Thanks for the comments on my blog! I agree that you have to be careful about not appearing to be in costume when wearing a hat … especially when a lot of people only wear a hat (besides a baseball cap) when they are going somewhere in fancy dress. Then again, is it bad to look like Bogart or even Indy, at the right time?

To be honest, I have never gotten any questions about how many hats I own or anything like that .. but I have gotten comments that I look like a country gentleman or a Victorian street-urchin (but that was not just because of the flat cap but also the fingerless cycling gloves).

The oddest thing that I have noticed recently is that I get similar reactions when I wear a tie. The same type of comments and questions, such as why are you dressed up? Or, are you going somewhere special?

Btw, if can, check out the pictures from Ascot … it starts today ,,, and you can see some remarkable hats (on both sexes).

Cheers,
Thad