I'd adore a fedora

Got myself a nice pinstripe waistcoat and trousers (that suits me very well I might add) for clubbing in and now I'm tempted to get one of these.




It's so 1930's gangster, I love it.

Kinda afraid though it'll make me look like a pimp though.

(Not the most contemplative of topics, but I thought I'd bring it to you for cogitation nonetheless).

What do you think? KateP's assessment would be most welcome.

The lead singer of an 80s pop band used to wear such an outfit - though for the life of me I can't remember who.

I very much like the idea of the pinstripe trousers and waistcoat - and if you're slim and fit, I've no doubt you'll look ravishing.

The hat is a question of style which is a question of personality rather than fashion, methinks. If you have to ask, do you have the confidence to carry it off? If you can, then it's not a problem, I'd imagine. If you feel a bit furtive you'll look a bit furtive...

I'd get a haircut first though - it might not sit rakishly at a jaunty angle with all that Eddie Lenihan fuzz

But if you love it,it speaks to you so buy it.

Yeah it's the confidence thing more than anything else I reckon. However, I was unsure i'd have the confidence to pull off a pinstripe trousers and waistcoat, yet I adore it, and people seem to like it on me too. Perhaps it's a building up thing.

I have nice tight black hair at the moment, I'll have you know, which I think will suit it fairly well. I might get a cheap one and wear it around the house till I'm comfortable with it. Like a training hat. Then I can start smuggling bootleg moonshine into 1930s chicago.

riadach wrote:

Yeah it's the confidence thing more than anything else I reckon. However, I was unsure i'd have the confidence to pull off a pinstripe trousers and waistcoat, yet I adore it, and people seem to like it on me too. Perhaps it's a building up thing.

I have nice tight black hair at the moment, I'll have you know, which I think will suit it fairly well. I might get a cheap one and wear it around the house till I'm comfortable with it. Like a training hat. Then I can start smuggling bootleg moonshine into 1930s chicago.

Rabbitskin makes the best hats

Sounds good to me.

You might like this quote from Coco Chanel - who knew all there was to know, not about being comfortable in your skin, but being wonderfuly you in your skin.

'Dress sharply and they'll remember the outfit; dress impeccably and they'll remember the man.'

More here. I think she was the biz.

Kate P wrote:

Sounds good to me.

You might like this quote from Coco Chanel - who knew all there was to know, not about being comfortable in your skin, but being wonderfuly you in your skin.

'Dress sharply and they'll remember the outfit; dress impeccably and they'll remember the man.'

More here. I think she was the biz.

And no woman better to wear a good hat

Kate P wrote:

Sounds good to me.

You might like this quote from Coco Chanel - who knew all there was to know, not about being comfortable in your skin, but being wonderfuly you in your skin.

'Dress sharply and they'll remember the outfit; dress impeccably and they'll remember the man.'

More here. I think she was the biz.

I'll remember that one.

Get the hat and wear it with pride.

A fedors wouldn't be my hat of choice, I'd rather fancy a Panama hat myself.
Though I don't know where one would go to get a good hat in the city.

Johnny could get some in Spain, they have excellent hat shops. I have a lovely panama from Malaga city.

Kate P wrote:

The lead singer of an 80s pop band used to wear such an outfit - though for the life of me I can't remember who. ...

Mr. King ?

Riadach, H&M had cheap fedoras a few months back, I think they were like 8 quid or something.

EvotingMachine0197 wrote:

Kate P wrote:

The lead singer of an 80s pop band used to wear such an outfit - though for the life of me I can't remember who. ...

Mr. King ?

Nah - Its was yer man John Taylor from Duran Duran - my female cousins were responsible for the disappearance of at least 2 rainforests as they plastered every space they could find with the man and just drooled - scarey stuff

Funnily enough I met the man himself in the late 90's in CA when he was playing the indie circuit on his solo stuff -really sound man and shit hot bass player and in better condition than a man who married Amanda de Cadnet and snorted half of Peru for ten years had any right to be.

cookiemonster wrote:

Riadach, H&M had cheap fedoras a few months back, I think they were like 8 quid or something.

They have a lot of very decent stuff for very cheap in H&M, pity about the moral issues.

H&M have moral issues? A FFS! What do they do?

Why the hell can't an nternational business cop the fuck on and stop treating people like shit!

cookiemonster wrote:

H&M have moral issues? A FFS! What do they do?

Why the hell can't an nternational business cop the fuck on and stop treating people like shit!

I'm only presuming due to the fact most of their ranges are made in the third world.

riadach wrote:

cookiemonster wrote:

H&M have moral issues? A FFS! What do they do?

Why the hell can't an nternational business cop the fuck on and stop treating people like shit!

I'm only presuming due to the fact most of their ranges are made in the third world.

That's very Rumsfeld of you.

cookiemonster wrote:

riadach wrote:

cookiemonster wrote:

H&M have moral issues? A FFS! What do they do?

Why the hell can't an nternational business cop the fuck on and stop treating people like shit!

I'm only presuming due to the fact most of their ranges are made in the third world.

That's very Rumsfeld of you.

I had a feeling I was knowing something I didn't know.

riadach wrote:

cookiemonster wrote:

riadach wrote:

cookiemonster wrote:

H&M have moral issues? A FFS! What do they do?

Why the hell can't an nternational business cop the fuck on and stop treating people like shit!

I'm only presuming due to the fact most of their ranges are made in the third world.

That's very Rumsfeld of you.

I had a feeling I was knowing something I didn't know.

I knew you didn't know that you didn't know something you didn't know.

cookiemonster wrote:

riadach wrote:

cookiemonster wrote:

riadach wrote:

cookiemonster wrote:

H&M have moral issues? A FFS! What do they do?

Why the hell can't an nternational business cop the fuck on and stop treating people like shit!

I'm only presuming due to the fact most of their ranges are made in the third world.

That's very Rumsfeld of you.

I had a feeling I was knowing something I didn't know.

I knew you didn't know that you didn't know something you didn't know.

Sure I know.

As gaeilge,

Bhí a fhios agam ná raibh a fhios agat ná raibh a fhios agat faoi rud éigin ná raibh a fhios agat faoi.

B'eol nárbh eol duit nárbh eol duit, nach raibh rud éigin ar eolas agat, nach raibh eolas agat faoi.

Or in philosophical parlance.

D'fhiosaigh mé nár fhiosaigh tú nár fhiosaigh tú rud éigin nár fhiosaigh tú.

It makes just as much sense in Irish.

cookiemonster wrote:

It makes just as much sense in Irish.

Ah but I knew something that I didn't know that I knew, and you thinking you knew that I didn't know that I didn't know something I thought I knew.

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,993352-3,00.html

riadach wrote:

Ah but I knew something that I didn't know that I knew, and you thinking you knew that I didn't know that I didn't know something I thought I knew.

Exactly!

I knew you'd agree.

riadach wrote:

I knew you'd agree.

I didn't.

Which is why you should always make sure you understand what you're agreeing to before you agree to it. A piece of advice, my parents should have adhered to on their wedding day.