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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      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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      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.

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