LOL.
One of the guys in the XKCD forum mentioned how, only there, could an argument that starts out about Hitler could end in a comparison of Operating System root processes (or something like that).
I’ve found the difference between hipster and not is in how nice your fedora is. If you were a cheap faux-dora, hipster. If you have a nice wool felt fedora in the traditional 30s-40s style, not hipster. Or you could go with a bowler and be your own kind of douche.
Seeing a hipster wearing a bowler would make me cross to the other side of the street. It’s an indication that said hipster might be “ready for a bit of the old ultra-violence.”
Okay, so, I’m 42 and have worn a fedora since I was 15, which is just BEFORE RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK came out. I wore a trenchcoat and fedora throughout high school, because I was a Bogart fan.
I also have muttonchops. But, see, because I’m an old dude, I look like a guy who’s a Civil War veteran who is a Bogart fan, rather than a hipster douche.
So I feel confident that I can point out what all the hipster douches are doing wrong. They’re wearing trilbies instead of fedoras.
Trilbies are the ones with narrow brims. There are women and Black men who can wear them, but the last white man who could make a trilby look good was Frank Sinatra. I mean, even in the rest of the Rat Pack, only Sammy Davis Junior made it work. Sinatra may be the only white man in history who has made a trilby look good.
A fedora, on the other hand, is NOT a stylish hat. And you can’t wear it as if it is. You wear a fedora because you want to be able to 1. keep the sun out of your eyes, 2. keep the rain out of your eyes, 3. keep your head warm. It’s, y’know, a HAT. And if you want to make it not look stupid, you have to wear it as a hat, not as an accessory.
It’s supposed to sit there on top of your head doing a hat-sort-of-job. It’s supposed to be just, y’know, clothes.
It’s like cowboy hats. If you are wearing a cowboy hat because you’re riding horses driving cattle, and you need it to 1. keep the sun out of your eyes, 2. keep the rain out of your face, 3. keep the top of your head warm, it looks pretty good. If you’re wearing it because you think it looks good, then it doesn’t.
Same thing with baseball caps. Wear them when you’re playing baseball. You don’t see that many people walking around the streets wearing football helmets.
So, the point is — the only hat you can wear specifically TO look good is a top hat, and then, you can only wear it on top-hat-appropriate occasions. In any other case, you need to choose your hat to be functional, and if it happens to look good while being functional, that’s a bonus — but if you’re wearing it in order TO look good, it won’t.
That was a very informative, well-thought out post. This is why I read the comments section of Bug Martini instead of those for say, “the news.” Fewer crazy people here.
I would also like to point of the classical bowler – it is a great allround hat that works both in cities and out on the countryside, and it works with pretty much any non-sport clothing.
Also it is worth mentioning the panama hat for when one uses sporty clothes or an hawaiian shirt or shorts.
But one thing to remember most of all is that a hat when it all comes around to it is a protectice accessory – pick a hat that suits the rest of your outfit [and not the other way around] – just like you would with shoes.
The gods of fashion saved their worst curse for Charlie Chaplin. He actually managed to popularize a unique new style of moustache only to have it worn by and forever associated with the most evil villain of the 20th century.
I don’t think you understand the connection between Charlie Chaplin, Adolf Hitler, and their shared facial hair style since you seem convinced it was just coincidental
Hitler thought that by having the same moustache as Charlie Chaplin, he’d look “friendlier”, IIRC.
I am pretty sure Chaplin was the last man allowed to sport that ‘stache because he had it before Hitler, and a moustache-less Charlie Chaplin would have destroyed America.
No! It’s a Charlie Chaplin mustache! Wait! Don’t throw me off the plane! I’ll shave!
Godwin 2.0: “As an discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Hipsters approaches 1”
Upvotes for semi-obscure old school reference.
wait, what? no upvotes?
hmph.
LOL.
One of the guys in the XKCD forum mentioned how, only there, could an argument that starts out about Hitler could end in a comparison of Operating System root processes (or something like that).
And vice versa, of course.
Mind you, I’m probably dating myself in public with acknowledging an old reference. But that’s ok, no-one else will date me in public anyway.
I’ve found the difference between hipster and not is in how nice your fedora is. If you were a cheap faux-dora, hipster. If you have a nice wool felt fedora in the traditional 30s-40s style, not hipster. Or you could go with a bowler and be your own kind of douche.
Seeing a hipster wearing a bowler would make me cross to the other side of the street. It’s an indication that said hipster might be “ready for a bit of the old ultra-violence.”
Rather that than the old in-out, I say.
What if it’s a faux-dora, paired with an authentic prohibition era suit?
Just go with a top hat. As long as plaid or skinny jeans are not involved, I’ll think you’ll be okay.
Okay, so, I’m 42 and have worn a fedora since I was 15, which is just BEFORE RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK came out. I wore a trenchcoat and fedora throughout high school, because I was a Bogart fan.
I also have muttonchops. But, see, because I’m an old dude, I look like a guy who’s a Civil War veteran who is a Bogart fan, rather than a hipster douche.
So I feel confident that I can point out what all the hipster douches are doing wrong. They’re wearing trilbies instead of fedoras.
Trilbies are the ones with narrow brims. There are women and Black men who can wear them, but the last white man who could make a trilby look good was Frank Sinatra. I mean, even in the rest of the Rat Pack, only Sammy Davis Junior made it work. Sinatra may be the only white man in history who has made a trilby look good.
A fedora, on the other hand, is NOT a stylish hat. And you can’t wear it as if it is. You wear a fedora because you want to be able to 1. keep the sun out of your eyes, 2. keep the rain out of your eyes, 3. keep your head warm. It’s, y’know, a HAT. And if you want to make it not look stupid, you have to wear it as a hat, not as an accessory.
It’s supposed to sit there on top of your head doing a hat-sort-of-job. It’s supposed to be just, y’know, clothes.
It’s like cowboy hats. If you are wearing a cowboy hat because you’re riding horses driving cattle, and you need it to 1. keep the sun out of your eyes, 2. keep the rain out of your face, 3. keep the top of your head warm, it looks pretty good. If you’re wearing it because you think it looks good, then it doesn’t.
Same thing with baseball caps. Wear them when you’re playing baseball. You don’t see that many people walking around the streets wearing football helmets.
So, the point is — the only hat you can wear specifically TO look good is a top hat, and then, you can only wear it on top-hat-appropriate occasions. In any other case, you need to choose your hat to be functional, and if it happens to look good while being functional, that’s a bonus — but if you’re wearing it in order TO look good, it won’t.
That was a very informative, well-thought out post. This is why I read the comments section of Bug Martini instead of those for say, “the news.” Fewer crazy people here.
I would also like to point of the classical bowler – it is a great allround hat that works both in cities and out on the countryside, and it works with pretty much any non-sport clothing.
Also it is worth mentioning the panama hat for when one uses sporty clothes or an hawaiian shirt or shorts.
But one thing to remember most of all is that a hat when it all comes around to it is a protectice accessory – pick a hat that suits the rest of your outfit [and not the other way around] – just like you would with shoes.
The gods of fashion saved their worst curse for Charlie Chaplin. He actually managed to popularize a unique new style of moustache only to have it worn by and forever associated with the most evil villain of the 20th century.
I don’t think you understand the connection between Charlie Chaplin, Adolf Hitler, and their shared facial hair style since you seem convinced it was just coincidental
Hitler thought that by having the same moustache as Charlie Chaplin, he’d look “friendlier”, IIRC.
I am pretty sure Chaplin was the last man allowed to sport that ‘stache because he had it before Hitler, and a moustache-less Charlie Chaplin would have destroyed America.
Wear a flat cap! I’ve never gotten anything but compliments for mine.
Old or not, not everyone can be Leonard Cohen
Will people pretty please learn the difference between a trilby and a fedora? What you see hipsters wear is a trilby. Fedoras have much wider brims.
Harry Anderson.
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You’ve been suckered into believing the stereotype, too?