![]() ![]() I live in the Southern U.S., with hot, humid summers and mild to cool winters. Pretty much your standard “preppy” or “Ivy League” style. In the colder months, add a sport coat, vest, leather jacket, or sweater. ![]() If it’s a particularly hot summer day, I’ll wear a polo. I work in the usual office environment - business casual - and on a typical day, I wear a long sleeve Oxford button down with straight leg, slim fit khakis or dress slacks, and dress/chukka boots. It has the cattlemens’ crown, yet the ability to snap down the front brim.The curl on the back is more subtle than a traditional fedora. The OR seems like the perfect blend of the classic cowboy hat and a fedora. My gray fedora is just a little too dressy to wear with jeans, in my personal opinion. I love the way it feels and looks, and I get compliments on it.Ĭurrently, I’m seriously drooling over a Stetson Open Road, and considering getting one. I didn’t want to jump in and drop hundreds, only to hate it. At $50, it wasn’t pricey, but I figured it was a good introductory fedora, to test the waters and see if I'd like the style. My current favorite is my gray Jaxon fedora, with a black band and the front snapped down. Hats are one of the few things in life which are simultaneously darn functional AND good looking!Īs a middle class dad of two young kids, I don’t exactly have a big budget for this hobby. ![]() It also helps that, as I’ve aged into my thirties, and the ol’ hairline has receded ever farther back, I’ve taken up brimmed hats so as to keep my brain canister warm in the winter, and hopefully, ward off skin cancer when I get older. A self-described “old soul,” I’ve always had an appreciation for tradition and bringing back lost arts, such as the lost art of proper hat wearing. I’m relatively new to the world of classic mens’ hats (bought my first brimmed hat in 2016), but I always wore visors or baseball caps, dating back to early childhood. ![]()
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