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Brim up or Brim Down
- Thread starter Sam Craig
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Doctor Strange
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There's no rule. Even if there had been a rule in the past, it wouldn't matter nowadays. Wear it how you like.
Personally, for fedoras I prefer the classic down in front, up in back.
Personally, for fedoras I prefer the classic down in front, up in back.
hatsandcanes
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I was referring to the front!
Doctor Strange
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Right. I was just being specific. 35 years as a professional technical writer does that to you!
AbbaDatDeHat
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Welcome again to the lounge hatsandcanes.
Lots depends on the hat. Some hats just look right up all around, some down all around, some flat as a pancake. I have them all ways even up in the front and down in the back.
The rule for how to wear them is....wear “that” hat the way “you” like “that” hat.
Everybody’s different so be different and make it yours.
Bowen
Lots depends on the hat. Some hats just look right up all around, some down all around, some flat as a pancake. I have them all ways even up in the front and down in the back.
The rule for how to wear them is....wear “that” hat the way “you” like “that” hat.
Everybody’s different so be different and make it yours.
Bowen
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Yep, in my case I allow the hat to tell me what it wants to do! It somehow just knows what is best.
hatsandcanes
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Thanks so much for all the good advice! This board is awesome and consists of many helpful people. I am so glad to be a member and hope I don't ask too many stupid questions!!
jlee562
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Depends on the hat, but I find I'm brim up the majority of the time.
Xylophile
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I used to snap down, and recently I started going brim up, but with a downward slope to the hat's front brim so it looks down in front but is up all around. I like the sides of the brim up a little as opposed to a sharp snap down and straight across, and I get a nice brim line that looks down in the front and up on the sides a little to suit my long face.
When the sun is in my eyes I can snap it on down, and I have the advantage of that really nice looking brim line otherwise. This on my BGCD which is my every day hat, and I had to steam it in.
When the sun is in my eyes I can snap it on down, and I have the advantage of that really nice looking brim line otherwise. This on my BGCD which is my every day hat, and I had to steam it in.
quikrick
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I'm like you. I wear both up and down, but I prefer brim up.
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I took a rather shy friend of mine to a men's meeting and the leader opened up with the stock...."There is no such thing as a stupid question...."...My friend screwed up the nerve to ask a question. The leader paused, looked at my friend and said..."okay, that one was stupid." There was an interminable pregnant pause and then the circle burst into loud guffaws. It was a great ice breaker at my friend's expense. So don't worry I certainly have asked my share of the stupid ones, ask away!!!!
scottyrocks
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For me it depends on the type of hat. Generally . . .
Fedoras, down in front, up in back.
Porkpies, up all around.
Westerns, down front and back, up on the sides.
Homburgs, down in the front and back, but with that stiff curl, it's sort of up even while it's down.
Fedoras, down in front, up in back.
Porkpies, up all around.
Westerns, down front and back, up on the sides.
Homburgs, down in the front and back, but with that stiff curl, it's sort of up even while it's down.
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Roadopen
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Then you have the gentleman on the right that looks to have run into a wall...
That is the best lampshade i have ever seen til now!
Yahoody
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Enuff said!
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I'm in the "They're your hats, wear them however you like" camp. I personally prefer the front of the brim snapped down on most of my hats, but I do have one narrow/stingy brimmed hat that I like to wear brim up like a Pork Pie. My wife has informed me in no uncertain terms that she doesn't like "that look" so if I wear that hat when I'm with her I snap the brim down. Otherwise, life's too short to waste time being concerned about what other people think about my/your personal sense of style.
nvilletele
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I agree that it really depends on the hat itself. Really hard to generalize, in my case at least.
I used to not like brim up in front for fedoras, other than pork pies, but that has changed. While I still feel that most of my fedoras are best brim down, many work better brim up.
Though this doesn't relate to look, I find also that a hat that is slightly tight with brim up can feel a tiny bit looser with the front down. Sometimes that factors into my choice for a given day.
Overall, (cliche warning!) variety is the spice of life. Some go up, some go down. Sometimes they go the other way.
I used to not like brim up in front for fedoras, other than pork pies, but that has changed. While I still feel that most of my fedoras are best brim down, many work better brim up.
Though this doesn't relate to look, I find also that a hat that is slightly tight with brim up can feel a tiny bit looser with the front down. Sometimes that factors into my choice for a given day.
Overall, (cliche warning!) variety is the spice of life. Some go up, some go down. Sometimes they go the other way.
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I've noticed this on the "Pork Pie" hat I mentioned above. It's crown is considerably lower and more tapered than the crowns on any of my other hats so with the brim up in front it tends to fit my head like it was molded to it. But snap the brim down in front and suddenly it's a bit loose. Being made from a single piece of felt that's really stiff, and with it's narrow/stingy brim deeply flanged, it made sense to me that the brim shape and position (i.e. up or down) would affect the crown, but it was still a bit of a surprise the first time I noticed it.
