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To: proxy_user
You will probably soon see the return of the fedora and the trench coat.

Fedoras have already come back around. I saw them in the mid/late 90s during that short-lived swing-era revival, and today fedoras are a basic accessory for your average hipster.
8 posted on 05/29/2015 2:15:54 PM PDT by needmorePaine
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To: needmorePaine

I have been wearing an Indiana Jones styled hat for my outdoor adventures for years. I am balding and the last thing I need is a melanoma on top of my head. My uncle had one and it looked like a manhole cover by the time they were done getting it off.


46 posted on 05/29/2015 2:43:21 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: needmorePaine

They wear the narrow brimmed ones an not the classic styles like the Stetson Stratoliner.


49 posted on 05/29/2015 2:46:51 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: needmorePaine
fedoras are a basic accessory for your average hipster.

Gotta stay cool whilst sipping yer PBR.

60 posted on 05/29/2015 3:31:05 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Doctrine doesn't change. The trick is to find a way around it.)
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To: needmorePaine
... today fedoras are a basic accessory for your average hipster.

Yes, but they wear them badly. A fedora goes well with a tailored suit or an overcoat. They look ghastly with a lumber-jack plaid flannel shirt or a logo-emblazoned t-shirt, as usually worn by hipsters.

62 posted on 05/29/2015 3:35:26 PM PDT by The_Reader_David (And when they behead your own people in the wars which are to come, then you will know...)
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To: needmorePaine; proxy_user; Organic Panic
"You will probably soon see the return of the fedora and the trench coat."

Fedoras have already come back around. I saw them in the mid/late 90s during that short-lived swing-era revival, and today fedoras are a basic accessory for your average hipster.

Hey, listen, if the fedoras and trench coats are covering up bad hair and big butts, more power to 'em.

Seriously, what's classic -- looked and functioned good when it came out two or five generations ago, and will look good and function as well for another five generations. Fedora hats and trench coats, like tailored suits and denim jeans, are classics.

Now, the return of the mid 1970s men's polyester one-piece bell-bottomed leisure suits of dazzling lime-green and camel plaid on white, with Peter Pan cuffs and collar and contrasting topstitching -- that would be disturbing.

Gads ... I'd still rather see that than Organic Panic's Walmart babe! *gack*

86 posted on 05/29/2015 5:07:08 PM PDT by Finny (Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. -- Psalm 119:105)
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