> So, keeping your "low status" hat on would be OK? Baring your head is the sign of humility. It doesn't matter which hat you have to doff. In the UK, a "low

> So, keeping your "low status" hat on would be OK? Baring your head is the sign of humility. It doesn't matter which hat you have to doff. In the UK, a "low status" hat would have been be a flat-hat, or flat cap. It used to be a worker's hat; it was also worn by countrymen - farmers, country landowners, gamekeepers and the like - but not in town. Nowadays I often see expensive tweed flat-hats on the heads of fashionable, well-to-do townies. To me, that look is poncey.