I understand that modern outer layers are more functional. A leather jacket, for example, can be dressed up or down so as to be worn in a variety of situations. It is also better at keeping you warm.

However, I think capes/cloaks are more aesthetically pleasing garments. It also feels good to have the fabric flowing around you as you walk. But what do you think?

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    I wear a Fedora sometimes - AC can get cold and my hair isn’t as thick as it used to be… it just seems easier than converting to Judaism to be able to wear a Yamaka:-P.

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          In addition to the usual ubiquitous collection of random baseball caps, I also have a top hat.

          I figure if I’m going to be lumped in with somebody, I’d rather it be the steampunkers than the neckbeards.

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          Here’s a few that I think are probably more fashionable than a fedora:

          Baseball cap, pork pie hat, knit hat (e.g. skull cap, watch cap, beanie), docker cap, scally cap, newsboy hat, ivy cap, ascot, bucket hat.

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            That’s a great list.

            And almost every one of those is likely to work better for OP, work with more outfits, etc, and have less of a stigma than a fedora.

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            Just a quick note that in the USA, unless there is a sports logo on it, cap = MAGA hat, sorry, dems the rules.

            cap

            But Breaking Bad hat, now that is a damn fine argument that you made there!? :-P

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          Just out of curiosity because I see signs for it all the time, we went to Boot City yesterday.

          The first thing you see when you go through the door as the overpowering smell of leather hits you is a massive row of cowboy hats that just keeps going and going.

          It was not a pleasant experience overall. This was amusing, however:

          I was hearing Jeff Foxworthy in my head. “If your living room furniture is made of cow horns…”

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      AC can get cold and my hair isn’t as thick as it used to be… it just seems easier than converting to Judaism to be able to wear a Yamaka:-P.

      I pity Americans who don’t just wear a touque (or as you might call it, a beanie). Honestly it’s the perfect hat for cold weather. Here in Canada, basically everyone wears one for the half of the year where it’s cold enough to warrant a hat. Some people are fancy and wear an Ushanka hat or a Nordic hat in the winter, but 99% just wear a touque.

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        Indeed I wear a beanie the whole winter, whenever I can get away with it.:-D But in 100 degree weather, it wouldn’t work quite as well…:-P.

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          Yeah I’d imagine if it’s so hot that water is boiling you probably can’t wear a hat comfortably

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            Hehehe, Oh Canada… :-) Don’t you know that you are using the correct “wrong” temperature system - the only sensible one is based on how many pinkies were on the toe of the king’s son’s aunt’s cousin’s horse 200 years ago. I am sure you will agree with me that nothing else makes close to that degree of common sense - on THAT much at least we are SURE to agree! 🙃

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      But since you’re a lemmy user you probably fall into that bracket anyway

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      No googling or anything, huh? Just throwing “yamaka” out there and hoping it was right?

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      Can’t really pull off a fedora (or similar) without a suit that matches, otherwise, yeah, you just look like a neckbeard or maybe a Michael Jackson cosplayer. If you aren’t dressing in formal attire, consider a baseball cap, beanie, hood, cabbie hat, or even a stetson if it’s up your alley.