Poll: Does anyone (feminist, gamer, SJW, atheist) really find Fedoras attractive/cool?

[144_v1legacy]

I love how the options are:

YES
YES
NO YOU SUCK
YES
EH
YES

Like, you really only needed a 'yes', 'no', and 'eh' option.

Anyways, nowadays fedoras look stupid, mainly because the people who don't know how to wear them can't pull it off to save a life.

Pretty much beat me to it.
The option I need? The fedora was a once-nice hat that was ruined by people who thought they could wear one instead of learning to dress themselves.

 

[Riot3000]

Honestly it is a hat and that is it.

We can play fashion police or the stereotype hypocrisy all we want it is not like seeing a person like that in real life for like a brief second is going to ruin you day.

I am aware of the stereotype but I have critical thought and seeing as how it is pretty inconsistent and just a "loser male" stereotype catch all I don't put much stock in its reputation online or whatever negativity people attach to it.

And maybe this might be the reason but since I am a black male and in my experience this whole fedora and short hair nonsense is just a mountain out of a mole hill over very insignificant labels and associations.

 

[AgDr_ODST]

At some point in my middle to late teen years I developed a soft spot for the roaring 20's from which fedora's originated and I had a semi romanticized vision of some of the types of men (ie gangsters, mafioso's) who seemed to be most known for wearing them then and in the 30's. But then reality hit me like a brick shit house once I realized what types of people the internet (and in some part society) associated with it today.[footnote] "obnoxious" bronies, internet atheists, neckbeards, losers, and the generally socially awkard[/footnote] After that I stopped wearing and liking them, though having seen how the dregs on the net wear it I can't help but agree that unless you've got the right look or attire paired with it it looks either bad or out of place.

 

[Gospelnut]

Nitpick time!!!!! What most of you call Fedoras are Trilbies. In order to pull off any hat, you need to have your hair cut accordingly. Look at any picture of a guy looking great in a hat, his hair has been groomed with it in mind

 

[Dango]

If you actually matched up your outfit with your fedora it would look alright, much like any accessory. The problem is people wearing them willy-nilly.

Still, it's hell of a lot better than the flat cap.

 

[WOPR]

Fedora's? When with a pinstripe suit yes.
Trilby's? Under no circumstance.
Now I need to ask which you *actually* mean here...

 

[WouldYouKindly]

As part of a greater ensemble, it's fine. A Fedora is very much supposed to be part of a suit. Wearing it otherwise doesn't work. It's not a hat you can wear with anything.

Let's put it this way, if the outfit you are wearing would go well with a baseball cap, wear a baseball cap. Don't wear a formal hat with casual clothes.

 

[beigelibrarian]

In and of themselves, fedoras don't really do anything one way or another to make you more attractive, in my opinion.

That said, >90% of the people I have seen wearing fedoras (or, frankly, any sort of historical headwear) are frankly not terribly attractive, and conforming their image to the various stereotypes associated with them isn't helping their case.

Here's the litmus test: if you're the sort of person who's willing to get pedantic about what kind of hat constitutes a fedora, in 2015, you probably shouldn't wear one, because it won't help.

 

[Javetts Eall Raksha]

i never understood the internet's obsession with fedoras. it's a hat, just a type of hat, not even a wacky or over-the-top hat.

how has it been assigned to "neck beards" and why was that assignment supported by the internet at large?

 

[Korolev]

I never thought it looked good, in any time period. Then again, I don't like hats, except for Sombreros and the Fez, neither of which can be worn everyday, unless you're Turkish and over 50. For both of them.