arm tho also you a hung over and two days unshaven

i like sports team logos

what about bobble hat

lemme guess, ur not wally

interesting that the least offensive (and somehow most adult seeming) choice in that list is one that even a generation or two ago would have been reserved only for young boys and athletes.

yeah

we are making a distinction between baseball cap and NEW ERA 5150 cap, right

I'm sorry 5950

well i've got the unshaven part down

what's the feeling about kangols? are they just as bad as berets?

HAGAR ERA