Are Hats Back?
 

I dug an old friend out of storage. Had him stretched to reverse decades of sun shrinkage. Re-waxed his cotton, glued on a new leather band. He looks decent again - battered, worn, but serviceable in a sort of Indiana Jones way.

But, wait - I don't see anyone wearing hats anymore. Goofy plaid trilbys on snarky hipsters, that's all. I mean real hats, not the ubiquitous baseball cap.

Are/will hats coming/come back? Weirder things could happen. Watches are hot again.

yes

Hats are cool, especially vintage ones

The only hat I wear is a baseball cap when I'm working outside, but I see a lot of guys wearing them around here...

Hats are cool (baseball doesn't count), cool people an the minority, that's why you don't see many hats.

Where's the picture of your hat?

Back in the olden day hats were cool. The only hats I ever wear is to provide shade for my head. That is cool!

Guess it depends on where you live:cool: & the occation....
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I wear a Kangol once in awhile. On the weekends its a baseball style hat.

I've been sporting a brown Bailey Mannes. I turn up the rim & wear Clubmasters, makes me look like grouchy old man.

I have been wearing hats for over 20 years, on and off. I used to have a black fedora to go with my black trench coat. People thought I was Mafia. I wear all kinds of hats all the time, not just ball caps. Hat's to me, brings back the good old days, and it looks good, IMO.

Oh, just please do not wear a beret.

No no, no beret for muwy.

I wear a flat cap a couple days a week

They never went away.

Nothing quite like a nice smoking cap.

Lock & Co Hatters : Embroidered Smoking Cap : Smoking Caps & Fez

I sometimes wear a Kangol knockoff. Well, not really a knockoff... whatever that style is... with no logo.

And, judging by this bit of photo evidence that I found on the internet, I'd say 1) hats are back and 2) it's definitely the cool people that are wearing them.
;)

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I wear one in the winter when it's cool out. Any other time and it's too hot.

flat cap / driving cap

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or, if you're really cool, apparently backwards is ok too. (I'm not that cool) ;)

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or forwards
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You fellas do realize that Kangol is just a brand of hat maker that makes many, MANY different styles of hat (even baseball), right?

Kangol.com

Lots of folks seem to associate them with the flat cap style.

I didn't know that was backwards... I thought that was the way you were supposed to wear it.
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I guess there are different rules for wearing a hat in different countries. But outside of the US, for men, manners dictate that you never wear a hat indoors. You remove your hat when being introduced to a woman, and NEVER EVER EVER EVER wear a hat at a dinner table.