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I'm like |---| close to getting a bowler. One of those dashes is trying it on. The second is being able to pull it off. The third is the cost. Fedoras are my go-to and my absolute fav, but bowler/derby hats... Yeah, if you wear one and pull it off, it just lends a sense of not only "I don't give a fuck about you and your opinions" but just sheer badassness. XD I mean, come on... Goldfinger's henchman Oddjob uses a bowler hat as a thrown weapon. I think it's even used in several British and American TV shows as a protective device as well. Along with the fedora, the bowler/derby hat is iconic.
EDIT: I also just remembered that bowler/derby hats were actually developed by the British with the original design for horse back riders during fox hunts, I believe. Their top hats kept getting knocked off. So the designer wanted something shorter and rounded to if hit by a branch, it'd decrease the chance of it being knocked off. The original way the bowler was made was like an ultra fancy hard hat too: the customer who wanted the design tested it by stomping on the hat several times. When it didn't break, he bought it.
EDIT: I also just remembered that bowler/derby hats were actually developed by the British with the original design for horse back riders during fox hunts, I believe. Their top hats kept getting knocked off. So the designer wanted something shorter and rounded to if hit by a branch, it'd decrease the chance of it being knocked off. The original way the bowler was made was like an ultra fancy hard hat too: the customer who wanted the design tested it by stomping on the hat several times. When it didn't break, he bought it.
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This is me wearing my fedora at home.
This is me wearing my Fedora in Afghanistan. I wore it just as often as I wore my helmet. My fedora = bullet proof. No other hat can match it.
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Bowlers are classy, but I never really liked them myself. A Fedora is an aerodynamic hat I can get into. I like modern berets, and classic berets. Fezzes are cool. I want a stetson. They're cool, too.
But most of all, The Top Hat is the epitome of cool. Moreover, the Chimney Pot Top Hat is the ultimate, the maximum, and the purest version of; cool
But most of all, The Top Hat is the epitome of cool. Moreover, the Chimney Pot Top Hat is the ultimate, the maximum, and the purest version of; cool
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My favorites tend to range from cabby hats to fedoras, though I also like baseball caps on occasion, as well as whatever you'd call my winter hats (I'm generally bad with hat types). But I really like wearing the earlier two more...Though actually, because of how I usually wear my hair, wearing a winter hat with braids on the side flaps tends to look really neat~! Because...I braid my hair on both sides ^^;
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Damn it! Why are there only two other people that made their hat decisions based solely on Doctor Who?! Doctor Who should be your go to for everything! FEZ.
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