Why Did Men Stop Wearing Hats? // Antonio Reacts To Gentlemen's Gazette

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[@djtechno95]

Hey, why don't you do a series of lookbook videos on KZbin involving you wearing a suit (both single-breasted and double breasted), tie and hat (trilby and/or fedora), where you wordlessly walk around and pose on the streets or against your usual background wearing these clothes, sometimes with both your hands in your pockets? Maybe you could bookend each video with 30 seconds of robot dancing (powering up like a machine at the beginning and powering down at the end)?

[@nlhn638]

I would love, not only to see the social classes of hats and all that, but why not just a "Dress Social Class" video in general, or multiple?

[@streamink9381]

Hey, can you make a video about the Oud for Greatness fragnance?

[@catdude6186]

I do because I am bald and want to protect my head.

[@geoludvikiv-ii4930]

It's a real shame that older hat styles (or just hats in general) are often criticized for impracticality, meanwhile "pre-ripped" jeans are a modern fashion trend.

[@oldarthurmorgan6319]

Ikr???

[@blakemcnamara9105]

True.

[@keshavrao212]

Hats are very practical, every civilization wore a hat.

[@1911dawg]

Oh and don’t forget wearing pants 3 sizes to big without a belt

[@doug6259]

I always wear a hat in public, usually a fedora or flat cap. In the meantime, I would not be caught dead in a pair of ripped jeans.

[@Nickelbippy]

I would like to see hats for sun protection become commonplace. Unless men are protecting the top of their head, many don't try to avoid sun damage and the risk of skin cancer. I started wearing hats about 20 years ago, so glad I did!

[@fletcherbullock7291]

I work on a farm in Massachusetts. I’ll be honest I got Indiana Jones hat and partially the farmwork was just an excuse to buy it. It was one of the best purchases I’ve ever made though. When I’m picking things like corn, kale, grape tomatoes, or whatever in 95 degree heat it is a life saver

[@spark300c]

sun protection why I wear cowboy hat as apartment grounds keeper in Dallas Texas. I do not burn but sun is strong in summer to cause premature aging for my skin tone.

[@TaikaviittaX]

The rarity of them makes them lot cooler.

[@muhamadsayyidabidin3906]

The reason I wear hats (at first caps) again after practically wearing it hastily years before is because since I'm wearing glasses the sunlight get redirected directly into my eyes and that's annoying if not painful, sometimes I have to cover my eyes in salutation manners just to avoid that annoying light. Then I start buying my own baseball caps, but I still a bit hesitated to wear it because I feel self conscious after not wearing hat for a long time. After feeling a bit comfortable wearing hat again, I tried another type of hat that's flat caps and newsboy caps, partly inspired by peaky blinders. That hat are easier to carry and could be put into small places so I wear them pretty much everywhere (but only if I wear a collared shirt, I feel weird if I wear that caps with just plain T-shirt). But it still doesn't solved the main problem that's sunlight reflecting on my glasses and went directly into my eyes. So I went even deeper into hat piece. At first I want to wear jungle hat or bucket hat, but most often people who wear that are either hikers, street food sellers or woman and people associated that type of hat with that job, so I'm took back my decision and instead goes full blown into buying my first Fedora. This hat does solved my initial problem but most people who's wearing it are old people (and they're actually wearing trilbys not proper Fedora) so I wear that only occasionally and just sacrifice that bit of protection from sunlight when wearing flat caps and newsboy cap.

[@0utiaw217]

Its actually pretty common for the south at least to see sun protection hats like your typical Sombrero and cowboy hat

[@TheHispanicJukeBox]

When I was in my thirties the only hats I used to wear mostly were just baseball caps but now that I'm in my 40s I started wearing hats like the Panama and the trilby and even the hats like the Capone hats, and I like the reactions I get from people when I wear my hats they always tell me that it's rare to see people wearing hats like that so it makes me feel good to know I can somehow try to bring gentlemanly hats back I feel 😊👍

[@maverickfox4102]

My type of hats would be a Fedora, Newsboy Hat, Akubra (Australian Bush Hat), Gambler Hat and Stetson (Western Hat).

[@coleparker]

I stopped wearing baseball caps because they both boring, and the fact that I live and work in the Desert and they offer no sun protection. I like the brimmed hats made with fur felt and as I have gotten older the breezer with mesh top. I never really got into straw hats.

[@josephgiunta1447]

Having witnessed this phenomenon within my lifetime, I see a glaring explanation for the decline of hat wearing that no one has seemed to comment on. During the 60's we underwent a revolution in hair styles. It began with the Beatles and very quickly changed everything. With so much of you identity and personal style tied to your hair, there was no way you were going to cover it with a hat. During the same era, the counterculture dictated that you break free of the traditional norms. Basically you did not want to look like your dad. Later, the heavily quaffed look of the 70's further reinforced that notion. Think of that famous scene in Saturday Night Fever where John Travolta is doing his hair in the mirror. A HAT! Not for him and not for the majority of men during that era.

[@GodsTruthMinistries]

Very good points. However, it's too bad that hats didn't make a comeback because most men nowadays have chopped off all their hair or shave their head or look like they have a freaking concentration camp haircut. Hats would be a welcome addition on many of these guys!

[@davidwilliams3177]

Check out the floppy womens' hat musician Jimi Hendrix wore.

[@decraew]

This is a better point than those made in the video !!

[@decraew]

@@GodsTruthMinistries I use clippers at the shortest setting and yes I wear flatcaps in the colder season and a white Borsalino panama when hot. I love ‘em !!

[@luanderson.ferreira]

Solid point

[@danocinci]

I started wearing cowboy hats about 15 years ago. Mostly for protection from the sun. I don't had to put sunscreen on my face and ears and never get burnt. They're also great in the rain. I've got other styles of hats, both in felt and straw. I almost always get a compliment when wearing my hats.

[@boomerix]

Yeah I also bought an Aussie "cowboy" hat about 16 years ago and it has been my best companion whenever I needed protection form the sun or rain.

[@SStupendous]

I don't like the iconic cowboy hat, but I do love authentic, 19th-century-looking western hats. In my travels in Africa, I bought a handmade hat from a rural seller near the source of the Nile that looked exactly like Arthur Morgan's hat, and this was before Red Dead Redemption 2... I need to dig up that hat, I know I've got it somewhere.

[@joepeterbilly2922]

It's become so normal to me, I'm still surprised at the number of compliments

[@jacobverner321]

Gents, how do you wear your hats? With a suit? I can’t imagine a cowboy hat with a suit

[@clintoncampbell236]

@@jacobverner321check out the tv show justified season 1-6 at the way Raylan givens / Tim olyphant Dresses . I think he pulls it off well .

[@seanbryant2848]

At about time marker 11:30, the commentary about hats and automobiles and headroom is absolutely spot-on! My great uncles (who were all tall, big men) back in the 1950's and 1960's chose their cars in part on whether or not they could wear their fedora-style hats in the car while driving! Headroom was absolutely key, and just as important as legroom.

[@smithwesson7765]

I started buying and wearing vintage style hats when I turned 60 and my hair started to look like a dying Chia pet. Now, I'm so used to having one on that a rarely leave the house without a nice Trilby or Fedora. My all time favorite is my Akubra heritage, Federation from The Hattery in Katoomba, Australia.

[@joepeterbilly2922]

I'm wearing an Akubra Snowy River right now. Thumbs up.

[@claudiantenegri2612]

Like the way you collaborated with Sven/Gentleman's Gazette on this episode, this is rare our days. THanks ANtonio, nice work!

[@peterchen9763]

Even the Army stopped requiring hats for evening formals decades ago for some of the reasons Preston mentioned. Most places don't have a hat and cloak room to check in your hat and overcoat (or cloak) anymore. People simply just run from their cars to the ballroom. After 9/11, we had even fewer evening formal functions. I finally bought a mess dress when I became a field grade officer, but only wore it once before I retired. Ever since the Army allowed the beret with blue uniform, the brim hat is no longer required and most officers and NCOs don't have one anymore. It is a very nice looking hat, but no longer practical and most saw it as unnecessary expense. You will wear it maybe once a year, so why buy a $100 brim hat when you can get away with a $15 beret?

[@vigen5371]

Thank you very much, you have changed my life. I am 14 years old and with the help of your videos, my life has changed for the better. Thanks to you, I have become and will remain a gentleman.Thanks !

[@misterx168]

I'm happy for you :)

[@MarshallMcCrory]

😊😊😊😊😊....... @vigen5371 As a lady who owns a haberdashery(hat shop)in Washinton DC once said. "You do the walking,you let the hat,do the talking".

[@duncanson84]

I was in Marine Corps JROTC in high school and was taught that when we go outside you wear a cover. Always.

[@waldi2302]

I never leave the house without a hat I forget my phone but never my hat

[@tma615]

Most definitely I rarely see men wear hats however I’ve recently over the last year or so begun wearing fedora’s and depending on the type feel more than comfortable wearing them. It did take practice, some trial and error to get the sweet spot of what I like. Even asking opinions. But it’s been a compliment getter for sure. Thanks for the nuanced video Antonio. Keep ‘em coming 👊🏾

[@chadwickdavis1749]

I agree that feeling comfortable in a fedora takes a little practice, always get complements from it though, even from the company president!

[@konstantinmishtalov3826]

I really like the way this video is composed. The interface with the laptop is a lot more grabbing than just having the video in one of the corners and making it full screen from time to time to showcase some of the points there is a nice touch. Love the editing.

[@andrewhammond1949]

I think it’s a matter of confidence. I always wear a cap or “Akubra” when out doors. ( I’m in my early 70’s and have done so for the last twenty years)

[@briansolomon2969]

I always say "you wear the hat, don't let the hat wear you." That is what makes a hat look good on a man (and women too). When you wear a hat you "own" that look. Owning the look gives confidence, confidence always looks good/attractive.

[@Joe-pb3bm]

The classic French Beret is great for colder weather. Goes great with a single breasted, beltless, macintosh raincoat with removable liner. Wool scarf also adds well

[@mikethomas5412]

Growing up, folks still wore hats daily. I love hats. Someone once said, "When men stopped wearing hats, that's when the world changed...for the worst". I agree.

[@EZBISME]

I think the world got worse when people started dangling their modifiers.

[@mikethomas5412]

@@EZBISME I'm thankful for a modifier long enough to dangle.

[@SStupendous]

I disagree with this "someone!" The world changed for the worst when we started using one tie knot! Miss the variation in neckwear in the Victorian period!

[@bradwalton3977]

I started wearing hats when my hair began to thin out -- as I live in Canada I needed to protect my pate from the cold in winter (fedoras) and sun in summer (straw boaters). You have no idea how much appreciation (ie how many compliments), I get. Most of the appreciation is voiced by men -- but -- if the men admire your style, I think it is reasonable to believe that women also admire it. I am actually a thorough nerd, and if I can get so much admiration (and respect) just from putting a fedora or straw boater on my head, imagine what it can do for you. Men who do not wear hats are crazy.

[@eeteemehto3736]

Bingo!

[@oliverdelica2289]

Man you deserve my respect

[@Morgan_2317]

Something I would add is if you wear glasses changing up your style can be a great benefit. Using an octagonal style where I previously used rectangular has done wonders for my presentation

[@dawnelder9046]

I would be too shy to go up to a strange man to compliment him on his hat. But I certainly noticed a man in an attractive hat. I bought my husband a couple of flat caps, but he rarely wears them. He looks great in them. Not so much in one of his 120 baseball caps. So yes, your hat attracts the eyes of women.

[@bradwalton3977]

@@dawnelder9046 Thank you. I also wear flat caps, and did get a compliment from two young college women on the university campus.

[@samuelbrainsample]

One of the reasons I love Fall and Winter is that I get to break out my flat caps and Newsboys. I've bought 2 more just a couple of weeks ago. Otherwise, the late Spring and Summer month are just too hot for my head. I get compliments for style points by strangers when I wear them, coupled with decent clothes too, of course.

[@russellgardener126]

2:58 - Absolutely correct, Antonio. There is a famous photograph of Butch Cassidy looking dapper and wearing a bowler hat.

[@russellgardener126]

Blimey.....and a few minutes later, up comes very same picture !!! :-)

[@DesmondPRyan]

I ALWAYS wear a hat...fedoras, pork pies, flat cap...NEVER a baseball cap.

[@halvanhercke3321]

Me too. I just made the transition. Never again a baseball cap. Boring

[@coleparker]

I stopped wearing baseball caps and replaced them with Summer breezer styles and Australian brim styles, Army slouch for field work and fedora style. I went with the Australian instead the Stetsons because of the material, rabbit fur instead of wool and price.

[@TRocksGarage777]

Great video, love the breakdown of all the aspects of hat wearing. I would have to disagree that hat are not worn as much. I live in sunny Florida and wear a suit and tie to work everyday, along with my Panama hat. Hat wearing is a must in warmer climates to keep the sun off your face. I have to visit all the theme parks on a daily basis for my business and notice a lot of people wearing hats, even Panama hats like mine. It seems to me that people that want to protect themselves from the sun wear hats for protection. Me on the other hand, not only do I wear a hat for protection but I also wear a hat for style and get tons of compliments everyday. I think the positive response that I get from strangers just give me more confidence to wear a hat and I do so everyday. The hat is not dead!

[@robbiecleighmarks3088]

In my 20s I wore baseball caps every single day. Im 32 now and wear Stetson Open Roads (felts and straw), and being a musician and entrepreneur in Texas it has really kinda become part of my look. Great hats, I would highly recommend Stetson

[@jeffirish3402]

I have a late '40's or 50's open road that I picked up at an antique store in upper New York that was blocked as a high crowned Stratoliner fedora (at an embarrassingly low price.) It looks amazing!

[@jenniferdamp1600]

I love a guy in a stylish hat. My husband has started wearing one. Women used to wear them as well and I think they were beautiful as well. I'd love to see them come back. :)

[@paulrothbart244]

I sometimes wear flat caps and I wear a Panama all summer because I had skin cancer. By far my favorite hat style is the fedora. I look good in them and I have a lot of confidence in wearing one.

[@pitbullruss5636]

I still wear hats not all the time but quite often …. Including bowler and boater

[@dustinroberts4832]

Antonio hats and boots have always been cool. My Stetson has been to 4 continents and counting. I will say a good hat is a commitment, if you get one learn how to care for it and it will serve you for years.

[@canadafree2087]

I love the friendship between you two! If you do a video of hats by class, don't forget that the Royal family would often wear working class hats when out in the country doing things like hunting.

[@VivKittie32]

It really chaps my butt that men wearing hats ( or even women) these days that aren’t baseball caps or winter hats are generally regarded as eccentric or less masculine. Everyone, EVERYONE wore them. Women didn’t leave the house to shop downtown without gloves and a hat. Gaaaaahhhhhh!!!! Great video, BTW. 😎

[@dawnelder9046]

I see a man in a real hat as more masculine.

[@alexanderlapp5048]

I rarely walk outside without a hat. I admit quite often it's a baseball cap but I have a comfortable felt cowboy hat that I wear quite often. I like the protection from the sun and cold a hat provides and my head just feels naked without a hat 🤠. Few people would regard me as less masculine but some could concider me eccentric, but that doesn't bother me a bit.

[@alexanderlapp5048]

@@dawnelder9046, Thank you, Dawn.

[@austinvalentine6126]

I noticed the first James Bond Sean Connery always had a hat and would toss it in the opening, so did George Lazenby the second Bond. By the time Roger Moore began in 1973 it seemed like hats were out and Bond would never wear one again. Hats seemed to be very popular in music videos and such in the 90s, early 2000's due to Michael Jackson's influence with Smooth Criminal /You Rock My World /Billie Jean ect

[@richardailts8489]

I have both.Flat cap for everyday, and a fedora for family and friends get together.

[@Joe-pb3bm]

Alternate a Flat Cap & French Beret

[@MuleSkinnerWS]

I've been wearing felt cowboy hats since my teenage years, they've become a part of me and my lifestyle at this point. More recently I've been wearing a fedora or Trilby to church, and have found that to be a slightly more practical (and dressy) option for church.

[@Superbatmanbro]

Cowboy hat are really nice and Fedora and homburgs and Newsboys cap are on my list buy for the style I want to wear to church but I do have a Panama fedora buy and wear in the spring and summer time.

[@marcusbuck5201]

Proudly wearing my Basque Boina Elósegui as I always do here in the extreme north of Norway

[@michaelwhittaker4246]

I took to the streets of Edinburgh with a homburg and tweed suit a few weeks back. Edinburgh is a quirky enough city to get away with it and I got tons of compliments from strangers.

[@SarwarUddinOnYT]

I have been binge watching your videos. My wardrobe needs a makeover and I am feeling super motivated to refresh my wardrobe

[@finnicvoice4974]

Just got myself a newsboy hat, absolutely love it!

[@Alberad08]

I always wondered why cars 100 years ago were thus high. Now I have an answer that really seams to hold water! At least here in Europe, people who could afford a car back then where at least upper middle class and they probably would have wanted to wear top hats, at least on some occasions. Their women probably did wear also some huge elaborate headgear.

[@DQ_Mine]

My grandfather was a middle class mailman. He would never think about walking out the door without a hat. When he was quite old, he wore baseball caps. I think, for him, he wore hats mostly for style.

[@shudevbarua3868]

Please make a video on how and why clothing refers to which social class you belong to. Also, include the point what clothing makes you look poor and what clothing makes you look rich.

[@ziaride]

Hats are still very popular out here in the west. Outdoorsmen, hikers, fishermen, hunters, landscapers all love Tilley hats, extremely practical. Cowboy hats popular in the ranching areas and ball caps pretty much everywhere.

[@Randy-1967]

Akubra is one of the few foreign brands I'll wear

[@freddecker2407]

Preston mentions jazz musicians wearing hats. I remember reading something about jazz musicians wearing hats, but I don't remember the source. Perhaps it was Milt Hinton. Anyway, back in the 1930s, stars would keep wearing their hats when they were in a club. Lesser musicians didn't. So the hat was a status symbol among jazz musicians. I also remember saxophonist Ben Webster used to keep his hat on and then light a cigarette as soon as he entered a club. That way the flame from his cigarette lighter illuminated his face, and other people in the club knew that Ben Webster had entered! Pretty slick, huh?

[@tomasfarish7959]

I love my fedoras! I get compliments regularly, especially when I wear them with a suit or a sport coat with a topcoat. I've even got a date with a very stylish woman who had the boldness to approach me and compliment my fedora and topcoat!

[@mytwocentsworth2480]

Hey, Antonio, about hats and cars, do you know why cowboy hats curl up on the sides? It's so three of them can ride together in a pick-up.

[@KoolKyurem25]

I started wearing a hat regularly as I got a Scala panama hat and live in Arizona. Going to college in the sun every day means needing head and eye protection so my hat and shades are basically on me all day every day. And I get compliments on it too.

[@nouri388]

Small fun fact that flat cap you have at 5:14 is also called a golfing cap it is still worn by the higher classes when they where playing sports especially golf. The farmers and lower clas flats had a different shape.

[@insertnamehere8121]

I see a lot more headwear in the regions of America that sadly have long been dubbed " _flyover country_ " ( I love these areas, I'm fond of quiet, more nature and a relaxed pace ). I'm not saying I see more hat wearing in total numbers, because its major metro regions that house the highest population by far, but I see more hat wearing within " _flyover_ " America per capita.

[@patriciaribaric3409]

I often wondered if the wearing of hats was rooted in spirituality. In the 50's and 60's women raised their skirts, took off their hats and gloves, and then men no longer had respectable looking women around to tip a hat for or remove a hat for. A hat signifies there is a Higher Power over mankind. People stopped caring about that "Higher Power."

[@scottcarroll9201]

Yeah I'm not sure about car headroom as a valid reason for the declining popularity of dress hats. Hats began their steep decline in the mid-50's. Headroom in cars didn't start to become really cramped until the advent of Japanese economy cars in the late 1970's. The decline of hat wearing is due to a combination of a lot of factors, but in my opinion the biggest reason is the cultural rebellion that gripped American society post-war. There was a general trend to discard anything seen as "old-fashioned" or "traditional." We saw this cultural shift in everything from music to morality to church attendance to movies. This societal rebellion culminated in the turbulent 60's. Hats were a casualty of this rebellion.

[@doug6259]

I have been wearing hats for years. In fact I just received a new plaid flat cap imported from Scotland.

[@real_fjcalabrese]

I live in Tucson, AZ, and I'm an veteran. I wear headgear. It protects my head from the southern AZ sun. It is also serves as my hairpiece.

[@elenafoleyfoley168]

That's when men dressed impeccably. Love hats on a man 💯💯💯

[@timmcdowell4092]

The loss of etiquette in society today is the issue. Hats were part of style and class for men. Hat are not worn inside buildings. Sick of the 24 hour -a-day ball cap wearing fanatics. Just evidence of the decay of western society.

[@michaelcap9550]

Don't even mention the hipsters.

[@scottcarroll9201]

When I was a kid and wore my ball cap inside my grandpa, a WWII Marine vet, would always ask me "Is your head cold?" Lol

[@michaelwest2451]

You do know how "hats not worn inside of buildings" was popularized right?

[@TaikaviittaX]

The rarity of hats makes them lot cooler and more stylish and unque. So I am so glad that almost nobody has hats. (I mean every other hat than baseball cap and winter hats.)

[@callicordova4066]

wow, if the lack of hat-wearing is evidence of the decay of western society, what about women who don't wear gloves anymore?

[@mpkcleaningservices-cardet2835]

Here in Australia never in the sun without a hat especially when your hair is a bit thin on top your right many don’t wear hats out much if you do it’s mainly a baseball cap, Most in Australia wear wide brim hats like an akubra or straw hats if they wear one

[@misteroz]

Absolutely right about finding 'your' hat - for every Tips Fedora, there's a Sheriff Truman.

[@pip5528]

I wear winter hats and scrub caps. That's about it. I do have a few ball caps but I don't wear them. I would like a bowler hat and a flat cap.

[@MrDanielWP]

Just a thought: maybe, when you are riding a horse, you need shade. When you wake up in your AC house, walk into your garage, get in your car and drive to work with visors and AC, park in the parking garage, and walk into your AC office, you never need shade to prevent sunburn or keep you cool. And, why would I need hat-hair when I don't need a hat?

[@smithwesson7765]

Exactly. Elemental workers are rarely without a hat but, the average person simply has no need for a protective head cover as they are rarely exposed to the elements or work in harsh conditions.

[@MrDanielWP]

@Adam Barnes I have been told the same about pet rocks and skinny jeans.

[@omschiefslr]

This is so cool the way you have done this, Antonio! Sven is easy to mock. He is certainly kind of a geek. I am loving your work. Keep it up. Sven bought Peter Marshall's work, The Black Tie Guide. Peter's work remains the best work ever done on Black Tie. Sven gleaned it and added his "awkward" style. Im 62, so I am revisiting hats for my balding head. Thanks! Ned Nix

[@thomtorrez7618]

Back in the sixties men wore hats . Now that I’m in my sixties I wear hats .

[@jerryavalos9610]

Seems that the decline in men's hat wearing began to be socially acceptable in the 1940's looking at archived films dating back to that era. By the 1960's, men's hats appeared pretty much passe'.

[@Randy-1967]

I wear hats all the time , my caribou Stetson fedora has probably gotten the most compliments.

[@ShottaKenya]

If you have to ask “should I make a video on…?” the answer is always YES. Daily hat wearer hear. About 6 months ago I discovered the almighty visor. I always thought they were dad’drobe but man is it functional

[@urbanjungle9600]

Bowler hats need to make a come back!

[@MattySax81]

The Australian Army Slouch Hat is currently made by Akubra. Great Hat, very versatile, looks the goods.

[@tudorm6838]

In our country, it seems that the disappearance was accompanied by the disappearance of the clothes that matched the hats. Then, even those who wore suits did not want to stand out so much compared to the "moderns". The main motive seems to be to avoid standing out, and not the other way around. When the demand disappeared, so did the shops where you could find hats, and those who wore them no longer had enough options.

[@chrisstanden4722]

That looked like an Akubra Coober Pedy

[@rttoonist4275]

In bluegrass green no less. The opal on the headband is a dead giveaway. :) I like how the Akubra occupies a niche between the fedora and a full-on yeehaw cowboy hat. I can’t pull off either of those looks but I can thread the needle with the Akubra.

[@chrisstanden4722]

@@rttoonist4275 Akubra do the full on yeehaw hats if you want them. The Rough Rider is a good example. They also do fedoras and top hats

[@Venejan]

I'm a huge hat lover - fedoras, trilbys, boaters, you name it. I draw a line at the top hat, though, and I think it really was a victim of changing attitudes regarding class. It's universally recognized as the headwear of fatcats and the aristocracy, and wearing one makes you an instant target of hatred - or else it makes you look like you're a steampunk cosplayer!!

[@anthonytwohill9726]

I started wearing a trilby about two years ago. I want to get another hat but I'm not sure which kind. I hate baseball hats.

[@russellgardener126]

In the words of the song.........You can leave your hat on :-)

[@locklear2478]

I just got into hats over the last year, using the excuse of a mask to grow some confidence with them. I have a felt Stetson Bozeman for winter and a Panama for summer.

[@Meshuggapeth]

I see baseball caps everywhere…

[@sciencerscientifico310]

Even indoors!

[@scottsoden]

I prefer flat caps to ball caps. Although I also have to fedoras which I wear in the fall/ winter occasionally.

[@jpjp9111]

I have a bowler but my usual hat is a Trilby. I have many other hats.

[@jakebutler3803]

Preston from gentleman's gazette has cerebral palsey from memory that is why he speaks a little slower.

[@bobwallace9814]

Cowboy hats never go out of style here. Felt in the Winter and straw in the Summer.

[@chadwickdavis1749]

My favs are fedoras and flat caps ! Love both! Recent purchased my first bowler because of another you tubers recommendation, and love it! Can’t wait for it to cool down a little to start wearing them again!

[@michaela7759]

Hats are cool. Wish they came back.

[@alexhornbeck]

I would argue that social status and social class are not the same. Social status definitely is as strong as ever, with everyone trying to do better than everyone else, but this is a process that is open to everyone as it relies on money (which comes with its own social complications). Social class however, was difficult to switch. If you were born in a class you’d stay in it, no matter how much money you’d make. It was part of your defining birth attributes.

[@Birtheish]

Yes! I actually think the argument of a less classist society is one of the better explanations for why men don't wear hats as often. What Antonio talks about in regards to finding a partner, is more about looking your best, rather than belonging to an upper class. And the "tribes" or social groups he is talking about, is more defined by shared interests than class in todays society, for example people dress similarly if they listen to the same type of music, or have a similar hobbies, not because they were born into a similar class.

[@nevisysbryd7450]

That is closer to the concept of caste than class. Class can be changed, albeit most people remain in the same class they are born into. That said, I agree that while class is *absolutely* still a thing, it is taboo to acknowledge it, especially publicly. Indicators of class in attire are much more subtle and covert than they have been throughout most of history (although they are still there).

[@ecthelion1735]

I appreciate both channels, but Gentleman's Gazette is more relaxing due to that slower pace.

[@wynonasbigbrowndragon6121]

I have a bowler for when I wear buttons and collars, and a flat cap for the rest of the time. A baseball hat for when I go golfing and when I go golfing only. And, being Canadian, a vast selection of beanies/chulo hats/toques for winter 😅

[@FatNorthernBigot]

Fun video! I'm English and wear a flat cap, because I'm not fancy, and know my place. 😁

[@n.b.2164]

I recently bought a few fedora's straw and fur felt and I'm easing into it. It takes practice and confidence at first. As a kid I hated wearing hats but my father used to tell me to wear a cap when going outside. Now I love hats. I feel naked if I don't have anything on my head.

[@bizdrip-truebusinessknowle9068]

Hats are so classy only problem is it ruins your hair

[@iansoutryer3189]

Not if you wear a decent haircut (short back and sides).

[@marianchicago4002]

My grandpa wore a flatcap all the time back in the old country, he looked good wearing it, heck, I looked good when I tried it on, over the years it's something I thought about doing, I have tried some flatcaps in department stores here and they just look BAD. There is definitely nuance there that I need to learn.

[@honeybadger6313]

In the UK hats are making a bit of a comeback. I wear them regularly partly because I am bald and I wear cochlear implants and people tend to stare and ask dumb questions. Found that a hat suits me and a good quality trilby is very stylish

[@mashleyred2180]

A trilby will always for me give a smart, tough well handled gentleman vibes, the problem is most men dont really have the balls to pull it off no more.

[@honeybadger6313]

@@mashleyred2180 easiest individual look in the world brother.

[@christinerobinson9372]

Men stopped wearing suits thirty years ago. I worked in a men's suit manufacturer. The job dwindled and went away. Manufacturers went bankrupt and closed all over the country. Men don't wear suits to work anymore, they don't wear them to church anymore, they don't wear them to weddings anymore. If they have to go to a funeral they rent one. No need to ask why. What has happened to American workers' wages over the last forty years? What has happened to America's labor unions over the last forty years? There is your answer. How did it happen? Who owns the American government today? Not the people. The American people have been disenfranchised. If you want to know more, start with the Koch brothers. It doesn't stop there.

[@chuckmcveigh1896]

I worked as a professional chauffeur for many years, when I first started a visiting instructor suggested wearing a chauffeurs cap...so I bought one and started wearing it...well, that didn't increase tips( the original plan) but it did increase the questions from people thinking I was an airline pilot or train conductor...i finely got tired of all the questions and retired the cap!

[@asharpmajor6740]

It had a lot to do with the sections of the hippy/anti-establishment stopping dressing in a conformist way. While they were only a small percentage of the baby boomer generation in countries like the US and Britain, once the rules had been broken, everyone else decided they wouldn't dress in a conformist way either. Unfortunately, whereas conformist styles meant that most people made some effort in their appearance, the destruction of them was taken to mean one didn't have to try at all, and which led to the collapse of style amongst the masses by the 1980s. Today, a certain percentage of men make an effort again, but they remain a minority in countries like the US, Australia, Britain etc The rest just wear crappy clothes that are cheaply imported from China.

[@davidkelly153]

I’ve travelled all around the world and I’ve had my Akubra for more than 30 years now. It comes with me everywhere.

[@michaelcap9550]

Bought an Akuba in Vegas 15 yrs ago. Still wear it.

[@beng1642]

So, not relating to the hats but to answer what Ötzi's story is and what happened to him, if memory serves me right he is pretty much one of if not the oldest unsolved murder we know of. He and his discovery are a really interesting story, I recommend looking it up.

[@adamkhabazian3249]

I like when 2 of my favorite youtube style channels cross reference

[@RealMenRealStyle]

We'll keep making these videos.

[@toadamine]

i live in California, i have multiple watch caps, at least ten ball/truckers hats, a cowboy hat, a felt top hat (fitted, formal), a velvet top hat (psychedelic disco style), a chinese style cone shaped sun hat, rabbit fur beanie, rabbit fur bomber, a straw havana, a couple straw large brim sun hats, a boonie, and about 6 helmets for motorcycling and whitewater kayaking... that all being said, i rarely wear one unless in out in the cold or workiing in the hot summer sun

[@swordsmen8856]

Otzi also rocked tattoos when they found him

[@tudorm6838]

In the 40's in Romania, in the cities, most men wore hats, no matter the social class, even those from rural areas near the cities, wore them, especially on more special occasions, or if they went out into the city.

[@Djrealfake]

My father was a thoroughbred racehorse trainer and it was basically mandatory that they all got a custom, expensive, flat cap to denote that they were a trainer. If you pay attention you'll still see guys walking around race tracks like at the Kentucky Derby with flat caps on.

[@captaincodpiece3263]

In the 1960s my father wouldn’t head out without his cap, but the flat cap in a smarter form was worn by more middle class or professional workers in the UK at least, and the flat cap is still part of the classic look or “uniform” of country wear among the rural middle and upper classes. And yes baseball caps seem to be common from teens to seniors even in England. I find a Panama can’t be beaten for hot wear, yes we do get hot weather here, sometimes. As for Otzi he appears to have been killed with an arrow, from blood samples it appears he was part of a group attacked in the alps and fought back but he didn’t survive, my own theory it was possible bandits as mountains and hill country in history have been popular haunts for banditry so why not back in the copper age?

[@decraew]

I just love wearing flatcaps during winter (not fedora’s etc because those are more formal looking)! During summer I prefer a straw panama hat (they look great and are a good protection from the sun).

[@josephdiaz3078]

Thank you, Antonio. I did love your video on the military uniforms. Thank you for your comment on my beloved Navy Cracker Jacks. With the Dixie cup. From an old Sailor. Thank you 😁

[@arty_lerry7730]

Internet ruined pretty much wearing any hats other than caps and beanies.