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Interesting article on hats and people not wearing them anymore. I "always" wanted a proper hat (a pork-pie is what I learned the style I like is called). A few years back I finally had the money to buy a cheap one - "only" $50. A quality one will run you $200 or more.

So, I started wearing my hat in the winter on the Metro. For the first 2-3 years not a week went by without perfect strangers coming up to me (often several times a week!) to tell me how much they liked my hat. This has declined a little but I also have noticed more men wearing "proper" hats over time.

Now, there is nothing special about this hat - black, conservative pork-pie - so I think there is a "latent demand" for hats. Sadly, given the number of women who have ask me out while wearing the hat (zero), I can't attribute the attention I get to my looks.

by Mad Hatter on May 9, 2012 10:19 am • link • report

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