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Brim up or Brim Down
- Thread starter Sam Craig
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I just did, but will continue to wear the brim up on my other hats. As @moontheloon pointed out (in a roundabout way) I just have an older face -- my soul is still young.
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Okay, I don't consult crystals or chicken bones but my hats do speak to me. It just seems that a hat tells me what the brim should do. Some hats it screams to be snapped down, others are best flat, and some flipped up. Then I choose the hat/brim that fits my mood, dress and the occasion. I agree that "brims up" are a way more casual look that these days I lean strongly toward. I like the "flip attitude" of an upturned brim.
Benzadmiral
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2 1/8" brim with significant curl, worn up. A slight tug down front and back helps I think.
As the next poster put it, the slight dip in the brim makes all the difference. It looks elegant yet casual, not at all like Ed Norton's hat.
One of these days I'll experiment with a hat to see if I can manage such a brim treatment, and if I can look right in it. Until then, I'm a brim down in front/up in back guy. (Many of you have suggested that a brim ~ 2" could benefit from this. It so happens I have a Champ OR clone with a 2" brim . . .)
Oh, and many of you have mentioned Archie Bunker, and Ed Norton. What about "Slip" Mahoney from the Bowery Boys? He wore his battered fedora that way too.
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Bob Roberts
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skydog757
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I think binding on the edge gives it a better look when up or any sort of finished edge for that matter. It just displays better than a raw edge IMHO.
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Yes, but you are the prototype for the "Hipster" of today Bob!
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Damn, don't insult him by calling him a hipster!
Bob Roberts
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"Oldster."
Bob Roberts
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Lol. Had the "hip" thing goin on in the 60's.
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Like Sinatra or Jim Morrison?
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Bob Roberts
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More like Nancy Sinatra...
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So, your boots are made for walkin'?
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As I look at the many pictures on this site, I have noticed the majority of people wear their brim snapped down. I have some I wear snapped down but prefer the look of my brim snapped up. I would like to hear peoples take on this. I have watched a lot of movies with Fedora wearer's in it and have seen them both ways. Is their an un-written rule about the correct way to wear a fedora or is it personal preference? Thanks for any thoughts!
PS: I am referring to the front brim!
PS: I am referring to the front brim!
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