Comments on: The BBC doesn’t know what makes a man wear a hat

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BBC What makes a man wear a hat Open Crown | patio umbrella — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 03:45:51 +0000

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By: Steven Lewis

Steven Lewis — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 01:40:07 +0000

That’s a much better answer to the question than it was to do with the motorcar and the elements!

By: Rosie Boylan

Rosie Boylan — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:47:38 +0000

The question of why men abandoned hats in the 1960’s is a very significant sartorial puzzle in the history of men’s dress.

As an Australian headwear specialist on a recent study tour of the world looking at men’s headwear design, I paid homage to a great hat wearer, Winston Churchill at the Churchill Museum in London.

The video loop of his state funeral, (which I watched with fascination 3 times over ) held the answer to the question of the disappearing hat.
All the performers in this sad moment were fully clad-top to toe in formal dress ,slowly marching Churchill to his grave.
However the crowd were all hatless,having moved on from such formal attire.

After the legacy of years at war where rank and obedience were defined by uniform dress, the dropping of the hat symbolised a shift in socal conciousness.The cultural revolution not only freed peoples minds but also their heads.

By: Steven Lewis

Steven Lewis — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:16:54 +0000

I was back in Oxford in April for a visit, wearing a hat of course. I wish when I was up (Christ Church (1989)) I’d taken the opportunity to wear a hat then If ever there was a time to experiment with self-expression it would have been then. As it was, I was telling my son and family, I was considered eccentric for wearing a bike helmet. I note that nothing much has changed with regard to that piece of headwear. It seemed very few people were wearing them still.

By: Thad

Thad — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:48:37 +0000

My biggest problem with that BBC article, since I first saw it, was that it was so simple. It is not just young men that are bringing them back in fashion. Living in Oxford, UK, I see men of all ages wearing hats and I happily walk out wearing a hat everyday. During Summer Eights, men with hats came close to be a majority and this last weekend, men in hats were out in force at our annual community street fair.

Btw, I have been starting to write a few posts on my blog recently.