Men's fashion is dreadfully boring, but one thing we used to have was a profusion and proliferation of different hats we could wear.

I know the m'lady meme and mall ninjas have forever cursed the fedora (as well as the actually, that's a trilby crowd), but those memes postdate the decline of the hat by several decades.

Currently, we only have baseball caps and beanies in common circulation, with impractical-for-sidewalk-use cowboy hats being the only extant outlier.

Does anyone long for the return of the hat and/or have any insight into what caused their decline?

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[–] 14 points 6 days ago* (4 children)

I have a minnetonka outback hat. Its leather and its 20 years old, I wear it whenever I have the chance. I get comments and compliments every time I wear it.

Be the example, wear that hat you long to see.

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  • [–] 5 points 5 days ago (2 children)

    Mine makes me sweat like a horse. I love it but the weight and heat are often deal breakers when reaching for my trek hat.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 days ago (1 child)

    That's fair. I wear mine in cooler months.

    Perhaps I need a summer hat.

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  • Forgot to ask; how do you treat the leather? I had been using a conditioner and cleaner on mine but it didn't do much for water repellency. I was reluctant to oil or wax it because it already ran hot. Like I said in my previous message, I love the damn thing and it looks great.

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