Why Men Stopped Wearing Hats

[@RealMenRealStyle]

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[@markplane4581]

Interesting observation! When i moved to NYC from the Midwest in the 90s, i was struck by the latge number of men wearing hats. Men of all ages, wearing many classic styles. I started wearing hats, taking my cues from the most fashionable men on the streets -- and in the subway. While a hat is an inconvenience in a car, it's no problem at all on a train. And New York was a walking kind town, I've never walked so much in any other city I've lived in.

[@JohnFourtyTwo]

The Australian Fedora got a lot of love in the early 1980s when “Raiders of the Lost Ark” was released.😊👍

[@moorshound3243]

It was actually made in London by Christy's. The Australian hat is an Akubra.

[@JohnFourtyTwo]

@ According to the Hat Realm: “Indiana Jones wears a wide-brimmed, high-crowned sable fedora made of soft rabbit felt. The Herbert Johnson hat company designed the fedoras that appear in the first three original movies, while Adventurebilt hat company made the fedora in the last movie in 2008. The first hat chosen by the Raiders of the Lost Ark costume designer was made of soft rabbit felt and a wide brim. It was an Australian model from the Herbert Johnson hat company. If you visit the company’s website, you can buy a replica of the original Indiana Jones fedora hat featured in Raiders of the Lost Ark. Deborah Nadoolman Landis designed the hat. She worked closely with Harrison Ford, George Lucas, and Steven Spielberg to give the hat a character of its own. Landis wanted people to be able to recognize the hat based on the silhouette alone. Her initial hat had a very wide brim and a high crown. After a few fittings, Landis adjusted the width and crown to the perfect fit for Harrison Ford. There has been a bit of controversy regarding the exact original model. While Landis says it was an Australian model, Richard Swales, a Herbert Johnson manager at the time of the fittings, is convinced it was the ‘Poet’ model. Landis and Spielberg were inspired by the fedoras worn by Humphrey Bogart and Charlton Heston in some of the actor’s top movies (Secret of the Incas, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre). Lastly, Landis settled for an earthy color for the fedora to reflect Indiana Jones’s career as an archeologist. Undoubtedly, the designers succeeded in creating one of the most recognizable looks in movie history.”

[@Nik-nd1mv]

@@moorshound3243 got one. "Snowy River". Love it

[@prairieschooner2599]

Switched from everyday ballcaps to flat caps and the occasional short brim fedora years ago. They're a fine way to upscale your style, even in the most casual of locales. Just remember hat wearing etiquette. Cheers.

[@RealMenRealStyle]

Love it - flat caps are a great choice!

[@coleparker]

Being in the Desert, I never could get into flat caps, and because I have a round face I prefer the wide brim fedora style, because I look better in them, and for the sun protection.

[@gilalvarado9237]

I agree with you about remembering hat etiquette (like taking your hat off in an elevator in the presence of ladies or entering a room with ladies), but unfortunately not many restaurants these days have a place to check your fedora or a hat rack, so I end up putting mine on an empty chair while I am dining.

[@prairieschooner2599]

@gilalvarado9237 indeed. It's always a let down to see overcoats and jackets draped over the backs of a chairs or stuffed uncomfortably behind oneself in a booth. My hat also usually ends up on an empty chair or perched precariously on my knee under the table.

[@clasicradiolover]

I refuse to remove my hat going inside. If i did that I wouldn't have it on long. Besides the baseball cap wearers don't.

[@dahak972]

I love my Stetson Stratoliner. I wish we’d go back. They stopped because of the size of cars, or more specifically, the headroom in cars.

[@danielkrcmar5395]

No, it's not. Just like when entering a carriage you'd take your hat off when entering a car and then put it back on when you got out.

[@Bittzen]

​@@danielkrcmar5395 Less convenient space to put it in earlier cars. WWI and II military service probably changed dress styles, too.

[@dahak972]

@ nope. It wasn’t like that at first. The headroom in cars got smaller and smaller.

[@Dakota-d4n]

Every day I wear my fedora with my trench coat and my suit

[@DavidHartline-o5t]

@@danielkrcmar5395 I don’t think so. You would leave a hat on while in motion.

[@StinkyCheeseYodeler]

I'm a regular wearer of english flat caps (Laird & Co "Hunter' is my preference), fedoras (Stetson, Borsalino, etc.), panamas and a couple of cowboy hats (Stetson of course, rare in Switzerland). That has taken a knock since I've started cycling for my commute, but you should always have a hat at the ready. I draw the line at Trilbys though. I find them to be reprehensible for some reason. If the brim is shorter than two inches, put it back.

[@martinhaub6828]

I cannot stand being outside without a hat - and I wear traditional cattleman's cowboy hats. Straw in summer, felt in winter. I get compliments all the time. A wide brimmed hat is very functional; it keeps the sun off my face and neck, acts as an umbrella when it rains. I've taken my Stetsons to Europe and got a lot of odd looks, too!

[@Just1American1966]

As a regular wearer of jeans, boots, plaids, and cowboy hats here in the South, I can second the respect one can get if they can pull it off. Like you, I'm wearing straw or a leather Stetson depending on the weather or the place, over jeans, plaids, and boots. If the environment is more casual, or it's just too windy, I'll wear an oilskin rancher cap instead.

[@rickbouthillier4394]

I think cowboy hats look totally ridiculous and telegraph a social proclivity I find abhorrent

[@Just1American1966]

@rickbouthillier4394 I'm sure you're not alone. I find you thinking everyone else should care abhorrent, as well as the idea you find pleasure in posting publicly your distaste of others simply to insult them.

[@spark300c]

@@rickbouthillier4394 the thing is if out doors for long periods of time like going for walk or working out doors functionality trumps fashion. Cowboy hats are best working hats because they fit tightly on your head and having wide brim. also the wide brim protect form sun damage if you working at low latitudes or lack ability to tan.

[@chriskelly509]

In my profile picture I'm wearing a Stetson hat and I used it for cowboy action shooting and it was great to wear on those long hot days during competition.

[@WyattNErdy]

I own several hats. An Indy hat, a Blues Brothers hat (Played Jake for 10 years), 3 Cowboy hats (1 straw, 1 White hat of Justice, 1 Black hat of Villainy for Winter), 2 Santa hats (I play Santa), 1 wizard hat, 1 Top Hat, 1 Derby, and 1 Pith Helmet that I wear while hunting.

[@ice319]

I just started going back to hats. I invested in a Stetson whippet fedora last year, and it's an amazing hat. I get looks whenever I walk out with it, and my lady goes crazy when she sees me in it 😁

[@n.b.2164]

I love hats. I feel naked being outside without a hat on. But I wear baseball caps since that's still normal. But yea cars and always being indoors makes hat a little impractical. They need to make a comeback though.

[@darksidemachining]

Good video. After watching the 1964 premiere of James Bond Goldfinger as a teenager, never wanted a hat so badly as the hat Oddjob wore that was capable of cutting the head off a stone statue. 😮

[@t.breeze8659]

This video was great. My dad is a boomer (and a Marine). He has a large hat collection. His health has declined a bit so doesn’t get outside like he used to but he’s sharp when he does. Being raised by a Marine wasn’t the most joy packed experience but I’ve come to appreciate it more as Ive gotten older that now that I am raising a daughter. Great history lesson here.

[@een_schildpad]

I started walking and bicycling more places instead of driving and realized the sun exposure added to and was a little uncomfortable... which led me to wearing hats regularly! I now have a few fedoras, a pork pie, and assorted flat caps that I wear in regular rotation. A side benefit when it's windy or on my bike it's that the hat helps keep my hair in order instead of looking all wind blown.

[@josephhaddakin7095]

I haven't driven a vehicle in over 14 years. I only ride a bicycle. I always wear my straw cowboy hat 🤠.

[@ordinarymatt]

I go my hat from Optimo in Chicago. I love it and wear it all the time.

[@FatNorthernBigot]

Baldy McEggHead here misses the style of the 1920s. During winter I can wear a flat cap or wooly cap (here in the UK, baseball caps are a social faux pas), but during summer it's more tricky.

[@seansimmons73]

U.S. hat makers like Stetson make flat caps in lenin that you can wear in the summer, although I wear a palm straw fedora during the summer when I'm dressed up

[@1971irvin]

Yes same here, but I must admit that I wear a baseball cap in the summer and sometimes a Panama style straw hat. And in winter a wool hat or newsboy cap when it's not too cold... 😊

[@FatNorthernBigot]

@@1971irvin There's nothing wrong with a baseball cap, it's just not the done thing where I'm from. They're an easy choice of headwear in the right place at the right time. 👍

[@FatNorthernBigot]

@@seansimmons73 I so wish I could get away with wearing a Stetson. I have a straw fedora. It's an unusual choice, here, but stylish, none-the-less.

[@christaylor8337]

Wear a cricket player's cap

[@Lordhelmet667]

Awesome video. I love wearing my hats, both formal and casual. At work, I usually wear a homburg (sometimes a fedora too) with my 3 piece suit. Even my manager says a nice hat (especially a homburg) gives a very elegant appearance.

[@mleszzor6866]

What's your career, if I may ask? Of course, wondering due to the three-piece suit. Are you overdressing your boss or is this normal etiquette over there?

[@Lordhelmet667]

@mleszzor6866 I'm a chauffeur. The standard dress code for us is a long sleeve white shirt, black pants and jacket, black shoes, and red tie. For me, I personally like adding a black vest/waistcoat, a black homburg or fedora, and my jewelry, too. As long as it looks well put together, it's acceptable.

[@mleszzor6866]

@@Lordhelmet667 I see, that's interesting!

[@Lordhelmet667]

@mleszzor6866 thank you

[@Minuteman4Jesus]

I love hats! I had a Fedora and a Bowler, but I need to get new ones. And a Panama.

[@SSN515]

Actually, most of the "Greatest Generation" were the guys who stopped wearing hats. Most had served in the military in WW2/Korea and grew tired of mandatory cover (hat) wearing. A little later is when people stopped "dressing up" to be in public, travel, school, and started "dressing" like slobs.

[@dain6250]

My job is primarily in the outdoors so I spend the year alternating between a leather outback hat, linen boonie, wide brim felt fedora, and a fur ushanka depending on the season. I dont typically wear them on weekends however. But I do enjoy having a half decent collection of different styles.

[@Gordy-fj1jy]

I love my ushanka 😊 Very good during snow storms in Ohio

[@ScottCleve33]

I have a boonie. I went with a nice desert tan. It keeps the sun off my face and neck in the summer and keeps my head dry when it rains.

[@ericinla65]

THE MAIN REASON - Is because we don't spend that much time in the sun or cold anymore. Men who do spend time in the sun or cold still wear some type of head covering.

[@jeffbroders9781]

I spent 20 years in the USMC and all of our different uniforms had specific "covers" for each one. My most respected hat was my Stetson Smokey Bear I wore as a Drill Instructor. 😅

[@ScottCleve33]

I never served but I've always liked the boonies hat and events bought one. They keep my head dry on rainy days and the sun off of my face and neck on sunny days. And, just like uniforms, they're available in many styles. Desert, snow, jungle, urban and in the standard camp or in the digit style. I went with the desert tan.

[@ryangshooter_1682]

Im a Rancher I wear a cowboy hat everyday ive got different hats for different occasions standard day my wool hat, weddings and formal events my black American beaver hat, heavy rain or extreme heat my Australian oil skin, Snow gets a wool or felt hat sometimes a leather one.

[@WillieJohnRidesAgain]

I started wearing brimmed hats after a skin cancer removal. I get complements weekly on a Stratoliner and Open Road Stetson that I wear. I wish it would come back as a fashion thing but I’m going to keep wearing them regardless.

[@ScottCleve33]

I personally don't believe that hat wearing has gone out of style. It just migrated from respectable hats that can be worn with a suit to a baseball cap that can be worn with pretty much anything.

[@douglasschmidt2826]

I never go outside with out a hat on . I have over 200 hat to chews from ball cap to big sun hat to my dress hats.

[@Makeloafnotwar]

The best hat for the outdoors in the summer is a round brim hard hat. Sun coverage and ventilation are premium. And they will protect you against cougar attacks from above and behind.

[@antontsau]

Shampoo/shower gel, universal warm water allowing daily wash and less dust/soot in air. Any headwear left only as posh style or real protection from sun, rain and falling bricks. So my grandad weared hats often, dad sometimes and I - never at all. Caps, buckets or hard hat only.

[@angieb2472]

I’m a woman with a large hat collection and once while I was enjoying my coffee outside a cafe an older gentleman wearing a hat complimented me. He said Bing Crosby was the reason he enjoyed wearing hats so much. 👒

[@chrishuber3372]

At the age of 18 I started wearing a fedora & have worn one pretty much ever since (there was a gap in my 30's when I couldn't find a proper hat to wear). Ball caps never felt right on my head. Now in my mid-50's I own 4 & don't feel dressed leaving the house without one. I always have half an eye out for a good fedora or Panama hat.

[@thatdamnsamsquanch]

I love the Fall, Winter, spring months because I can wear my Stormy Kromer. They're a bit warm in the summer and I'm a sweaty person. So I tent to stay away from hats unless its a ball cap or some sort of wide-brimmed hat when I'm going to be outside for a long time.

[@stephen1991]

I’ve several Fedoras, Panamas, and boaters, but I were various styles of flat caps because you can wear them in the car. The headrest interferes with the other because of the brim.

[@Fezzik312]

5:57 I personally experienced this same development only with ties. I’ve been working in a banking environment for around 15 years and when I first started you’d always wear a suit and tie. It’s changed to everyone wearing a suit without a tie (which I personally think looks like an unfinished outfit) and after Covid many banks even got rid of having to wear a suit all together.

[@johnseeger9083]

Terrific video! I had never considered the rise of the car (or truck) in the equation even though I can’t wear my hats in my vehicles. That’s especially true for brimmed hats because of the headrest. It hasn’t stopped me wearing wool, felt or straw hats. I think my transition to brimmed hats coincided with two things - moving to the Rockies where the sun is brutal and losing my hair (equally brutal). 😂 Now, I don’t leave the house w/o something covering my knot - a flat cap or a brimmed hat- I have a Stetson fedora (East Coast) and Stetson cowboy hat (for NM). Corresponding straw versions for the summer. A good hat, like a good pair of boots, is not a cheap investment. However, a good hat like a Stetson can easily last 20+ years. Buy quality. And I don’t have any affiliation with Stetson. If you prefer Resistol or Borsalino - go for it!

[@higg13001]

Always great content. Thanks!

[@DynamixWarePro]

I have Alopecia and I want to hide it, so I wear hats every day. Plus I like hats and how they look. I used to wear newsboy caps often until I found my ears get sunburn easily, so switched to wide brim hats mostly as those cover my ears for extra production. I have a number of different hats I wear depending on the time of year and or outfit I am wearing. This can make me stand out and get noticed as where I live, any men I see wearing hats usually wear either flat caps, baseball caps or winter beanies and I usually wear different style hats than those, except beanies in winter. I have a denim newsboy cap, a light color Linen newsboy cap, straw boater, a SPF 50+ sun hat, a pretty worn out grey-green trilby I wore for years, a palm leaf top hat, wide brim palm leaf Gus hat, another wide brim palm leaf hat, black wool felt cowboy hat, Buffalo leather brown cowboy hat, several baseball caps, a docker hat, winter beanie hats, a winter trapper hat with ear flaps, a US Civil War reproduction Berdans Kepi with natural canvas havelock, a wide brim mid brown wool felt hat with dome shaped crown and I just bought a black wool felt Gambler hat.

[@tgrum3316]

I've worn a Panama hat since the 1980s. Some time ago, i added a Porkpie hat for fall and winter. I like the Porkpie as it's more unusual.

[@fredsalfa]

What a thorough, entertaining and historically accurate look of the reasons we don’t wear hats anymore. Great video. Subscribing to see all your other videos

[@wesleyprattakron]

I wear a hat all the time. Never realized until recently how much warmer I am when I wear a hat. (Northeast Ohio winters). But I noticed and was told by my 40 year experience barber that pulling my hat off abruptly was causing me to lose hair. The only thing about hats I don’t like is that they can pull hair out. So now I place and remove my hat very carefully. Akron, Ohio is lucky to have the Hatterie, one of the best hat stores in the country.

[@schizo0223]

I still swear my Lock& Co. or Borsalino flatcap when I take my car for a drive with the roof open late at night. Or when I take my dog out for a walk out at night. It get's chilly and you start feeling it when you get old. Now I realize why my dad had quite a hat collection. Now...the cape. I broke my arm last winter and had to wear a cast for three months. Couldn't wear a coat. Converted a couple of my double breasted over coats to wear like a cape. Kept me warm all winter. My wife said, it made me look bad ass as well.

[@danielbanks7500]

I grew up doing historical re-enactments. I still have my bi-corn. I have recently gone back to wearing hats. I have several flat caps and newsies and I love them. I HATE rain in my face and I don't want to fuss about hat care so I went with a canvas Indiana Jones fedora. I am also looking for a western telescope hat and a shot top hat - I also regularly dress in 1880's attire. I hate normal ball caps as everyday wear. I can fully agree that it is WAY more of a pain to wear anything larger than a flat cap and getting in and out of the car. I have a cheap telescope and knocked it off three times today in my travels lol! As far as style, I wear them because it is not common style to wear them. I wear my hats indoors as well.

[@LifeAndFaithTogether]

Antonio, love the video (as usual). I am a something of an evangelist for men wearing a real hat. For me, it’s always a Stetson - either a Panama or their Open Road. The brim is wide enough to shade my eyes and to keep rain off my glasses. And the brim is small enough to wear well in a car or pickup truck. I’m curious to know what you think of the popularity of caps. Did you find any information about the number of caps sold each year? They seem to be everywhere. Cap wearers are often clueless about hat etiquette. (So one reason for you to wear a hat is to demonstrate the etiquette and responsibility that come with a wearing a hat. One small measure mistake in your video: JFK did wear a top hat to his Inauguration, as did Eisenhower and LBJ. The men removed their hats when they were seated on stage. That said, JFK rarely wore a hat. Your point about the decline of men wearing hats is absolutely correct.

[@enigmathegrayman2953]

I’m rocking Indiana Jones fedora wool felt daily, it became an extension of my head! 😂

[@bradbarnard6544]

I feel naked without a hat haha 😂

[@quinntech7254]

There is also the emergence of varying hairstyles for men, a hat would have potentially ruined the style but also prevented a man from displaying it.

[@toddhensley880]

@@quinntech7254 yep! James Dean, Elvis, the Beatles, and on. Wouldn’t want to cover or ruin those hair styles with a hat.

[@LeeBartoletti]

@@quinntech7254 Yet fancy hairstyles were popular during the Regency period, and men wore hats.

[@johnnymula2305]

I still wear my flat cap. (Boston Scaly Brand) Great hats. Very well made.

[@craigtiano3455]

I regularly wear a Panama straw hat in the summer when I leave my home. I've been doing this for decades. In the winter, I wear a Fedora. A person I knew for nearly 20 years, but only ever saw me outdoors met me in a social situation at someone's home. Of course, I had shed my hat upon entering the home. This person remarked to me that she assumed I was balding because I always wore a hat outside, and was shocked to see that I had a full head of hair.

[@Rafael-qd3yq]

Have a dozen cheap short brim fedora hats, half for summer, half for winter. Recently aquired a Panama hat, though made in Spain. Now I'm getting ready to buy a quality wide brim fedora. Just unsure whether to go with blue or brown.

[@StinkyCheeseYodeler]

Grey or brown so you can wear them with pretty much anything. ;-)

[@tomweiland7904]

I like how you get right to the point.

[@michaelray4033]

Being in the military and also being an outdoorsy guy in a rainy area, hats are second nature almost. I wear a wide brimmed hat almost year round due to with the aforementioned rain, or during the harsh sun we get in summer. People keep giving me crap for it, but when last I checked, I don't have a sunburned or wet nose.

[@ScottCleve33]

I never served but I own a boonie hat for just that reason. And yes, I do take a lot of crap for it. I just ignore them and eventually they get used to it.

[@KyleHarrisonRedacted]

“What’s the answer? It’s hippies isn’t it. It’s gonna be hippies I just know it. Yup.. hippies.” I was never a fancy guy. I never wanted to be a fancy guy. I never cared about my clothes, I focused on comfort and function over fit and class. As a kid, I always hated my hair. Short, lengthy, styled, whatever, I hated it and everything it became throughout the day. When I started high school and really wanted my own identity, I started wearing baseball caps every single day. To the point, most people didn’t know what my hair even looked like, and that was on purpose. I would often feel even a little uncomfortable wearing a baseball caps every day all day , but I hated my hair more and I liked the look of the hat. It made me feel more confident in myself. Years later and I’m a family man now, and my oldest daughter is informed she was around a kid who had lice. I said eff that and shaved my head to make inspecting my head easier. And.. I… LOVED it. I never considered being bald on purpose before. I feel younger, more able, more confident, AND it made wearing a hat a lot more comfortable for lengthy periods of time.

[@calvincazares]

I wear a telascop crown Flat brimmed stetson no matter where i go citys country dont matter but ive been thinkin about havin a Fidora shaped the same way also

[@KRW628]

January 24, 2022, I STARTED wearing hats; essentially every time I left the house. On that day - I shaved my head. I was half bald and all gray. I didn't like the way I looked, so I cut it all off. I went on an Ebay hat spree - flat caps (and Greek fisherman's caps) for every day wear. And some wide-brim sun hats for sunny days (my scalp is sensitive to direct sun light)

[@Just1American1966]

I wear pinch-front cowboy hats, either a light straw or my brown leather Stetson, about half the time, and oilskin rancher caps the other. These ride above plaid button-up shirts, blue jeans, and boots.

[@MichaelWysocki-ks5xt]

68 years old and just vaguely remember men wearing ‘ hats ‘ like Clark Kent, at least on Sunday. Going to church on Sunday as a small kid I remember the hats piled on the ledges by the windows. My own dad did NOT wear any hat. The only kind he ever wore was a baseball cap. I remember a neighbor across the street walking up and down the sidewalk in Zoot suit with brim like Clark Kent on Superman tv show. It was 1960 ish

[@leifforrest]

I became a wide brim hat wearing person a few years ago and hats are so practical. Automobiles are an issue still though, even in trucks with ample headroom, the raised height of modern headrests makes it awkward for the back of your head/hat. I agree the counter-culture derailed a lot of our culture, children used to want to emulate adults, now adults want to emulate children.

[@WatchReadWrite]

In the near future wish we have such an A.i. in our wardrobes/ dress rooms in order to consult before dress up 🤓

[@jimfinigan1681]

I'm sure there's already "an app for that"!

[@WatchReadWrite]

@ I’m sure it is just an “entry-level combine matcher” ! I imagine rather a “sophisticate instructor” .

[@dsb1829]

Good take, subscribed 👍

[@richj120952]

Growing up in the 50s through the 70's the only time I wore a hat was when I was on a baseball little league team, or Cub Scouts. So, unless it was a part of a work uniform, I did not wear one. Now, when I moved to Texas, in the mid 80's, my wife and I would go out dancing, and cowboy hats were a fashion accessory. Again, otherwise did not wear one. We later moved to Washington/Oregon. I dressed up as a cowboy for one Halloween at work. It was raining, pretty heavily. That hat was great! Didn't blow away like an umbrella in the wind. Kept the rain off of my face, and my head warm. I wore it from that point onward. It had real utility!

[@BladeStar-uq6xe]

I like hats, but the rise in popularity of ball caps, starting in the 1960s seemed to start the decline. A personal connection I had, was my father had a hat like Elliot Ness (Robert Stack) and he and I would watch the Untouchables together. I would wear the hat, and I had a toy Tommy Gun. I'm sure it might have annoyed him. But that was a great bonding moment my Father and I shared with me wearing that hat! I wish I still had it!

[@NukeCult666]

These are interesting videos. I'm an oil field truck driver , I'm outside a lot and I do wear a hat on account of the weather lots of wind and cold.

[@sherriff_colt4223]

I love my akubras really, I wear a Akubra Cattleman in a sandy colour and it's great, Although I sweat a long cause where I live in AUS is hot most the time... Like all of australia. The gold writing on the inside has faded a lot. But overall it's a good hat and I get some remarks about being a cowboy from generally how I dress.

[@DavidSmith-xs3or]

Sometimes, hats will make a comeback, even if it doesn't last for long. That can mostly be attributed to movies like Raiders of the Lost Ark, Chariots of Fire, and most recently- OPPENHEIMER.

[@geralderdek282]

My dad had a job at a hat factory in perthamboy NJ during the great depresión of the 30s. It was a secure job then!

[@jkbrown5496]

Don't overlook the rise of sunglasses in the 1940s. The hat also shaded the eyes, hence the wide brims on cowboy hats, and baseball caps. The flat cap also retained the eye shading even as it removed the hassle of a wide brim in urban settings. Though I wore a variety of covers while on active duty. I never experienced the full utility of a hat until I bought a fedora at Union Station when assigned to DC. Commuting by train, thus in the elements in winter, the warm air space proved valuable. I also, learned the value of scarves and other cold area clothing, being a Southerner and most of my assignments in the PNW and Hawaii prior to time in the Rust Belt.

[@gilalvarado9237]

The jet age influenced car design that created sleeker more aerodynamic cars, this also affected crown height on fedoras. Up until the late 50's the average crown height on a regular fedora was about 6 inches. My guess is that hat manufactures and haberdashers noticed this also and started selling a lower crown to accommodate the new modern look. With vintage fedoras you can almost tell if it is pre 60's by the height of the crown.

[@tumbleweed6658]

First and fore most Thank you for your service in the USMC, I am retired Army and head gear was just everyday life, from the patrol cap to the sun flop hat on deployments and the Black Beret, PT Beanie hat, and of course the all important Kevlar helmet. OK you get it so being a service member you always had head gear for every thing. For me to go outside with out a hat is just not going to happen I am hard wired to have one on, with that being said now that I am retired, I have the choice to wear what I want and I do my best to have a nice hat on It can range from a nice cowboy hat being a native South Dakotan and working cattle in my younger days too a Greek fishermen's hat to the good old stand by Ball cap. Let's bring back the style of hats. Life is too short not to have a hat.

[@StephaneBrissette-p1n]

I always wear a hat (not a ball cap) when I go out the door.

[@ScottCleve33]

I refuse to wear a ball cap. It's become pretty much a men's stereotype because they're worn so much. They could at least remove them indoors or at the very least when they sit down to eat a meal.

[@Wretchedsinner777]

Well at the 630 mark i myself am going thru a cultural revolution of my own i dont wanna dress like my parents or grandparents or social norm im gonna start dressing like my great grandpa 1940s and earlier style glad he lived until i was 18 so i learned a good bit of fashion from him but your channel is a gold mine as well

[@GrantStinnett]

I started wearing hats regularly several years ago. I usually go for a cowboy hat of one type or another. I’m bringing them back. Maybe I’m the only one and not bringing them very much, but at least I’m doing my part.

[@thetruth1013]

I’m at work rn in a hat shop. People still wearing them just few and far between.

[@Stevesmusic444]

As a person who used to wear hats and likes old traditional style wearing hats aren’t really a thing anymore. They looked really cool in the 1900s with the mob gangsters but nothing further than that. Wearing top hats and I tuxedo is a thing of the past and it’s really nothing extraordinary. I like to wear just T-shirt jeans sneakers and having short hair spiked in the front wearing a hat just covers up your hair and if you like to style your hair, spiking it in the front that just takes away that uniqueness and I think that’s the reason hats really aren’t a thing anymore

[@n64danny21]

My wife is a photographer, and if there is one thing I have learned, men with hats (especially ball caps) wear them because they are balding and they think nobody knows lol I know!!! In case you’re wondering, she ALWAYS makes them take the hats off for pictures lol

[@RealMenRealStyle]

Interesting!

[@jeffchristie-od5gu]

@n64danny21 that's disrespectful, contemptuous, & isn't up to her. She'd likely force Kindergarten kids to fully smile & reveal teeth are missing. She'd likely not touch-up school portraits to cover up acne & scars from it. That's quite a nice gal you speak of

[@ScottCleve33]

​@@jeffchristie-od5guI find it disrespectful and contemptuous to wear a hat indoors and while sitting down to eat a meal.

[@ScottCleve33]

I also belive that some men where baseball caps in lu of fixing their hair. It's simpler to throw on a baseball cap instead. I belive that this is why, unlike the old days of proper get etiquette, the never remove their hats indoors or at meals.

[@garypointing5825]

I'm going back to hats here in the UK. I'm not alone but most wear baseball caps or beenie hats, although because of peaky blinders, the flat cap is back. Personally I have a trilby, a straw trilby, several flat caps as well as ball caps and beenies

[@chuckgrenci6404]

I'm going to go with the advent of WW2; conservation of materials took on a whole new meaning from this conflict. And if you recall, cuffed pants also changed to no-cuff in order to save materials. Maybe I'm wrong but that's my take (and it at least was a contributor to the lessening of hat usage). Then after the war some of your other reasons may have come into the picture.

[@toejam503]

My 32yo son started wearing a "Pork pie" style hat, a few years ago. He's been wearing Ball caps since he was 3yo, and not backwards or crooked. I wear a ball cap often but only since the late 90s. I am seeing more and more Fedoras on young men. Beats the hoodie or stocking hat look any day.

[@PrinceMagnum]

I will admit, getting in and out of my 2003 Pontiac Grand Am, I've knocked my fedora off numerous times. But a small inconvenience. I still wear a hat every time I go out.

[@TheRealDrJoey]

My Dad was an attorney in Detroit, who was born in 1903. When I was a little kid he always wore a fedora when he went out. In fact, we lived near downtown, about 4 blocks from a hat blocking shop. Does ANYONE live near a hat blocking shop anymore? I would say he quit wearing a hat around 1961. But hats were still cool enough through the 1960s that 007 would always announce his arrival to Moneypenny by tossing his (usually) homburg onto the hat-rack.

[@Axrover]

I often wear a Panama hat for casual settings.

[@trevorgwelch7412]

Base ball caps are in style - timeless . 🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢

[@emmitstewart1921]

Men did not stop wearing headgear. The style just changed. If you were to include the number of baseball caps and bucket hats in your count, you would find the modern numbers much closer to 1925 than you think. Modern men may do more work indoors, but they still go outdoors for leisure activities, and they still have a need for head protection, especially in winter. Meanwhile, the western Stetson style hat is more popular than ever. When I was growing up in the fifties and sixties, only children wore cowboy hats. Now they can be found almost everywhere.

[@ebinrock]

I'm just curious about that movie Planes, Trains, and Automobiles - why did the main character played by Steve Martin wear a Fedora, when even in 1987, it was completely out of fashion and no other character in the movie wore one?

[@johnduffin9425]

My enthusiasm for the 20's-50's look is my way of rebelling against all of the purple hair, nose rings, and including the ungodly tattoos of today. At the same time, I constantly get complimented on my style. Be it my vest, vintage pocket watch, or my many types of hats. Class never goes out of style. And the young people of today are adrift at sea without a paddle, when it comes to class.

[@doug6259]

@johnduffin9425 part of the reason I became more committed to wearing hats everywhere was in response to the horrible styles of modern culture.

[@swschilke]

Could you make a video on flat caps ? Thanks

[@jasminewinkler7119]

You would never see my father or even me as Woman outside without our Stetsons. Even my Daughter started to wear one.

[@p.p.8833]

I live in a city and i would love to wear my fedora but its very unpractical in the public transports, so i only wear it for hiking. Except for a panama hat during summers it wont come back i guess.

[@unclecreepy4324]

My Dad wore a ball cap everyday of his life. I never cotton to ball caps but occasionally I wear a fedora like when it's raining or I go walking in the woods.

[@darrenhunt9049]

I wear Boston Scallycaps when the weather is right and no other style except on ANZAC Day where I wear my Beret.

[@wadethomas6952]

For me my work don't allow me wear hats but I pack it in take it off go outside to use it But also I noticed I've been wearing hats indoors a lot more because the LED lights mess with my eyes

[@jackwonder912]

Great video! You didn't really touch on this, but it's interesting how the American cowboy hat is still everyday attire in many parts of the US and is still considered normal and even cool.

[@ScottCleve33]

I live in the north so they're pretty rare to be worn up here. But who knows. Southern accents and other southern things are working their way north. Maybe their hats will one day.

[@chriskelly509]

I wish the straw Panama hats would make a comback.. great hat for hot and humid environments

[@ArtVallejo]

Yeah, fashion trends did contribute to the decline of wearing hats but let’s not forget one primary purpose of head coverings is to help shield one’s eyes from sunlight. The 50’s and 60’s saw an increase in both men and women opting to wear sunglasses. Some people wear both but mass production of polarized lenses have helped catapult the sunglasses industry.

[@irawolf]

This proudly bald man wears fedoras daily! I have two dress straw ones for sun, two dress wool ones for warmth, a casual canvas one, a heavy canvas Filson one for rain, and a heavy wool Filson one for snow. I also have a light Filson Packer for pool and beach and a heavy Filson bush hat for camping. A collection of feathers rounds out the hats. :-)

[@anonperson3972]

So much of the change in clothing seems to result from a more sheltered, sedentary lifestyle (the average office worker is more sheltered than the nobility of old!) and technological improvements, which have allowed simpler clothing. When I have had to work outside for long hours doing fieldwork, I found myself wearing a hat, high boots and a coat with a double zip so it could be opened up in the front like a cape with a utility belt. So much of what we wear is just because we no longer need to supplement ourselves with our clothing.

[@michaeljoyce-q6s]

I wear different kinds of hats for different occasions. But I will not wear caps.

[@rogerforsberg3910]

Kudos, Mr Style, for identifying what I consider to be the "precipitating cause' -- if not the 'fundamental cause' -- of American men's abandonment of the formal hat, i.e., John Kennedy's decision NOT to wear a hat at his 1960 inauguration. If you see Ike (Dwight Eisenhower), his predecessor, in the films of these activities you'll notice that he's wearing a hat. Similarly for Richard Nixon who was only 4 years older than Kennedy, but who, I believe, identified more with the preceding hat-wearing generation than JFK might have. Personally, I wear a fedora (a gift from my father) when headgear is appropriate (i.e., the weather is cold, but not so cold as to require a stocking cap). Of course, it marks me out as "old school', an honest descriptor that does not bother me in the least, because in many (if not all) respects, I really am 'old school.'

[@Gordy-fj1jy]

Truth here ☝️If you have an outdoor job, you’ll still wear a hat. If you spend a lot of recreational time outside you’ll wear a hat. Also, as someone whose hair is thinning, protecting my scalp is imperative. So I wear hats.

[@donnaoneil4985]

My dad, born in 1927, wore a hat everyday of his life, until he went into extended care. He wore a fedora everyday to his office job, and a baseball cap the rest of the time. BUT, he never failed to remove it, when indoors (shopping malls excluded), something you sure don’t see today.

[@jeffreyprimak350]

The continuity of hat wearing men occurs among many orthodox Jewish men residing in orthodox Jewish communities across the US and around the world. A timeless tradition of public and synagogue attire.

[@gonzoret]

I wear hats all the time, actually very rare when I don’t. I wear cowboy hats stray or felt, baseball cap and even hard hat at work!

[@moorshound3243]

I always wear hats. Don't know how anyone can live without them?

[@md.adibmalik6333]

@@moorshound3243 yeah bro I like it too

[@ScottCleve33]

I'm the opposite. I only wear hats when necessary and I don't understand how people wear them all the time. Especially indoors and throughout a meal.