Comments on: Follow-up to “Hats as a shorthand for character” http://opencrown.com/follow-up-to-hats-as-a-shorthand-for-character/ Men's hats and the love thereof Wed, 07 Apr 2010 18:47:34 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Rosie Boylan http://opencrown.com/follow-up-to-hats-as-a-shorthand-for-character/comment-page-1/#comment-46 Rosie Boylan Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:45:50 +0000 http://opencrown.com/?p=114#comment-46 Beyond the wearer's choice of form and function in headwear, symbolically the hat identifies the wearer into a social or cultural grouping. I can think of no other sartorial item that does this more clearly than the hat. Look at Victorian times where the height of the top hat indicated very clearly ones position in society. Coach men wore short crown top hats while gents were immediately visible in the street wearing top hats up to 8 inches high. Hats indicate to others very clear messages about what you wish to communicate to others about yourself. Hats in stage and screen tell the audience about the character in a non verbal way. Getting back to Ruben Guthrie, the unconcious message here with the top hat and the stripe scalf is a reference to the greatest rogue we know, Fagen from Oliver Twist. So give some thought to your next hat purchase. How do you want others to percieve who you are? Beyond the wearer’s choice of form and function in headwear, symbolically the hat identifies the wearer into a social or cultural grouping. I can think of no other sartorial item that does this more clearly than the hat.
Look at Victorian times where the height of the top hat indicated very clearly ones position in society. Coach men wore short crown top hats while gents were immediately visible in the street wearing top hats up to 8 inches high.

Hats indicate to others very clear messages about what you wish to communicate to others about yourself.
Hats in stage and screen tell the audience about the character in a non verbal way.
Getting back to Ruben Guthrie, the unconcious message here with the top hat and the stripe scalf is a reference to the greatest rogue we know, Fagen from Oliver Twist.

So give some thought to your next hat purchase. How do you want others to percieve who you are?

]]> By: Charlie Swindall http://opencrown.com/follow-up-to-hats-as-a-shorthand-for-character/comment-page-1/#comment-43 Charlie Swindall Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:22:42 +0000 http://opencrown.com/?p=114#comment-43 Stingy Brim hats are GENERALLY indicative of stingy people. Exception of the FL crowd whom are all so stingy they wish to get wide brim hats for nothing. Stingy Brim hats are GENERALLY indicative of stingy people. Exception of the FL crowd whom are all so stingy they wish to get wide brim hats for nothing.

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