Rmccamey
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[Subtitle: Hats as Collectibles or Hats as Tools]
Are you more of a Collector of hats or more of a Consumer/User of hats?
Do you spend more time and energy in the pursuit of unique or rare hats, even if they are not your size, just to have a hat of a particular color, style or provenance? Do you have more than just an average curiosity about vintage hats; how they were made, what they are made of, where they were sold? Do you use hats as conversation starters? When you search for a hat, do you think more about owning the hat or wearing the hat? If so, you might be a Collector.
Do you spend more time and energy in pursuit of hats that have utility; hats you will actually wear or that will add to your style of dress or fashion or that will be useful in different weather conditions? Do you rarely search for, investigate or purchase a hat not in your size? Do you search for vintage hats based more on the quality of construction and materials used than the history of the hat itself? When searching for a hat, do you think more about wearing the hat or owning the hat? If so, you might be a Consumer.
Are you a Collector or a Consumer? Has your position changed over time?
Both Collectors and Consumers can possess or “own” the same number of hats. My question is not about quantity, per se, although there might be some correlation. I have attempted to make these descriptions at opposite ends of a continuum and, yes, I fully understand that each of us is somewhere along that continuum and not at some fixed, finite point for eternity. I hope to generate a healthy discussion based on where we are along that continuum “most of the time” and perhaps some reasons we tend to fall on one side of the scale or the other.
With best regards.
Are you more of a Collector of hats or more of a Consumer/User of hats?
Do you spend more time and energy in the pursuit of unique or rare hats, even if they are not your size, just to have a hat of a particular color, style or provenance? Do you have more than just an average curiosity about vintage hats; how they were made, what they are made of, where they were sold? Do you use hats as conversation starters? When you search for a hat, do you think more about owning the hat or wearing the hat? If so, you might be a Collector.
Do you spend more time and energy in pursuit of hats that have utility; hats you will actually wear or that will add to your style of dress or fashion or that will be useful in different weather conditions? Do you rarely search for, investigate or purchase a hat not in your size? Do you search for vintage hats based more on the quality of construction and materials used than the history of the hat itself? When searching for a hat, do you think more about wearing the hat or owning the hat? If so, you might be a Consumer.
Are you a Collector or a Consumer? Has your position changed over time?
Both Collectors and Consumers can possess or “own” the same number of hats. My question is not about quantity, per se, although there might be some correlation. I have attempted to make these descriptions at opposite ends of a continuum and, yes, I fully understand that each of us is somewhere along that continuum and not at some fixed, finite point for eternity. I hope to generate a healthy discussion based on where we are along that continuum “most of the time” and perhaps some reasons we tend to fall on one side of the scale or the other.
With best regards.
