Some things just won't change...
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Topic: Some things just won't change...
Posted By: DeTrevni
Subject: Some things just won't change...
Date Posted: 28 December 2011 at 4:57am
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I will always be the tackiest person you e-know. Read: I got a nice, high-end bowler!  This hat would go GREAT with a sword cane, I'm pretty sure... ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell" 
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Posted By: mbro
Date Posted: 28 December 2011 at 1:54pm
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Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos. |
Posted By: stratoaxe
Date Posted: 28 December 2011 at 1:55pm
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You look like Jack White with that on. ------------- 
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Posted By: Ceesman762
Date Posted: 28 December 2011 at 1:57pm
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Alex the Droog???? Where is your phony Eye lash??
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Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 28 December 2011 at 2:05pm
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^^^ That's what I was thinking as well.
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Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 28 December 2011 at 5:16pm
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Check out the file name of the pic in the OP, Clockwork Orange fellows. Also:  When I get a hat, I own up to it! ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell"
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Posted By: mbro
Date Posted: 28 December 2011 at 5:19pm
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You are women repellent -------------
Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos. |
Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 28 December 2011 at 8:37pm
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Why u gotta h8? Lemme axe you this: what would it take to successfully pull off a bowler? In relatively casual wear. ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell"
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Posted By: Rofl_Mao
Date Posted: 28 December 2011 at 9:06pm
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Lambchops and a p-coat. Full suit is optional. |
Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 28 December 2011 at 9:13pm
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Meh. Facial hair is out. If you can't tell from the pic, wiry goat stubble is the best I can muster. I'm about to lop that off. I do like pea coats, but I'm leaning more towards Western, methinks. I am Texan. ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell"
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Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 28 December 2011 at 10:02pm
In casual wear? A time machine. DO NOT DO IT otherwise. Don't be one of those clowns that just ruins a good thing. The fedora is a beautiful hat, but guys like the picture up higher have just ruined them. Wearing them with ugly short sleeve button ups, khakis and skechers... You'll have to be a very dapper gentleman in a rather nice suit, attending something befitting of the attire in order to pull off the bowler. Doing it casually you might as well just spraypaint "awkward" on your chest and wear that instead. Seriously, don't do it, for mankind everywhere. |
DeTrevni wrote:Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 28 December 2011 at 10:15pm
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Point accepted. I believe I have the ability to clean up nicely, so I suppose I can keep it to formal if necessary. That said, I like high quality hats, so would you be able to recommend I hat I could actually wear on the town? I'd be willing to dress to meet it, but I would like to keep it reasonably casual. ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell"
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Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 28 December 2011 at 10:27pm
| A good newsboy cap would be my suggestion. I have a couple friends with them and they're quite nice/ look good, even casually (provided you're not a total neckbeard when casual) |
Posted By: agentwhale007
Date Posted: 28 December 2011 at 10:30pm
Or do what makes you happy, even if it makes you look like a dork. I think my way's a bit more mentally healthy, even if it can be, as I put it in the chatroom, a lady repellent.
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Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 28 December 2011 at 10:46pm
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So I take it I was the subject of conversation in chat? Good, then I'm doing my job. Look, here's the thing, I have a desire to do what I want, world be damned. Otherwise, I wouldn't have bought a bowler. However, I tend to let other people's opinions affect me too much. I'm trying to break away from that. I think I will use this hat as a social litmus test. If you are somehow put off by my hat, then I'd rather not have anything to do with you. Sure, quirky people can be socially awkward, but isn't that really the point? I tend to find normalcy boring. So go ahead, wear a bowler with a T-shirt. Why not? ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell"
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Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 28 December 2011 at 10:50pm
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Double post! My God I'm flakey. Only I can turn a hat into an identity crisis... ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell"
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Posted By: stratoaxe
Date Posted: 28 December 2011 at 11:05pm
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Since the conversation turned serious... I'd say wear what you want, but I tend to agree with Choop. Fedoras were part of an era where men prided themselves in dressing fancy and if you wear it out of context it just doesn't work. This isn't a matter of looks, you look better dressed nice regardless. It's just that the clash inspires dissonance...like wearing a pair of dress slacks with an old AC DC shirt. Or wearing a hippie bandana with a tuxedo. Or a backwards cap with anything. -------------
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Posted By: agentwhale007
Date Posted: 28 December 2011 at 11:10pm
I have a habit of supporting dissonance, though. I teach in slacks, shirt/tie, and either checkboard Vans or fluorescent-orange Nike high tops.
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Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 28 December 2011 at 11:26pm
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Well, I am starting to wonder who I need to impress. I have a good job that makes good money, I play guitar, I have several motorcycles, I enjoy going out and doing things, I longboard and play paintball. If you think I'm awkward or no fun, and won't take the time to say hi because my hat is out of place, sucks for you. Yeah, I think I like my hat. ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell"
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Posted By: DaveEllis
Date Posted: 28 December 2011 at 11:30pm
| If there was an anti **edited** magnet, you'd be it. |
Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 28 December 2011 at 11:36pm
Then don't ask other people for advice, because you look like a dork and they will tell you. If you don't care, then don't care. |
Posted By: agentwhale007
Date Posted: 28 December 2011 at 11:40pm
My advice was for him to wear what makes him happy.
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Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 28 December 2011 at 11:41pm
------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell"
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Posted By: PaiNTbALLfReNzY
Date Posted: 28 December 2011 at 11:42pm
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Step 1: Trade the Bowler in for a Top Hat. Step 2: Cut the Top Hat lid halfway off. Step 3: Stand at freeway offramp. Step 4: ????? Step 5: Profit |
Posted By: agentwhale007
Date Posted: 28 December 2011 at 11:53pm
Why DID cartoon bums always have a top hat with the lid peeled back like it was opened with a can opener?
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Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 29 December 2011 at 12:02am
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All I know is the America's first lovable tramp had a bowler... ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell"
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Posted By: stratoaxe
Date Posted: 29 December 2011 at 12:05am
This brings up an interesting conversation I was having with a friend a few weeks ago. The basic idea of it was that nobody truly doesn't care what people think, otherwise we'd all just walk around in our pajamas. That brought me to the realization that I spend a disturbing amount of time dressing like a slob as opposed to the raging metrosexual I was a couple of years ago. Getting older sucks. -------------
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Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 29 December 2011 at 12:14am
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Eh. I agree. Saying "I don't care" is incorrect. I guess now I'm trying to prove a point, and that by itself implies that I care. I still maintain that if you think less of me as an individual based off a goofy hat, than I really don't want to associate with you. Of course, that means I'm dressing for others with a similar mentality, so in the end it all means the same thing. Which is fairly ironic...
------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell"
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Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 29 December 2011 at 12:29am
I assumed it was because they were found objects, so they had been discarded by the original owner, while still fit for the hobo lifestyle. |
Posted By: Rofl_Mao
Date Posted: 29 December 2011 at 3:27am
I still think its a pretty sweet hat. 
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Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 29 December 2011 at 3:37am
The hat isn't up for debate, it's the wearer and the attire/ situation the sweet hat fits best with. |
Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 29 December 2011 at 4:53am
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Eh. I still maintain that I can find a way to make the hat look decent with a semi-casual outfit. But if not, I like the hat enough to not particularly care, and quite like the idea of a social litmus test. As for making it work, from Wiki: "The bowler, not the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowboy_hat" rel="nofollow - cowboy hat or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sombrero" rel="nofollow - sombrero , was the most popular hat in the American West, prompting http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_Beebe" rel="nofollow - Lucius Beebe to call it 'the hat that won the West.' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowler_hat#cite_note-6" rel="nofollow - [7] Both cowboys and railroad workers preferred the hat because it wouldn't blow off easily in strong wind, or when sticking one's head out the window of a speeding train. It was worn by both lawmen and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outlaw" rel="nofollow - outlaws , including http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat_Masterson" rel="nofollow - Bat Masterson , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butch_Cassidy" rel="nofollow - Butch Cassidy , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Bart_%28outlaw%29" rel="nofollow - Black Bart , and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_the_Kid" rel="nofollow - Billy the Kid . It is in America the hat came to be commonly known as the 'Derby.'" Given the amount of people who wear Western garb here (Texas...), complete with cowboy hat, I don't see why I couldn't theoretically do the same with a bowler. I know social norms have changed, but I find it amusing that what is considered a dress hat these days was originally a working man's hat. BRINGING IT BACK, BABY. ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell"
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Posted By: little devil
Date Posted: 29 December 2011 at 9:18am
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That hat would look killer with a 3 piece suit. I'd only bust it out w. a 3 piece suit. Keep it fresh and classy. |
Posted By: Lightningbolt
Date Posted: 29 December 2011 at 9:25am
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The only way I can really picture pulling that hat off is by going all of the way with a nice long sleeve dress shirt with a garter on your bicep, a pin stripe suit vest and dress pants to go with. Handlebar mustache is optional. And at that point I would begin to refer to you as "Clint Yeastwood"
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Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 29 December 2011 at 3:50pm
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Posted By: deadeye007
Date Posted: 29 December 2011 at 6:56pm
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I was going to argue for a cowboy hat since you are a Texan. ------------- Face it guys, common sense is a form of wealth and we're surrounded by poverty.-Strato |
Posted By: SSOK
Date Posted: 29 December 2011 at 11:51pm
A circular filing cabinet. Edit: I feel kinda bad. Invest in a bomber (or as I call it, "Commie") hat. I have a red/black one that I feel is awesome. I dont care what people think, most approve.
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Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 30 December 2011 at 12:04am
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Okay, what if I kept this one as my nice dress hat, and got a brown derby for casual wear? Better? ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell"
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Posted By: Lightningbolt
Date Posted: 30 December 2011 at 8:17am
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We were at the mall yesterday to make a return at radio shack and this kid wearing jeans, a t shirt, tennis shoes and a tall top hat. It was bizarre. . |
Posted By: bravecoward
Date Posted: 31 December 2011 at 3:49am
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The only time you can wear a fedora with a short sleeve button down is if you're in a ska band. ------------- 
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Posted By: jmac3
Date Posted: 31 December 2011 at 10:05am
Truth. I can't stand not wearing a hat. It drives me nuts so when I am dressing up I usually wear one of these:  Should be noted that my dressing up is just Khakis, and a sweater. Sometimes a dress shirt under the sweater. I don't wear suits. ------------- Que pasa? 
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Posted By: usafpilot07
Date Posted: 31 December 2011 at 10:25am
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I'm just going to throw this out there, but people who say "don't worry about what anyone else thinks" are lying to themselves. Humans are pack animals. It's fine to say you don't want to be a part of up to date trends or whatever, but everyone needs people around them. That's why there are so many jokes about non-comformists just conforming to a different group. It's human nature.
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Posted By: agentwhale007
Date Posted: 31 December 2011 at 11:33am
Nope.
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Posted By: Lightningbolt
Date Posted: 31 December 2011 at 12:12pm
A guy once told me to never mess with a guy that drives a Jeep because they're crazy. Same thing goes for guys that wear these hats. Every last one of them has mad boxing skills |
Posted By: BARREL BREAK
Date Posted: 04 January 2012 at 10:56pm
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T&O... T&O never changes... |
Posted By: BARREL BREAK
Date Posted: 04 January 2012 at 11:11pm
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Sorry, but if you live in a time period AFTER the Kennedy inauguration you should not be wearing a hat to look dapper. |
Posted By: Skillet42565
Date Posted: 04 January 2012 at 11:38pm
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Holy crap its BB ------------- 
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Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 05 January 2012 at 2:04am
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Firstly, wazzup? Secondly, I like hats. That's enough for me. ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell"
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Posted By: BARREL BREAK
Date Posted: 05 January 2012 at 9:51pm
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Not much; finally going to finish my undergrad this year, still makin http://www.flickr.com/photos/crooked_style/" rel="nofollow - photos , drivin a busted '87 Benz 300D because a broken merc is cooler than a working toyota, listening to a lot of grime and dub. Full disclosure: I bought a brown felt fedora right before going to college for the first time, I would rank that, and the wearing of it, as one of the worst decisions I have ever made. |
Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 05 January 2012 at 10:41pm
I'm glad you recognized your mistake, you're a better person for it. Welcome back man. |
Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 06 January 2012 at 2:33am
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I wear a Panama hat in the summer to keep the top of my head from turning bright red. The wife says when I throw the sunglasses on with it I look like I'd be at home on a southern plantation. However, since I shaved off the goatee* and just kept the mustache I have to admit that I look more like a corrupt southern cop in a bad '70s made for TV movie.** *Darn trimmer guard fell apart in mid-trim and I had to start the beard over. **Think Rosco P. Coltrane meets Burt Reynolds by way of Yul Brenner. -------------
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