Why is the back of a fedora brim pointed upwards?

[APP Adrian]

Title.

 

[dh66]

So when you look up it doesn't hit the back of your collar and push itself off your head.

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[APP Adrian]

Now when I think about it... it makes sense lol.

 

[Atticus Finch]

And to keep the rain from running off your hat and down your neck?

AF

 

[JackieMatra]

To generate downforce in order to press the hat down onto your head when facing into the wind.
It took engineers until the late 1960s to finally realize that this well known hat shaping principle could be applied to racing car design.

 

[Frunobulax]

Because it looks cooler that way.


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[JackieMatra]

Because it looks cooler that way.


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As do automobiles

 

[barrowjh]

It only points up on snap-brim fedoras - and it is a natural result. By default, the brim would be up all around the hat - it was blocked that way. Most of us snap the front down, but the hat looks strange if you snap it down all around. If you are having one custom made you can exercise some control over how much snap you want, including none. Like a cowboy hat, you can still bend the front down if you want, roll the sides slightly (or not), leave the back basically flat.

 

[Alexander Sommerset]

Well, they aren't always pointed up, really.

 

[dh66]

And to keep the rain from running off your hat and down your neck?

AF

I was gonna say that too......but the key to a successful b.s. is to not pile on too much at once.

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[TheDane]

Some fedora brims are ironed flat, while most are flanged. Some flanged brims are worn off-the-face all around - some are snapped down all around - some just in the front. The brim is styled according to personal preferences - just like the crease

 

[William G.]

I always thought it was because mugs like mine that look silly in a flat brim / safari brim and nobody wanted to look at that.

 

[RJR]

I always thought it was because mugs like mine that look silly in a flat brim / safari brim and nobody wanted to look at that.

 

[TheDane]

I always thought it was because mugs like mine that look silly in a flat brim / safari brim and nobody wanted to look at that.

An old friend of mine (almost completely bald) often claims, that God only created a limited number of perfect heads .... the rest he had to cover with hair!

 

[Fed in a Fedora]

On some, I prefer to turn them down. Protects my neck and looks better on me.

 

[RJR]

On some, I prefer to turn them down. Protects my neck and looks better on me.

I like mine this way,don't hit the head rest.

 

[emigran]

I really like that way of flanging the brim...
I may not have this correctly but I think Art refers to it as a "bunny-tail"
someone correct me