<blockquote><font size=1>In reply to:</font><hr><p>Hats have not been fashionable for men in the US since the JFK inauguration<p><hr></blockquote><p>Now that you mention it... how many of us wear a hat daily? Few around here do (I dismiss aging juvis wearing ball caps backwards as they are really just making a social/fashion statement) I feel undressed without a hat and think that it's plain silly to omit a hat when outside (and rude to wear a hat indoors, but that's merely a social convention, not a practical matter). Most people recognize me from quite a distance *because* I wear a hat, or so I've been told - I'm not sure that's a good thing, but it does make a silent statement about how few wear hats.<br><br>My normal everyday hat has been a crushable brimmed felt hat for the last 20 years - I guess it's vaugely like a fedora; it's not too snazzy, but it works well. If I walk outside in any but the hottest weather, it's on my head or a similar one that is made from heavier felt and has a leather neck cord/chin strap. Before that I wore one of those shapeless felt crushers as far back as matters. Cold weather I wear a coat (duh) and there is a watch cap "permanently" in a left hand side pocket of all my coats/jackets. Hot weather outings I've used various hats over the years, but I've more or less settled on boonie hats since they work OK and I have a bunch left over from my former profession. Wearing a hat is such a habit that I don't even go strolling thru my backyard without a hat. <br><br>Thankfully, no one will ever confuse me with a fashion plate so it's just an eccentricity of mine. My brother, on the other hand, "can't" wear a hat when at work - it's apparantly too non-conformist in corporate America; even if it's OK in the office, heaven forbid that a client see you in a hat. I had a boss that was a real, uh, can't say the word here - "jerk" - about me wearing a hat - made completely uncalled for nasty wisecracks (he could have simply said "don't wear a hat", at which point I would have said "No"). <shrug> He lives in an LA 'burb and I live in the mid-west, so I didn't have to endure that juvinille rudeness often. We eventually parted ways and I'm still happy and he's still a very unhappy "jerk"...<br><br>Hpw about it - how many of us city denziens wear a hat daily? I'm curious and wouldn't be able to guess one way or another - we have a diverse bunch of circumstances in this forum.