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Generally more formal hats are out of style and have been for quite some time. You can break lots of fashion rules if it's fun and you're riffing along a theme,
by MengerSponge 3y ago
Generally more formal hats are out of style and have been for quite some time. You can break lots of fashion rules if it's fun and you're riffing along a theme, but you should remember that most "formal" hats have been co-opted, and tend to come with some rather negative connotations (tips hat m'lady). You can overcome those with good grooming, classic style (don't wear a fedora and a t-shirt), and being attractive, not unattractive.
- denton-scratch 3y ago> tend to come with some rather negative connotations (tips hat m'lady). The hat from that meme is not a "formal hat". It's a trilby, and at least in the UK it's associated with spivs, racecourse bookies, and Jamaican rude boys.
- MengerSponge 3y agoI'm not a fancy lad, but I think about formality as a continuum, ranging from graphic tees with lewd photos on one end to white tie top hats and tails on the other. A trilby is more formal than a baseball cap, which was my point. A trilby was intended to be worn with man's suit, which is also more formal than a t-shirt, but is not formal wear. Language, dude. Crazy.