How Do You Wear Your Hat?

[John in Covina]

Question: When wearing a fedora or similar hat, how do you wear it?

1> Since the way one wears their hat speaks of their personality and mood:
what does the way you wear your hat say about you?

2> Can you name a film character that had a certain way they wore their hat that made an impression on you?


This has come up before but I could not find the old threads in a search so I thought I make a new poll for this to see how people chime in on this telling personal trait...

 

[fmw]

I wear it about like it is pictured in my avatar.

 

[zetwal]

Here's a related thread -

http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?19281

 

[gtdean48]

With a whole lot of SWOOP!
Swoop Dawg...

Question: When wearing a fedora or similar hat, how do you wear it?

 

[John in Covina]

The straight and level fedora of Nick Nolte in Mulholland Falls really does come through with a vague menacing and total no-nonsense accepted effect.

I, myself, wish I could wear a fedora tilted back or on the back of my head to a good happy go lucky effect, but don't seem to be able to pull it off well.

 

[Mr E Train]

Tilted back a little, as I don't like anything too far down on my forehead. Tilted back looks friendlier as well.

 

[Lloyd]

I can't pull of the tilted back look either.
I usually go straight and level, sometimes I'll throw in a little side tilt.

 

[danofarlington]

I wear the hat pulled down as level as possible, leaving about half an inch or an inch above my eyebrows, short of the point where it looks like I'm traveling incognito. My movie hat idols would be Errol Flynn (with his cavalry hats) for the wide-brim look, William Powell for his Thin Man look, and Frank Sinatra for the various tilts he employed. There are surely several others I admire but can't think of right now.

 

[Yeps]

I thought I already answered this, but apparently I got distracted. I wear my hat tilted down and over my left eye, more or less, often with a hollywood brim, largely depending on the weather.

Johnny Depp was actually a big influence on that. I like the way he wears hats (although not the way he treats them). The man has style when he chooses.

 

[fluteplayer07]

Tilted back, especially for the wider brims, or tilted off to the side. Sometimes, but rarely, a touch of both. A lot of times my outfit tends to dictate the look. Something sportier or more casual demands a bit jauntier of a tilt; more formal outfits and situations require a more straight and level fit.

 

[Pompidou]

I wear mine tilted back - lately a bit further than pictured here, in that a wad of hair tends to come out in front, but the gist of it is about the same. When I first started wearing hats, I had them tilted way down in front and tilted to the side for that secret agent look, but thought I looked cliche like that. Level looked boring. Forward looked like I was trying to be intimidating. Back was all that was left. Many a person has taken it upon him/herself to correct me on my hat position, often physically repositioning it or telling me how I should do it, and it only serves to reenforce my preference.

 

[scottyrocks]

Either straight and level or slightly down in front if theres a lot of wind or precipitation.

 

[JimWagner]

Usually straight and level for me.

Most people would say that tilted back is "happy go lucky" or at least "open", right? If I tilt it back my wife says I look menacing or mean. But she's not from around here, so maybe that plays into it.

 

[Rat Pack]

Two or three fingers off the left eyebrow, tilted to the right about a finger off the right ear.

 

[danofarlington]

Two or three fingers off the left eyebrow, tilted to the right about a finger off the right ear.

By the way, the Seahawks are doing pretty good against the Saints right now. Close game.

 

[John in Covina]

Usually straight and level for me. Most people would say that tilted back is "happy go lucky" or at least "open", right? If I tilt it back my wife says I look menacing or mean. But she's not from around here, so maybe that plays into it.

Where is that place in Eastern Europe where nodding yes and shaking ones head no has the opposite meaning?

 

[monbla256]

Basicaly straight & level though at times just a bit above level in the front . This pic of me with my Bushmaster on is basicaly typical i'd say

 

[G MAN]

I like a little tilt to the side.

 

[Mobile Vulgus]

Tilted back a bit with the brim touching my left ear. Showing forehead a bit. That's me. As Sinatra said, "angles are attitudes."

 

[Young fogey]

1. That it's not geek chic but that I really have a foot planted in the '50s; straight arrow. Also what John in Covina wrote about Nick Nolte (L.A. Confidential is a better movie though).

2. Among others, Lt. Mike Torello in 'Crime Story'. What John wrote applies to him too.