Spagbook

[tyrannosaurus vex]

Wear the Trilby when you make the loan.
The Fedora is for when you collect.

[LMNO]

Wear the Trilby when you make the loan.
The Fedora is for when you collect.

Very succinct.  I like.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

SCIENCEING:


My pretty street:

I like!

[The Good Reverend Roger]

This is the last thing many of you will ever see.  Just saying.

[East Coast Hustle]

So, as comparison.

Trilby:




Fedora:

Fedora: yes. And with that look, nobody's gonna fuck with you about it.

Trilby: holy shit, dude, absofuckinglutely NOT.

[East Coast Hustle]

Upon further reflection, I'm not sure if I'm opposed to the style itself or just to THAT particular hat, which looks like it should be worn by some 80 year old guy with depends on under his khakis while he plays in the consolation bracket of the shuffleboard tournament down at the nursing home.

[hooplala]

I think the trilby can be worn well... here is Mrs Hoopla sporting one of mine:



She looks much better in it than I do.  But, that's true of everything.

(SHe would probably want me to point out, that I actually wore it out that night, she just plopped it onto her head for photo reasons)

[LMNO]

Upon further reflection, I'm not sure if I'm opposed to the style itself or just to THAT particular hat, which looks like it should be worn by some 80 year old guy with depends on under his khakis while he plays in the consolation bracket of the shuffleboard tournament down at the nursing home.

Well, at least now I know what I'm getting you for Christmas.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

I think the trilby can be worn well... here is Mrs Hoopla sporting one of mine:



She looks much better in it than I do.  But, that's true of everything.

It's a woman hat, I think.

[hooplala]

I think the trilby can be worn well... here is Mrs Hoopla sporting one of mine:



She looks much better in it than I do.  But, that's true of everything.

It's a woman hat, I think.

I agree.  For comparison, here is me in the same hat... it's clear she trumps me:

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

The fedora/trilby issue has been around for a while. Though LMNO can pull it off, from what I can see in the picture, anyway. Typically, the brim of a fedora or fedora-like hat (trilby, porkpie, pince-nez) should be proportionate to the wearer's shoulders. The issue with a trilby is that they can often been seen as juvenile, and really only look good on guys with no shoulders. Basically, making them the ultimate hipster hat. *shrug*

A while back my teenage daughter found infographics about it on Tumblr. It's like that thing that happens every summer when a new generation of 14-year-olds realizes that "Blister In The Sun" is about masturbation, and they feel very clever and go around casually letting on that they know, and making fun of people who haven't gotten it yet.

Only with hats.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I think the trilby can be worn well... here is Mrs Hoopla sporting one of mine:



She looks much better in it than I do.  But, that's true of everything.

It's a woman hat, I think.

Actually, that would be the Fedora:

This particular style actually originated as a woman's hat, with the name Fedora coming from the title character of  Victorien Sardou's 1882 play, Fédora, played by Sarah Bernhardt in a fedora on stage. By the 1920's it had been adopted as a men's hat, and now is often associated with prohibition gangster culture of the 20's and film noir of the 40's.

http://hatbox.com/hat-history.cfm

[hooplala]

I can see how it could come across that way... I've always had a thing for hats, but this particular issue was never something I felt the need to point out before "fedoras" became vilified.

[LMNO]

The fedora/trilby issue has been around for a while. Though LMNO can pull it off, from what I can see in the picture, anyway. Typically, the brim of a fedora or fedora-like hat (trilby, porkpie, pince-nez) should be proportionate to the wearer's shoulders. The issue with a trilby is that they can often been seen as juvenile, and really only look good on guys with no shoulders. Basically, making them the ultimate hipster hat. *shrug*

A while back my teenage daughter found infographics about it on Tumblr. It's like that thing that happens every summer when a new generation of 14-year-olds realizes that "Blister In The Sun" is about masturbation, and they feel very clever and go around casually letting on that they know, and making fun of people who haven't gotten it yet.

Only with hats.

It's true-- fedoras are actually about masturbation.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

This is the last thing many of you will ever see.  Just saying.