Wearing a fez

[hargist]

Does anyone know the proper way to wear a fez? A friend just gave me one and upon inspection I noticed a seam where the felt joins on the outside of the hat. The tassel is pinned down in such a way that it naturally falls in front of the seam, thereby hiding it.

Since I can wear it any way I want on my head (there is nothing inside the hat to tell me which part is the back), where should the tassel be located? On the left, right, or does it matter?

 

[Doh!]

I wish somebody would give ME a fez that fit.

You must have good friends...

 

[hargist]

I definitely scored, but I thought you told me that a friend gave you a fez. :eusa_doh:

 

[interlocutor]

I definitely scored, but I thought you told me that a friend gave you a fez. :eusa_doh:

I believe he specifies a fez "that fits", as he's started a thread about how to stretch the one in question.

 

[cookie]

Does anyone know the proper way to wear a fez? A friend just gave me one and upon inspection I noticed a seam where the felt joins on the outside of the hat. The tassel is pinned down in such a way that it naturally falls in front of the seam, thereby hiding it.

Since I can wear it any way I want on my head (there is nothing inside the hat to tell me which part is the back), where should the tassel be located? On the left, right, or does it matter?

I bought a proper one years ago at Disney world in FLA where they have a reproduction Fez city as an exhibit. I seem to remember the tassel flops forward. Interestingly I had a friend who visited a seer years ago before he met me. He predicted that he would meet a great friend/soul mate who wore a fez. Years later after he gets to know me as a neighbour he sees me wearing the one I bought at Disney world for a fancy dress party! Uncanny huh? He and his wife and my wife have become great lifelong type friends.

 

[Twitch]

Sorry for the forthcoming stupid question, but where in public would one wear a fez outside of of Masonic activities?

 

[hargist]

Sorry for the forthcoming stupid question, but where in public would one wear a fez outside of of Masonic activities?

I'm attending something called Mondo Lounge Atomic Frolic in Las Vegas at the end of the month. According to the website (http://www.mondoatomic.com):

"Mondo Lounge Atomic Frolic is the Ultimate Retro Party and Conference. The event is themed around the lifestyle and culture of America from 1957 to 1963 & will bring together fans of Retro Fashion, Tiki, Exotica Music, Car Culture, Bachelor Pad Living, Pin-Ups, Swing Scene, Vintage Las Vegas Rat Pack era."

Seems to me to be the perfect opportunity to wear a fez!

 

[feltfan]

Sorry for the forthcoming stupid question, but where in public would one wear a fez outside of of Masonic activities?

I visited Fez, Morocco a few years ago. A lot of people
wore them outside there.

 

[hargist]

I seem to remember the tassel flops forward.

Pictures I've seen also have the tassel forward, but I wonder if it matters on which side it hangs (left or right). Maybe it doesn't. It just seems like the kind of thing that might have some hidden meaning to the uninitiated.

 

[Absinthe_1900]

Sorry for the forthcoming stupid question, but where in public would one wear a fez outside of of Masonic activities?

http://www.sotd.org/

 

[Topper]

If memory serves me right. Either to the left of the right the tassel because in the end no matter which side you put it the wind will blow it back or to the other side .

The tassel was for blokes, i believe the origin of the headwear was that the womenfolk wore one without a tassel as traditional dress.

 

[Dinerman]

halloween

 

[Merlin]

Ask a Shriner?

 

[Tony in Tarzana]

If one is built the way I am, one can wear a fez and a white linen suit to a screening of Casablanca.

 

[Doh!]

Ask a Shriner?

Most if not all of the Shriner fezzes (fezi?) on eBay have the tassel on the left. I wonder if it's like having the bow of the ribbon on a fedora on the left...?

 

[Twitch]

Hargist that function in Vegas sounds way cool! Wish I could go. Please report when you return.

 

[hargist]

Will do. I'm taking my camera so pictures will follow!

 

[BegintheBeguine]

The fez competition looks fun, hargist. Hope to see you there.

 

[hargist]

The fez competition looks fun, hargist. Hope to see you there.

You'll recognize me because I will most likely be wearing this jacket and a red fez.

 

[cookie]

Sorry for the forthcoming stupid question, but where in public would one wear a fez outside of of Masonic activities?

On you next visit to the Jemaa el Fena Square in Marrakesh???

http://www.ilove-marrakesh.com/visite_images/jm/jm5.html