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[Lord Thrappleper The 49th]

I wear a trilby in the winter because i like it and it keeps my head warm. I dont think i like suave or dashing. I dont wear it for a fashion reason. I wear it for practical purposes. I dont particularly care if people think i look silly, i think everyone looks silly. So hey ho.

 

[RunTheBrules]

Maybe I'm just an asshole, but nearly every time I see someone I know wearing a fedora, I'll say "Look! It's Jason Mraz!" I usually get one of two responses: a sensible chuckle, or a death stare.

 

[nynt9]

I wear a trilby in the winter because i like it and it keeps my head warm. I dont think i like suave or dashing. I dont wear it for a fashion reason. I wear it for practical purposes. I dont particularly care if people think i look silly, i think everyone looks silly. So hey ho.

I don't know how that would keep your head warmer than a beanie, which is actually designed to keep your head warm unlike a fedora/trilby.

 

[Copenap]

Oh god, the poor souls in here who think they do not look ridicoulus in cargo pants... They have no idea.

 

[Mr. Giggles]

Oh. My. God.

So getting one now

 

[TalonJH]

Nothing wrong with a Trilby or Fedora as long as the rest of your attire matches. We wore tribys at my wedding. I will wear a fedora when I'm dressed for something important and it is raining.

Spoiler

For me, It's strange to see people where them in a tshirt.

 

[Randam]

Nothing wrong with a Trilby or Fedora as long as the rest of your attire matches. We tribys at my wedding. I will wear a fedora when I'm dressed for something important and it is raining.

Spoiler

For me, It's strange to see people where them in a tshirt.

Got a pic?

 

[Buddha Beam]

I have a white straw hat that I mainly use in the garden, a Panama Jack sort of thing.

I also have an Australian outback hat and a cowboy hat.

No fedoras or trilbys though. Used to have a real fedora when I was a kid though.

 

[Lord Thrappleper The 49th]

I don't know how that would keep your head warmer than a beanie, which is actually designed to keep your head warm unlike a fedora/trilby.

I dont like the way beanies feel on my hair

 

[marrec]

I dont like the way beanies feel on my hair

In casual wear almost any situation a beanie is going to look 1000% better than a Trilby and also actually keep your head warm. Sorry about your luck.

 

[Sobriquet]

The only people I know that wear them are in old timey bands. Waistcoats and pocket watches and whatnot. They look cool.

 

[PlayALLtheGames]

Yup, a Kangol, in purple no less (although this is technically a trilby that converts to a bucket hat and blah blah nobody cares.)

Maybe someday I'll have the luxury of time to give a shit about what people think of my clothing choices, but my schedule is pretty booked.

*M'ladying intensifies*

 

[Baron Von Beans]

I got a trillby as a Christmas gift a couple years ago. Still has the tags on it, in my closet somewhere.

Cargo pants though? I don't care what anyone says, I'd rather wear those than straight legged pants. I smoke, so shoving everything I carry with me in my two normal pockets just gets cramped.

My clothing choices has never landed me in a specific "clique", from the time I was in High School so long ago to now. I'm sorry but no one here has any right to make fun of people based on how they dress. Every has their own beat to their soundtrack of life. I have a pair of UFO pants I wear from time to time, and they are the most comfortable thing I own. I love them. If you don't care for them, or anything else that someone is wearing, good for you. If you feel good wearing something, just wear it. Sport the shit out of it. Own it, and don't be ashamed.

 

[The Lamp]

Was at the beach and bought a straw fedora because everyone said I looked and still say I look great in it.

I only occasionally wear it at the beach though.

 

[sixteen-bit]

fedora's are visual representation of an epic fail

 

[Persona7]

Fedoras are awesome.

Fedoras are awesome.

Fedoras are awesome.

Fedoras are awesome.

pls no

 

[RM8]

Even the good examples would look better without it, or at last look like they don't belong in this day and age.

 

[TxdoHawk]

You still had time to look bad.

that is really not a good look for you.

Ah, right on time, here come the people on the internet who think I give a shit about their opinions.

You're wearing a purple Kangol. I doubt your schedule is anything close to booked, maybe later when puberty wears off.

See, that's the funny part: If I took to heart what every basement-dweller and nay-sayer thought about my life choices, you'd actually be right: My schedule would be wide open! I would still be living with my parents and probably flipping burgers.

Instead I live in my own place, work a full-time IT job + run a side business, and date an amazing woman (who coincidentally, doesn't like my hat, but still loves me anyway because people don't exist solely to please others).

And you know why? It's all because I'm more concerned with living my life the way I want to, instead of walking on eggshells trying to please people who have no impact on my well-being.

So: If any of you plan on becoming a senior executive at Herald Square NYC and signing off on my paystubs, or plan on becoming one of my many clients, by all means, give me a buzz and I'll be interested to hear what you have to say, on my fashion choices or otherwise. But if you can't measurably add value to my life or the lives of those I care about, your opinions are worth nothing to me.

 

[Horse Detective]

^ Look, that guy has money!

 

[Baron Von Beans]

Preach on TxdoHawk. Way to rock that purple. A pair of pants I own are bright purple, I love wearing them shits.

 

[Cloggerdude]

Ah, right on time, here come the people on the internet who think I give a shit about their opinions.

See, that's the funny part: If I took to heart what every basement-dweller and nay-sayer thought about my life choices, you'd actually be right: My schedule would be wide open! I would still be living with my parents and probably flipping burgers.

Instead I live in my own place, work a full-time IT job + run a side business, and date an amazing woman (who coincidentally, doesn't like my hat, but still loves me anyway because people don't exist solely to please others).

And you know why? It's all because I'm more concerned with living my life the way I want to, instead of walking on eggshells trying to please people who have no impact on my well-being.

So: If any of you plan on becoming a senior executive at Herald Square NYC and signing off on my paystubs, or plan on becoming one of my many clients, by all means, give me a buzz and I'll be interested to hear what you have to say, on my fashion choices or otherwise. But if you can't measurably add value to my life or the lives of those I care about, your opinions are worth nothing to me.

Way to bust the stereotype wide open.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

^ Look, that guy has money!

All that money and he still wears ugly ass hats

that was the most m'lady ass post I've read in a minute

 

[Jeff Albertson]

My life aim is now to become a senior exec at the aforementioned company so I can distribute advice about the terrible hat.

 

[InfiniteBento]

No amount of money or status can excuse buying fedoras or cargo pants/shorts.

¯\_(&#12484_/¯

 

[Insaniac]

I own a fedora originally as a prop for some videos we were making, but its a nice quality one. Rarely wear it though, only when the dress would be appropriate with it (and when a hat is practical I guess you could say)

 

[ScepticMatt]

I don't get the hate.

 

[Insaniac]

I don't get the hate.

I think it is less hate, and more the whole "neckbeard" "brony" stereotype that is associated with people who wear it, thinking they suddenly look good or have sex appeal, and it has basically ruined the image of it.

Also, there really just isnt' much a time or place to wear a fedora unless you're like a suit in a big city etc

 

[Stormhammer]

so all the peeps shamin' on txdohawk, can we see your styles

 

[Cipher Peon]

This thread has made me upset.

There are things here that I can not unsee that I feel were made for the explicit purpose of upsetting me. And they have succeeded.

 

[Mashin Haters]

i wore one when I went to Costa Rica. Probably the only time were it should be excepted, when you go on vacation. Also it wasn't one of those ugly black reddit kind. It was a nice looking tan colored tropical weave kind of one.

 

[Cow Mengde]

I'm legit talking about basic cargo pants.

That shit isn't okay.

Ok, these are pretty fucking ugly. The one Ponpo posted is what I own.

 

[marrec]

so all the peeps shamin' on txdohawk, can we see your styles

It does not include a Kangol or Trilby but will soon incorporate a 5 Panel.

 

[A Human Becoming]

The hate for cargo pants/shorts saddens me. I use the extra pockets and they're comfortable.

 

[Tom_Cody]

This is a work of art.

 

[Nerdkiller]

Cargo shorts are not the problem in that picture.
The cringe worthy t-shirt is.
The completely out of place hat is.
The fact that they'd probably look somewhat awkward in general, due to physical features, even.
But the shorts are the least of their problems.

I mean, you mean to tell me if you put some skinny jeans or whatever on those dudes, they'd look alright?

Cargo shorts always looked somewhat stupid to me. It's just that it's made even more unfashionable by the types in my previous post.

The hate for cargo pants/shorts saddens me. I use the extra pockets and they're comfortable.

Regular cargoes are fine by me. The shorts on the other hand...I just laugh.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

Even all the hot good looking people posted in this thread would look better without the fedora.

So you know you Joe Schmoes and Plain Janes don't stand a chance

 

[Heavy's Sandvich]

I don't have fedoras, I have trilbies

 

[TarpitCarnivore]

I don't get the hate.

The hate is not with the item itself it's with people who think it's "classy" and automatically makes them look good. It's an accessory at best and an incredibly hard one to pull off well.

 

[diffusionx]

90% of the problem with fedoras is that people wear it with a fucking slob looking t-shirt and doritos-stained cargo shorts. It's a formal dress item being combined with the most IDGAF outfit possible by people with no social skills. That's like sprinkling gold flakes on the puddle of jizz you just spurt onto the floor while watching Zero Suit Samus hentai.

If you make a look out of it, and use as fucking directed, you're fine. You may come across as insufferably hipster, but you won't come across like someone whose unwashed neckbeard is hosting a new bacterial ecosystem.

I think all those people would look better without a hat.

 

[Baraka in the White House]

Wait, cargo shorts are a bad thing?

You can all go to hell.

 

[bjork]

I don't, but I would if I wanted to. Also if I owned one.

 

[marrec]

Wait, cargo shorts are a bad thing?

You can all go to hell.

Cargo shorts have always been a bad thing though.

 

[TalonJH]

Got a pic?

When I get home I'll try to post one of me and my grooms men. Our colors were black & green.

 

[PlayALLtheGames]

Have a guy here at work that wears one with skinny jeans….really a bad look…..

Fedora and skinny jeans? Hahahaha that's amazing. I wish I could see a picture.

 

[Zaphrynn]

.

 

[cHaotix8]

The people I see wearing fedoras generally look silly, mostly MLP trench coat bros. I can't see myself ever wearing one without looking like a dork.

Black guys can rock a lot of styles that I cannot and I am so very jealous. Like, once a week I'm jealous.
I think what I'm most jealous if is their superhuman ability to make absurd amounts of purple look amazing. If I wear too much purple I end up just looking like an awkward 90s dad and I might as well break out the teal fanny pack.

Not gonna lie, as a black guy I love throwing on some purple.

 

[Baraka in the White House]

Cargo shorts have always been a bad thing though.

TO HELL, SIR.

 

[nel e nel]

Re cargo pants

Once you start justifying a casual article of clothing on purely practical grounds you've already lost.

I guess Utilikilts are out of the question then too.

 

[flyover]

They invariably look like crap. If you think you're the exception, you're not the exception. And it's none of my goddamn business what you wear, so go ahead and keep wearing them.

 

[Zyae]

Yup, a Kangol, in purple no less (although this is technically a trilby that converts to a bucket hat and blah blah nobody cares.)



Maybe someday I'll have the luxury of time to give a shit about what people think of my clothing choices, but my schedule is pretty booked.

dude.