The men's dress style thread..

[Profpointy]

Do any of you own a homburg hat, or have owned one in the past? They say they are quite formal.
I've spotted two. One's expensive, the other isn't so, compared to some.
https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/875...andmade?gpla=1&gao=1&&utm_source=google&utm_m


https://www.hatsandcaps.co.uk/products/denton-hats-churchill-homburg-grey

I've got the Jaxon hats homburg from the same people. To be honest I only bought it as a fancy dress accessory so have rarely worn it in anger but it is rather nice. Mine was £30 something when I got it, but like a lot of things it's clearly gone up a lot. Nice hat though

 

[stephec]

Is it the wearing of a homburg at a jaunty angle that you’re objecting to, or hats in general. Nothing says ‘I have no clue about headwear’ than wearing a hat four square on the noggin. Anyway, a fellow’s hat is his own private kingdom.

Bogey might get away with it, but David Niven still knows best. 😊

 

[Badger_Boom]

I wonder what percentage of men (and women for that matter, I love to see women looking classy, not chavvy!) wear homburgs, fedoras, trilbies and bowlers these days.🤔 I don't see any, apart from when I look at my reflection in shop windows. Even tweed flat caps are seen as 'dandyish' these days.

I wore a selection of trilbys for several years with a suit and overcoat for work. I gave up because I came to the conclusion that I looked ridiculous rather than stylish. I might give them another go although I’m now old enough to look like an old bloke trying to look a bit edgy and I’m not sure that’s me.

 

[Badger_Boom]

Bogey might get away with it, but David Niven still knows best. 😊

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Personally, I think the choice of hat and how it suits the wearer can make a huge difference when it comes to how one should be worn.

When playing Mr Steed, Patrick MacNee usually wore his bowler at a rakish angle and was always a picture of sartorial perfection.

 

[stephec]

Personally, I think the choice of hat and how it suits the wearer can make a huge difference when it comes to how one should be worn.

When playing Mr Steed, Patrick MacNee usually wore his bowler at a rakish angle and was always a picture of sartorial perfection.

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I say, what a card!

 

[winjim]

In the cold weather I'm wearing a military surplus Czech army ushanka. It either looks really cool or utterly ridiculous depending on who you ask. Unfortunately I lost my East German one my brother got when the wall came down.

I used to wear trilbies and the like, but again it's when I had a handlebar moustache and was wearing fancy suits, it was dressing up to go to shows, not everyday style. I'd like to wear hats again but I'm yet to find a style that doesn't make me look like a bit of a self-gratification artist.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Two hats I found in the shop today. A homburg and a bowler. Sadly both were far too small for me. The homburg didn't feel that great a quality, but the bowler was a Christys which are usually well made.

 

[Oldhippy]

I have one of them, great with surplus combats and para boots.

 

[Profpointy]

Two hats I found in the shop today. A homburg and a bowler. Sadly both were far too small for me. The homburg didn't feel that great a quality, but the bowler was a Christys which are usually well made.

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Two hats

One thought on homburgs: are they meant to be solid like a bowler hat, or just a shape variant on a fedora albeit with the brim
upturned? My Jaxon hats one is fairly soft, although it keeps its shape OK, but not solid like a bowler. But that was thirty quid (now £50) and not a couple of hundred like a Christies hat

 

[Accy cyclist]

One thought on homburgs: are they meant to be solid like a bowler hat, or just a shape variant on a fedora albeit with the brim
upturned? My Jaxon hats one is fairly soft, although it keeps its shape OK, but not solid like a bowler. But that was thirty quid (now £50) and not a couple of hundred like a Christies hat

After looking at and feeling that homburg I've decided that they are too formal for now. Maybe buy one in the future, but I've decided to stick to fedoras, seeing as I've only recently made the step up from trilbies and flat caps. I've whittled it down to three. Yes, I could buy one of those £250 plus, hand made ones, but I'd rather pay a bit less and be able to buy three, to make co-ordination easier. A grey, brown and navy fedora should cover all options.🤔

https://www.hatsandcaps.co.uk/produ...felt-fedora-light-grey?variant=40059437940930

https://www.hatsandcaps.co.uk/produ...-fur-felt-fedora-brown?variant=40059521925314

https://www.hatsandcaps.co.uk/produ...-felt-fedora-navy-blue?variant=40059520417986

 

[Accy cyclist]

After looking at and feeling that homburg I've decided that they are too formal for now. Maybe buy one in the future, but I've decided to stick to fedoras, seeing as I've only recently made the step up from trilbies and flat caps. I've whittled it down to three. Yes, I could buy one of those £250 plus, hand made ones, but I'd rather pay a bit less and be able to buy three, to make co-ordination easier. A grey, brown and navy fedora should cover all options.🤔

https://www.hatsandcaps.co.uk/produ...felt-fedora-light-grey?variant=40059437940930

https://www.hatsandcaps.co.uk/produ...-fur-felt-fedora-brown?variant=40059521925314

https://www.hatsandcaps.co.uk/produ...-felt-fedora-navy-blue?variant=40059520417986

I've just ordered those three hats, while still priced at 20% off. I was going to do it the other day but thought if they were dispatched the following day they could end up disappearing and not reach me, during the Christmas delivery fiasco. I did ponder about getting or not getting the light grey fedora, as I'm not a big fan of most different colour to the hat headbands (if only it was in navy not black), but I thought ahead (excuse the pun) and thought it'd look good with spring/summer clothing, if not with winter clothing so much.

 

[Fnaar]

Fedoras look terrible on most people. I don't wear hats (apart from a black woolly one if it's cold) as they simply don't suit me

 

[stephec]

Fedoras look terrible on most people.

Wash your mouth out, how dare you come onto a style thread with a comment like that. 😂

 

[winjim]

Fedoras look terrible on most people. I don't wear hats (apart from a black woolly one if it's cold) as they simply don't suit me

They look good if you're Bogie, or Pacino, or Robert Johnson, or Leonard Cohen, or if you're at some sort of dressup or cosplay event. They looked good up until about the middle of last century and they might look good if you've got the balls to pull it off as a bit of an eccentric, but there's a greater chance of looking, as I said, like a bit of a self-gratification artist.

Mind you, this thread jumped the shark some time ago so I don't know why I'm still watching it TBH.

 

[Randomnerd]

Mind you, this thread jumped the shark some time ago so I don't know why I'm still watching it TBH.

Thread starters ought to call back from time to time to root out shark-jumpers. Wasn't it Seneca who said "Own thine thread, chatter"?
But thanks for reminding me about The Fonz. Hey!