Hats

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I jace been buying a lot of hats from the women’s clothes department as I prefer the hat designs for women. I have been buying French style berets and baker boy hats and I like the look of them.

I bought this women’s baker boy style hat from my local River Island and it goes well with my t-shirt mini dress, waistcoat and black tights with Chelsea boots.

https://www.riverisland.com/p/brown-fau ... hat-920853

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Very nice! :D
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BTW, I recently came across a fashion video in which a woman condemned the hats/caps that men still wear. Not fashionable, it seems.

The coffin size Man Box would shrink even smaller.
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Grok wrote: Thu Feb 27, 2025 8:55 pm BTW, I recently came across a fashion video in which a woman condemned the hats/caps that men still wear. Not fashionable, it seems.

The coffin size Man Box would shrink even smaller.
Do you have a link to that video?
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I used to have a navy blue Breton hat like that, and so did my father.
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DrFishnets wrote: Thu Feb 27, 2025 9:06 pm Do you have a link to that video?
This.
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Grok wrote: Fri Feb 28, 2025 6:47 am
DrFishnets wrote: Thu Feb 27, 2025 9:06 pm Do you have a link to that video?
This.
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Unavailable video.... Google Ultimate Guide to mens hats, Mens fashioner.
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I take it this is the video.

https://youtu.be/gEbkvyBCGYg?si=3aPDJNevCNPuP8Lw

Buying that baker boy hat has made me want to go my hair long again because IMO I think those baker boy style hats look better with long hair.
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DrFishnets wrote: Fri Feb 28, 2025 9:03 am I take it this is the video.

https://youtu.be/gEbkvyBCGYg?si=3aPDJNevCNPuP8Lw

Buying that baker boy hat has made me want to go my hair long again because IMO I think those baker boy style hats look better with long hair.
Yes, that was the video I was referring to.

BTW, I don't believe that I have ever seen a male wear this style, but I think that in terms of aesthetics the hat will work well for both men and women.
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Hats are another area where females have total freedom to indulge themselves, but men are somewhat limited. The hat shown is a fine example. That hat was once thought to be a man's and boy's hat. Still, now it's being marketed as a woman's hat. In fact, I can't think of a single style of hat that is considered to be exclusively for males. I almost said except yarmulkes, but a quick search proved that would have been a mistake. The erasure of the gender line in fashion is like driving on a highway that only allows passing for the cars going in one direction at all times.
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Grok wrote: Fri Feb 28, 2025 3:56 pm

BTW, I don't believe that I have ever seen a male wear this style, but I think that in terms of aesthetics the hat will work well for both men and women.
They are called Brenton style caps:
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=wo ... ff7c2edfca
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Years ago I got into the habit of wearing baseball style caps. To keep the sun out of my eyes, and rain out of my face. I now have to make a conscious decision to not grab a cap on my way out the door. Being quite useful to me, I am not going to give this up for "fashion."
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At least a couple of Brit left wing politicians were known to wear hats of this style.

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My style includes my Bush hat, which has been my style for many years and is my trade mark for my company work. I think many years wearing a hat, has allowed me to add skirt to my style with less problems, since I was already odd by being a hat wearing person.
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