grammy hat??

[bloc]

Pharrell often wears a hat, he wears lots of different styles, he's a great ambassador for hat wearing, I'd say. The Grammy hat was interesting, a bit of fun and I think he pulled it off..... But not as well as Alan!

 

[alanfgag]

... But not as well as Alan!

Makes my day! :yo:

 

[gtdean48]

..... But not as well as Alan!

VERY few can sport a lid as well as Alan! Proven to rock many styles....

 

[hatophile]

VERY few can sport a lid as well as Alan! Proven to rock many styles....

True, true!

 

[alanfgag]

It's amazing what can be accomplished if you take enough selfies. But thank you.

:kiss:

 

[The Wiser Hatter]

I saw where Pharrell Williams was made hat person of the year on Hat life.

 

[ferryengr]

I just got around to looking for this thread.

I knew there would be a discussion on Fedora Lounge about the hat Pharrel wore at the Grammys. However, I was surprised by so many derogatory comments by so many posters. Yeah, I can see that many would not want to wear that particular hat the way it was bashed.

But if you look at the campaign hat thread you will find dozens of photos, taken between the mid 1800's through the early 1900's, of men wearing campaign hats with bashes not that far from Pharrel's hat. Clearly, the men of yore took some pleasure in developing that time-worn, time-tested bash with their flat brimmed campaign hats. I actually think that is very cool.

I have a number of fedoras and had been thinking about finding a good campaign hat. I was, however, a little fearful of the statement some might interpret when they see the hat. I expected lots of Smokey the Bear jokes. Think about it. How do you avoid the Smokey the Bear jokes - you stay away from the Montana Peak, just like Pharrel did.

It's funny, just a few years ago, most people (in the US anyway) would find wearing a classic fedora silly. I started wearing them in early 2007, and I did not see many others doing so then - even in major cities in the US and Europe. Today, they are common place and accepted. I live and work in Seattle, where just 5 years ago, 99% of men would only consider wearing a baseball cap or stocking cap if they were going to don a hat. Today, I bet I see 20% of men are wearing hats Downtown during the work day. A dramatic change.

Given the recent history that those of us that love hats endured - funny looks and even ridicule - I would like to see our community embrace style experiments such as Pharrel's. Heck, his hat style is not even new - the roughriders hats were not too far off from what we saw at the Grammys. I say kudos to Pharrel for promoting hats - which I think all of us at this forum love.

 

[HoosierDaddy]

Oh really..? Just a campaign hat..roughrider of yesteryear with only a different bash..? What I see is a quite cartoonish oversized campaign style short brimmed version purposely made for ridiculous effect. The classic over exaggerated attempt to emphasize that yet I still be so cool. [huh]
HD

 

[TheDane]

No, the bash was actualy not even so different:

The effect of his actions was indeed substantial - and some would very likely call it ridiculous.

 

[fedoracentric]

Yes, that Grammy hat is in no way like a "campaign hat." It is three times the size of a regular hat, made that way on purpose. As my photo shows earlier in the thread, the inside is so large that the sweatband has to be a big, puffy, pad so that the hat won't slip down and cover the wearer's whole head. The hat is so large that without the special padded sweatband, even a size 8 hat wearer would have his head completely covered by the thing.

"Just like a campaign hat," it ain't.

 

[Zombie_61]

...As my photo shows earlier in the thread, the inside is so large that the sweatband has to be a big, puffy, pad so that the hat won't slip down and cover the wearer's whole head. The hat is so large that without the special padded sweatband, even a size 8 hat wearer would have his head completely covered by the thing...

Thank you for posting that photo, by the way. I was wondering how he was able to keep such an obviously oversized hat from falling down over his face.

 

[HoosierDaddy]

[/QUOTE]

I can't believe that there is any argument about whether the hat is overly tall and oversized...or not..compared to a normal sized campaign style hat. It should be quite obvious. [huh] Even 'bashed' in the normal campaign style it would still look quite silly.
HD

 

[HoosierDaddy]

Here's what I wore as a Drill Sergeant in the Army. Big Difference.

 

[LoveMyHats2]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/281258736826?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

It's up for sale at the moment on eBay.

 

[TheDane]

I can't believe that there is any argument about whether the hat is overly tall and oversized...or not..compared to a normal sized campaign style hat.

I don't see any discussion on the size of the hat. Some have stated that they have seen just as silly bashes on campaign hats in vintage pictures - while others have stated that they find any campaign hat a little silly. I don't see any members claiming that the hat was not oversized.

 

[hatguy1]

Well, he's at it again.... This time performing at the Grammy's tribute to the Beatles....
Guess there's no accounting for style or taste.... But, Pharrell's hat just looks ridiculous to me....

 

[Tiger_Rag]

Pharrell's Other Grammy Hat

Here's the craftsman(see the pic of him setting a bowler ablaze)...
http://www.messynessychic.com/2014/02/07/the-mad-hatter-is-real-and-hes-living-in-venice-beach/

 

[hatguy1]

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That hat's more palatable.

 

[Zombie_61]

Well, he's at it again.... This time performing at the Grammy's tribute to the Beatles....
Guess there's no accounting for style or taste.... But, Pharrell's hat just looks ridiculous to me....

He kinda' looks like a little boy playing "dress up" with one of daddy's hats. It's not a look I'd care to attempt, but to each his (or her) own.

 

[Landman]

I've never understood why somebody would want to intentionally distress a new hat. I can understand doing it for a role in a movie or a photo shoot but just to have an old looking hat doesn't make sense to me. In my opinion, an old hat with some character to it is very cool but not one that was intentionally distressed.