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Shock, horror, you will be telling me next that the Queen goes out in trousers. It's the end of civilisation, I tell you.
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How do folks react to your hat wearing?
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I was approached by a security guard the other day. He complemented my appearance, shook me by the hand and said how wonderful it was to see a young man who looks after himself.
All that for what most folks here would consider casual attire and a cheapo hat! It really brightened up my day.
All that for what most folks here would consider casual attire and a cheapo hat! It really brightened up my day.
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Walmart seems to be the best place for me to get compliments from strangers. Earlier today a gentleman made sure to get my attention while I was walking around on the phone so that he could tell me he really liked the black rimmed Panama I was wearing.
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Fifteen minutes ago, two young snack-enjoying, circa ten years old girls on the boardwalk downhill when passing me:
"Schöner Hut!"
My allround Wegener hazelnut traveller (felt)hat.
"Schöner Hut!"
My allround Wegener hazelnut traveller (felt)hat.
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At a classic car show this morning, it wasn't so much my hat as my shirt and summer blazer that was getting constant remarks, mostly positive too. But the most amusing remark came from some fellow who had fallen ill. A call had gone out over the public address for a doctor or a nurse, my wife responded, she was a paramedic for thirty years.
The fellow had succumbed to too much sun, and probably not enough water. My missus was grilling him: "How much beer have you had?" He looked a tad sheepish but responded, "just one large bottle." "Really?" said my disbelieving wife. Giving him a glare of pure napalm. "Well I have also had a glass of wine," he admitted. The interrogation wasn't over. "Just one glass?" My suspicious missus asked. More prodding revealed that, apart from the half glass or so that his wife drank, he had finished off the bottle. "You're dehydrated," my wife said, "and you've had too much sun."
She got him to drink water, and I lent him my battered Biltmore, it was a tad too big but it didn't flop over his ears. It was when he returned the hat, that he remarked on my blazer. "Don't you feel conspicuous," he asked, "conspicuous, yes, self conscious, no." I told him. He just smiled and said he wished that he had my confidence.
Was that a compliment? Probably, I call it a back handed compliment. This was what the fuss was all about.
The fellow had succumbed to too much sun, and probably not enough water. My missus was grilling him: "How much beer have you had?" He looked a tad sheepish but responded, "just one large bottle." "Really?" said my disbelieving wife. Giving him a glare of pure napalm. "Well I have also had a glass of wine," he admitted. The interrogation wasn't over. "Just one glass?" My suspicious missus asked. More prodding revealed that, apart from the half glass or so that his wife drank, he had finished off the bottle. "You're dehydrated," my wife said, "and you've had too much sun."
She got him to drink water, and I lent him my battered Biltmore, it was a tad too big but it didn't flop over his ears. It was when he returned the hat, that he remarked on my blazer. "Don't you feel conspicuous," he asked, "conspicuous, yes, self conscious, no." I told him. He just smiled and said he wished that he had my confidence.
Was that a compliment? Probably, I call it a back handed compliment. This was what the fuss was all about.
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I hesitate to wonder what the classy inebriate was wearing....
Goodness gracious...your wife is so talented!!!
My grandmother was a seamstress, worked in a shop in downtown manhattan and regularly made outfits for Lena Horne. I even got to meet her one time...set my little 10 year old heart fluttering for months. Still love hearing her voice to this day...it was even more amazing, sultry and alluring in person.....Ahhhhh....
But I digress.
My grandmother was a seamstress and made clothes, the way your wife does, from scratch. She could take measurements on us grandkids, get fabric from her basement stash, and make a full outfit for any of us within 2 hours. With just a day of notice, she would have brand new sunday outfits for all of us stitched up by saturday night.
Simply amazing. With the clothes she had us wearing, you would never know from looking at us that we ever knew anything of the word "Poor".
She made my grandfather a leather jacket that fit me (and him) like it was made for me. And thick durable leather too. I wore it until I got married and gained weight and started working out. Passed the jacket along to another that had their eye on it...probably should have kept it though. Ah well, too late now...
Amazing woman...miss her.
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Simply LOVE that family history.....
Goodness gracious...your wife is so talented!!!
My grandmother was a seamstress, worked in a shop in downtown manhattan and regularly made outfits for Lena Horne. I even got to meet her one time...set my little 10 year old heart fluttering for months. Still love hearing her voice to this day...it was even more amazing, sultry and alluring in person.....Ahhhhh....
But I digress.
My grandmother was a seamstress and made clothes, the way your wife does, from scratch. She could take measurements on us grandkids, get fabric from her basement stash, and make a full outfit for any of us within 2 hours. With just a day of notice, she would have brand new sunday outfits for all of us stitched up by saturday night.
Simply amazing. With the clothes she had us wearing, you would never know from looking at us that we ever knew anything of the word "Poor".
She made my grandfather a leather jacket that fit me (and him) like it was made for me. And thick durable leather too. I wore it until I got married and gained weight and started working out. Passed the jacket along to another that had their eye on it...probably should have kept it though. Ah well, too late now...
Amazing woman...miss her.
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And as a side note....Lena Horne WAS, hands down, an absolutely beautiful woman....in every way!!!
Such a cool story!!!!!
Well! Returning from vacation I was surprised by a nice email invitation...
Program management has taken notice of my dapper dress and scheduled me to be an actor for our organizational video shoot this week!
They're temporarily upgrading my security clearance level and getting me Site-B admission for the video shoot.
Wait a second...that doesn't exactly sound like a "Video shoot" video shoot...
Sounds more like more testing...more dangerous testing...possibly including me!!
Um...if no one hears from me after Tuesday-Wednesday, please send someone looking.
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You beat me to it, what a great story, and thank you for your compliment, all my missus said when I passed it on was, "aw shucks!"
She's had an eye for detail from a very young age, she knew instinctively how to match or contrast various colour combinations, a talent that she puts to fine use in our garden.
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I say! That's not a bad little flowerbed - and only more impressive, considering the sustained effort it must take to get that payoff. I hope the neighbours are suitably appreciative?
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This is beautiful. As I am often digging in the garden, I'm gonna save it as inspiration for future plantings.
I'm a choir singer, and recently we were to sing at a confirmation in church. I was wearing a dark blue suit and my most recent acquisition, the Akubra Stylemaster in acorn fawn. I was just arriving at the church and there was a pretty big crowd outside. A beautiful day, sunny and warm. I noticed a group of 4-5 women ahead of me, and the reason I noticed them was because they had noticed me. They were all turning their heads, talking amongst themselves and grinning. Not in a derisive way, but as if I were exotic. The suit+hat combo I was wearing this day was particularly favourable, if I say so myself, and was even told as much by women in the choir - even if the colour combo is not the most intuitive one.
And mind you, the 4-5 women who looked at me were all dressed in this garb:
https://www.bunadrosen.no/damebunad/nordmorsbunad
The funny thing is that there is a men's bunad as well, but men rarely wear it - and that's a shame, because if ever you wanted to look like an early 19th century officer or aristocrat...
https://www.bunadrosen.no/herrebunad/fanabunad
There is traditional headwear for both the male and female version, but while there are far more women than men who wear bunad, men seem to be more likely to include the hat.
And mind you, the 4-5 women who looked at me were all dressed in this garb:
https://www.bunadrosen.no/damebunad/nordmorsbunad
The funny thing is that there is a men's bunad as well, but men rarely wear it - and that's a shame, because if ever you wanted to look like an early 19th century officer or aristocrat...
https://www.bunadrosen.no/herrebunad/fanabunad
There is traditional headwear for both the male and female version, but while there are far more women than men who wear bunad, men seem to be more likely to include the hat.
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That is cool. I HAVE seen these in real life (as I have other National Traditional Clothing from many nations) at many white and black tie events as well as parades at Lions Clubs International Conventions and events through the years. i am always impressed and love to see them all!!!
M
On the way in to work from the parking lot...a gentleman in an Akubra black fedora shouted from his car door window "I like your hat brother!"
I replied with "Hey thank you, your hat is pretty kewl too!"
We both tipped our hats to each other and I made my way into the lab...
Good start to the day.
I replied with "Hey thank you, your hat is pretty kewl too!"
We both tipped our hats to each other and I made my way into the lab...
Good start to the day.
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I wonder, among those to be seen wearing hats, trenchcoats, pocketwatches, and so forth, what proportion are members of this forum.
It would be interesting to make a special effort to compliment such people in the street, and see if activity in this thread picks up!
It would be interesting to make a special effort to compliment such people in the street, and see if activity in this thread picks up!
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This afternoon I was in unusual environs (for me) - downtown Brooklyn near Metrotech on the Court Street plaza, lots of people walking every which way, and I got a compliment from a gentleman on my Fed IV (featured this morning in the WHAYWT thread). Always a nice thing.
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