HATS - A CHAP'S GUIDE TO WEARING HATS!. Add a hat to your wardrobe to hits new heights of style.

[@TheChapsGuide]

Ever wanted to wear a hat but felt intimidated by the fact that no one else seems to be wearing one? Well, here are some of my thoughts about why very few chaps seem to be wearing a formal hat anymore - and why this should change.

[@bigprettyman3795]

I was right; you do look good in a trilby. But I still want to see you in a Bowler.

[@johnbunton9177]

I've reached the point where I never leave the house without a hat. In the summer, I wear a hand-woven Panama in fedora-style, in the spring and fall, I alternate between Harris Tweed flat caps and a classic grey rabbit's fur felt fedora, and in the winter I wear a lambswool papakha. Not only do hats keep me warm in the cooler months and provide shade in the summer, but they add a couple of inches to my height, and help hide my thinning hair. To my mind, nothing completes an outfit like a hat. -And you'll certainly stand out from the crowd of men who either wear no hat at all or -groan- only ever a baseball cap.

[@chrisnunns]

I never leave the house without a hat. Sometimes a flat cap or a leather look Stetson trilby but mainly a Lock &Co Bowler. Great video thank you and I look forward to more hat videos from you in the future

[@luislaplume8261]

You know what? I believe you!

[@adamlittlewood1453]

I'm a wearer of the flat cap very regularly it makes me feel smart and confident. Also the colour choice is so varied you can coordinate it with your clothes.

[@markschumacher7408]

You look much better in the trilby hat than in the baseball cap.

[@TheChapsGuide]

I agree entirely sir!

[@0017Bulldog]

Your Dad looks utterly fantastic with his hat!

[@t140pete]

If you want to get ahead - get a hat ! I have been wearing flat caps for a good few years (being both Northern, and bald), but have decided to go for a black felt Trilby similar to the one featured in your vid. I'd like to rock a wider-brimmed Fedora style, but I'll have to get used to the Trilby first, then maybe get a quality Lock or similar make vintage hat. Thanks for making the vid - it gave me a push in the right direction

[@MrBaertigerchrist]

I was startet like you with flatcaps and my first good hat was a trilby and I was not listen to the women in the shop where I buy it because she encourage me to take something with a wider brim. The last years I was buying other hats from ebay and my favorite style is the fedora 🕵️

[@dalecarpenter8828]

protection from elements ,! I love it when I see the guy wearing the baseball cap backwards and is shading his eye from the sun with his hand !

[@flairball]

I won’t go out without a hat. Frequently wear a tweed bond cap, or a fedora style hat. I’ve got a derby, too, which get worn out occasionally. And yes, in the warmer months I might be found wearing a ball cap if appropriate, or more correctly, when not inappropriate.

[@TheChapsGuide]

A hat remains the final preserve of the true gentleman.

[@flairball]

@@TheChapsGuide, I hope they don’t mind me wearing one. What is your opinion of the deerstalker/Sherlock Holmes style of hat? I spend quite a bit of time in the countryside, and think it might be the perfect option to keep others away. Considering I frequently visit the countryside to not be bothered by people, this would mean the hat not only keeps the weather off me, but achieves a secondary purpose. It’s not widely seen here in the US other than at steampunk and anime conventions. BTW, great channel. Glad I stumbled upon it.

[@waziotter]

I was blessed/cursed with an absolutely enormous head which is also a weird shape, so hats have always been a no-go for me. Or at least until recently. They are now available in much larger sizes. I still look ridiculous in a rigid hat, but I now love to wear a flat cap in the winter and a Panama in the summer (especially while watching cricket). And yes, a baseball cap all year round (they are light weight, keep the sun & rain off your face and store easily). Hats are making a comeback.

[@hoozat007]

I have recently begun wearing hats (other than ball caps) more frequently. I have a very good Australian Akubra wide-brim hat hat that I have owned for many years and often wear when it’s raining. But I recently bought a good straw trilby that I wore in the summer and I plan to get a nice flat cap to wear out in place of my ball caps. Interestingly, I have a black felt trilby very similar to yours that I bought at a thrift store a couple years ago to wear as part of a costume, but I’m thinking that I might pull it out for other occasions now too. Rememberance Day is coming up again soon… although I’m in Canada and often need something warmer on November 11th.

[@magiclantern66]

I am very much a hat man. I currently own a flat cap, a trilby and a straw fedora for the summer. I'll sometimes don my boater for festivals. Tipping the brim of one's titfer almost always causes a smile from the ladies.

[@hansbaeker9769]

I live in the US West and wear a cowboy hat nearly every time I go outside. I will wear a cap on occasion, but mainly if I'm going into a situation (such as on top of a grain elevator) where the dust and the wind are likely to cause issues. Sometimes in the winter, I wear a 100% wool flat cap to keep my head warm while driving, but generally switch to my beaver fur winter cowboy hat when I get out. of the car. We recently had my 50th high school reunion and about 1/3 of the men wore either a baseball cap or a hat. I set up a table near the door to put hats on so we wouldn't have to keep them on our heads the entire time, but only two of us made use of the table.

[@hewearsitwell]

I have recently started wearing hats more often, guess it started for me on holiday in cyprus 2 years ago, i had a floppy sun hat for day time and a straw fedora for early evening, since that i have gone on to buy 3 or 4 fedoras, a trilby, pork pie hat and a few balker boy style hats and went on to bowler and recently a homburg (a boater is on the cards), last time i wore the boler it was amazing the amount of positive comments and even requests for photos, obviously the right hat at the right time is more important....

[@TheChapsGuide]

You are so correct - I would never have indulged on a bowler, but now I am fully converted - it's all about the right place/right time!

[@jonathanvermillion7263]

I am a huge hat lover and rarely leave the house without one

[@ianarn]

I think it is because the car took over and people hardly walk anymore that the hat has died. The Bowler is considered quite costumish but the trilby I think is very practical in elegant clothing and inclement weather. I mostly wear the Baker’s boy hat myself in winter and a Napoli brim hat in a light brown with a brim in summer! Very practical for shielding against the elements! I find the Baseball cap just doesn’t suit the shape of my head making it more square and usually they have logos on them in any case. The hat will make a serious come back in the next couple of years I strongly believe as circumstances change.

[@TheChapsGuide]

Great choice, my most often worn hat is a flat cap. Practical and (in this hatless period) smarter than a baseball cap and smart

[@axelreisdorf4375]

I can confirm the theory that the vanishing custom of wearing hats is connected to the fact that more and more men drove by car.

[@MartinBraun-l5j]

Modern cars do not have much headroom so wearing anything higher than a baseball cap is impractical

[@MrBaertigerchrist]

I pretty often wear a Hat, mostly a fedora or my trilby. Sometimes I wear a hat with a brighter brim and flatcaps of course. Nice topic.

[@Lordrixson5489]

Good evening squire! I've watched this and your other video about wearing a trilby and I'm convinced now that I'm going to start wearing one! I'm 50 and bald so it's particularly ideal! I've ditched my baseball cap and currently wear a flat cap with my wax jacket and jeans but as I'm also upgrading my style for this decade in my life I'm definitely going to give a trilby a good go! I've already measured my noggin and ordered one. Cheers Ash! 🥂 👍🏻

[@TheChapsGuide]

Good luck and welcome to the Trilby Club!!

[@20thcenturyboy85]

Guys are run so ragged these days that most do not wear hats. To me, they're a sign of a Man who actually has his life together. The right hat can add a touch of masculine style to the most casual outfits without even trying.

[@luislaplume8261]

Get a load of Humphrey Bogart with a hat in any movie he made. Nobody could call him a sissy boy.

[@lynn5447]

Well done and well said. Hats, like a lot of things, have dwindled. Sad.

[@colinosullivan930]

Enjoying the channel here from Ireland. I’ll be wearing my flat cap today on my city walk in Cork. 👍 I saw a lovely hat shop in york yesterday was I was over there for work but unfortunately this time didn’t have the chance to enter. Next month perhaps when I’m back. Cheers

[@markrichmond4796]

Well done you Ash….I’m not a baseball cap person, however Fedora, Deerstalker, Panama and Akubra are all in my wardrobe throughout the year, here in Australia.

[@danbee415]

Taking a look at this video. Was viewing Hilditch Key items on eBay and they have loads of hats in my size on the cheap. That being said, my head is 24.2 inches circumference which fits in the range of extra large.

[@robo2606]

Great video. I wear a hat every day 🤠

[@johnoliver8703]

im a flat cap wearer, in my 50s and i really want to find the bravery for investing and wearing a trilby,, someday soon.I guess its a confidence thing... I did have it when i worked as a teacher/manager, however out in the street may be less confident...

[@TheChapsGuide]

I was the same until I ventured into the trilby world. Now I wouldn't look back. Try this website - good range and cheap(ish) prices - takes the risk out of trying a new look: www.hatsandcaps.co.uk/?gclid=CjwKCAiAn7L-BRBbEiwAl9UtkNc6AnVNKLU3hfjOEfenD5grXa76wHny77RvwjfuMo6Yy1DtA26hmxoCj7kQAvD_BwE

[@usynnstradler]

i bought a trilby at 21 8 years ago. why are you afraid

[@guylewis7418]

Don’t be afraid, John. Most people don’t care, and a lot will like it.

[@guitarplayer5611]

Great video!

[@freddecker2407]

QUESTION FOR ASH: I live in Chicago, USA. Almost no one where I live wears dress hats, but I love hats! I want to be a "hat guy"! I have noticed that hard structured hats, like homburgs and bowlers, look better with my face than soft hats, like fedoras or newsboy caps. Do you think structured hats look better on everyone. or do some people look better with soft hats and other people look better with structured hats? Do you know why a structured or soft hat might work better with a certain face? Thanks!

[@williambelford9661]

Armistice Day and no Poppy 😱 And, when attending a Remembrance Service I would be wearing my Service Beret.

[@andreleverettejr3747]

I wear a flat cap in the winter (100% wool or tweed only) and to a place where I can keep my hat on because I love hats but my hair is structured in such a manner that hats do irreparable shaping to it where I will look unsatisfactory if taken off so that's my sartorial excuse sir but I do wish I didn't have this issue I'd wear a hat anywhere

[@oldguy8078]

Good talk, but would love more on different styles of hat and what, and how one should wear one. And what's the difference between a 'squire cap' and a 'workers cloth cap.'. Much obliged!

[@TheChapsGuide]

Definitely will be following this video up with some future material on other headwear. Thanks for the feedback sir!

[@clawhammer704]

I wear a hat or cap so much I sometimes forget I have it on. I wear a ivy cap most times.

[@viclucyzia]

I always wear a hat when I go out of the house, at least 98% of the days. It has to be heavily cloudy warm yet dry for me not to wear one. My father always told me a hat and gloves are not accessories but parts of the wardrobe which deal to cover up and protect against weather conditions like any other piece of garment and in case of a hat also the eyes form the bright sun rays. Besides I like to stand out from the crowd who is like a flock of sheep all look alike cloning each other for fear not to look weird.

[@TheChapsGuide]

You are clearly a chap of good taste and confident bearing sir. Your father gave excellent advice indeed. I usually wear my hats in winter -so its time to get them out

[@viclucyzia]

@@TheChapsGuide my hats include woolen flatcap and newsboy caps from Eton and Harris Tweed, Autumn/Spring vintage dark blue fedora, dark yellow trilby and flatcap, Summer linen and cotton flatcap, white traveller hat, straw fedora and a real however not superior panama hat. For outdoors 3 australian leather hats, boonies etc. For sports caps. Always a hat. Even in my car 3 hats ready for wear. I am 53 years of age so we are in the same age bracket dear sir.

[@RateMyRestaurantYEG]

I’m almost 60 and don’t give a s@!:t what people think. I wear Homburg hats, Bowler hats, Flat caps, Trilby hats, Panama hats and even Boater hats. Never had a bad comment and if I did I’d tell em to mind their own business lol

[@TheChapsGuide]

The best attitude to have by far - I salute you sir!

[@wm4126]

I would add that in part the idea that the advent of cars and that in the latter years, the amount of headroom left little in the way of wearing hats, and that we were no longer walking down main street, but we were now going straight from home to car to our destination. I would also add the loss of wearing your Sunday best as they would say both to church and to the Sunday dinner. Looking back is a shame we lost that in our society.

[@davidjohn-xy1mm]

How about a top hat ? Can it be worn as "informal" ? Then again - perhaps why not - any thoughts ? Thank you.

[@TheChapsGuide]

The topper May single you out as eccentric these days. But if you can pull it off….. why not?

[@Medomsley]

Hat looks good on you Ash-great videos too, so keep them coming. Have you ever grown your moustache? (Perhaps in the RAF)-Think it would be great to see you grow and then show how to shape it up and maintain the look. Would go well with the trilby too! Hope you will consider-will make great video.

[@TheChapsGuide]

Thanks for the positive feedback, its taking a little while to get the channel moving along, but hopefully we will gain a few more subscribers in the new year. I did actually grow a 'bandito' style moustache last November. Sadly my good lady wife was not a fan and I acceded to her demands to shave it off this time last year. To be honest, she did have a point - it did look a bit scruffy and certainly not in keeping with my 'Chap-like' image.

[@Medomsley]

Thanks Ash-best of luck with the channel-am sure you will gather "fans" as you go. As for the moustache. can understand Mrs. Ash not taking to the bandito! Was thinking of something more formal, to go with the image and the trilby, perhaps a military style moustache? Hoping you will give it a go.....

[@speedfinder1]

It is a documented fact that the Motor Car's popularity is inversely related to the diminishing popularity of mens' formal hats.

[@luislaplume8261]

I can picture Gene Simmons from the rock'n roll band Kiss wearing a 1640s hat with ostrich feathers, like the Dutch nobleman did in those days.

[@Theonelordnikon]

Years ago a man was considered not completely dressed with out a hat.

[@axelreisdorf4375]

Understanding how far the hat-fashion went in former times, it pays to have a look at the „Straw-hat-riots“ of 1922 in New York.

[@guitarplayer5611]

I have read that JFK had a role in men’s wearing of hats falling out of style as he wasn’t a regular hat wearer.

[@TheChapsGuide]

I do believe that is the case.

[@MartinBraun-l5j]

What is the difference between a chap and a bloke?

[@TheChapsGuide]

I use the term 'chap' as shorthand for 'modern gentleman'

[@javjhon875]

I always wear my trilby hat and a fine collection of them I've got .My motto is phone keys wallet and trilby hat make me stand out from the normies😂😂😂😂😂

[@ihopetowin]

The era of post-modernism has left great swathes of society surrendering their cultural heritage for empty headedness, disregard of elegance, etiquette, personal enrichment through art, reading, history, logic, reasoning and critical thinking. Renaissance required.

[@leepretorius4869]

Perhaps there’s an economic push against hats that can’t be branded?

[@jayphelps1536]

Under no circumstances should a chap wear a baseball cap. Not the attire of a gentleman. Otherwise a helpful video!

[@rogerr.8507]

I havent finished watching, but i hate your trilby at the start.

[@platinumplum]

In the hot, sunny weather I wear a panama, when it's cold/mild I have a suede flat cap, raining or may rain I have a fedora. I'll never forget being sneered at as I visited some antique shops by a man in jeans and white t-shirt (because it's so funny when a man wears a fedora nowadays). Of course, the heavens opened up an hour later as I was strolling home, water rushed from my brim as I passed him in the street, his head down, soaked through and looking like a drowned rat .. despite the irony I restrained myself from returning the sneer/smirk he'd sent me an hour earlier ... I was just happy to be bone dry while his thin t-shirt clung to his bare skin!

[@TheChapsGuide]

The gods of style smiled down open you. Outstanding