Short brim vs. wide brim fedora

[LoveMyHats2]

About 2 inches...my first real hat for many a year, vintage dunlap.

 

[DesertDan]

Wide brims for me, short brims don't look right on me.

 

[EggHead]

Well, after trying on various brims, I decided that 2 1/8 is the shortest that I would wear. Partly look, partly sun glare. Less than 2 1/8 just don't give much protection from the sun.

 

[Alex Oviatt]

Wider is best for me, although I have a Trilby that has a fairly short brim. I think that dimensional brims can be a great way to get the right look and balance.

 

[FedoraFan112390]

Have a 2 3/4th inch brimmed fedora on the way, vintage Dobbs; Also a 1 3/4th" hat. I want more wide brimmed fedoras but they are harder to find on Ebay than vintage short brimmed. I like both equally.

 

[jlee562]

I wear both wide and stingy brims. Since I've gotten my Optimo Dillinger, which has a 2" brim, I've been wearing that a lot. I do have a Resistol Gotham I, which has about a 1.5" brim I think, and that's usually my "casual" hat. The widest brim I have is my Fed IV which has 2.75" at the front and back and 2.5" on the sides.

 

[4spurs]

I don't own a stingy, never will, wouldn't even accept one as a gift. Just too goofy looking to me.

 

[metropd]

I always considered 2 1/2 to be meduim brim, not wide. 2 5/8 was medium-wide and 2 3/4 and over wide. I would not wear the nicest hat in the world if it was 2 3/8. I have and will always stick to 2 1/2- 2 3/4.

 

[Dronak]

I kind of like a wider brim, but my wife and mother both think that a shorter brim looks better on me. As something that I don't really see when I'm wearing it (like my eyeglasses), I'd probably be fine with most styles. So for things like that, I have to get the opinion of someone else I trust to tell me what looks better on me. Given my family's opinions, the one main fedora I have is a shorter brim and I'll probably be sticking with that style for now.

 

[HatsEnough]

I have to say, the split here (few interested in stingies, far more for wide brims) shows on ebay for prices. Wider brims demand premium prices. Stingies are a dime a dozen. No one wants a short brimmed fedora, but everyone wants the wider ones.

 

[LoveMyHats2]

I have to say, the split here (few interested in stingies, far more for wide brims) shows on ebay for prices. Wider brims demand premium prices. Stingies are a dime a dozen. No one wants a short brimmed fedora, but everyone wants the wider ones.

That is so true. The same is for those tiny weeny sized hats. Lord have mercy! there are tons of size 6 plus hats all over that are so very nice. If only....

 

[jkingrph]

Hi, I always thought the short brimmed hats were for old guys. My dad and several of the other teachers wore them. Old time movie stars wore the wide brimmed stuff.

Later

Well, I'm getting in too the age category of "old guy" and you will never find me in of those stingey things. I like brims to start at about 2 3/4" & 3" is better.

 

[Dinerman]

 

[Herzen]

Wide for me. I've found that I simply don't look good in anything less than 2 1/2". Most of my customs are 2 5/8-2 3/4.

 

[Alex Oviatt]

Goorin Brothers just opened a handsome new store in Pasadena's Old Town. I didn't know much (okay, anything) about them but was excited at the prospect of a proper hat store coming to town. Alas, all stingies and not my cup of tea. The joint was jumpin', though!

 

[David J. Jones]

I have different brim widths but I prefer wide, as in 2 1/2 or better.

Nah, just kidding. Heres that hat now:

Here's my shortest brim, 2 inches:

And heres my beloved Fed IV, where I got the brim dimensions for the conversion in the first pic:

There are a couple of others, but for illustrative purposes, these'll do.

Those first two are amazing,what are the brim measurements?

 

[Chascomm]

I reckon I'm turning stingy with age. What I'm wanting is a hat with a crown blocked like the Federation IV (tall, untapered) but with a 2" snap brim like the old Akubra Warwick. I want more height, less width.

 

[Brother cavefish]

i don't like stingies , to me its not even a hat, just a crown, i like a definite brim either flipped or down , if i don't want a brim i wear a beanie

 

[tommyK]

I favor the wide brims and tall crowns for three reasons;

1. aesthetically they look good to me (2 1/2" brim, 5 1/2" crown or maybe a little bigger)
2. they're functional, sun, rain protection and they keep my bald head warm
3. the young hipsters tend toward the stingys and I'm an old contrarian

 

[Qvist]

Anything less than 2 1/2" just looks wrong on me, I think. My big face needs wide brim and tall crown to not look ridiculous.