{"id":3021,"date":"2022-07-08T13:45:14","date_gmt":"2022-07-08T13:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/?p=3021"},"modified":"2022-07-08T13:47:35","modified_gmt":"2022-07-08T13:47:35","slug":"where-have-all-the-hats-gone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/?p=3021","title":{"rendered":"Where Have All The Hats Gone?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

My dad, and my granddads always wore hats \u2014 I don\u2019t think they hardly ever left the house without their hats. In fact most men wore hats when I was a kid. And the women almost alway wore some kind of hat for any kind of dress-up occasion, like going to church.
When you look at old photos, or even watch old movies, most of the people are wearing hats, especially the men. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, you rarely see anyone wearing a hat \u2014 what changed? If you look through history books, it seems like hats have been around forever. I guess that makes sense if you think about it \u2014 it\u2019s only natural that the first thing you shield from the elements or falling objects is your head. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I suppose there are other reasons, besides protection, that people wear hats \u2014 a fashion statement, to show association with a group, or maybe to show social status or class. Old pictures and movies seem to show upper class people wearing top hats and the lower classes wearing flat caps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There has been all sorts of types or styles of hats that have been popular over the years, but why have they all mostly disappeared?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I obviously don\u2019t know why people don\u2019t wear hats like they used to \u2014 maybe its because things just change over time. But I\u2019d guess it has something to do with the weather and better heating and air conditioning in our homes and offices. I\u2019m sure one reason everyone had a hat was to keep their head warm. Today, if it\u2019s cold out, you leave your heated office and go to your heated car, drive home and go into your heated house. For those few minutes (or seconds) you\u2019re outside, most people don\u2019t go to the trouble of wearing overcoats, gloves, and hats. Most people just kind of dress for room temperature, because they spend so little time out in the elements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another reason is probably what I mentioned before \u2014 the notion of social class. Years ago, social class was very important and people were expected to know their place. I\u2019ve heard that maybe one of the good things about the World Wars was that they brought the social classes a bit closer and the focus shifted more to the individual rather than on their class. That\u2019s probably when people\u2019s dress as part of a distinct group stated to change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another reason, I think, is the modern cars. I remember in the mid to late 1950s cars coming out with smaller wheels and designs that made them lower (and supposedly \u201csleeker\u201d) and I remember that my parents got one of the newer models and my dad took off his hat when he got in because the top of the car was so low, his hat wouldn\u2019t fit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So as I said, I really have no idea why hats aren\u2019t popular, but it seems that, in general, clothing has become more casual over time and society seems to have accepted it \u2014 looking \u201crespectable\u201d was apparently more important in the past. I was looking at some old World Series pictures not long ago and it looks like every man in the stands was wearing suit and tie \u2014 and there were lots of hats. I\u2019m trying to remember if I ever attended a baseball game and saw someone wearing a suit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s an old saying, \u201cHome is where you hang your hat.\u201d Someone also said, A hat should be taken off when you greet a lady and left off for the rest of your life. Nothing looks more stupid than a hat.
Maybe that\u2019s where all the hats have gone\u2026.
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