I have an inquiry as to how people wear their porkpie hats. I started wearing mine on the back of my head ever since I bought The Specials' self-titled record, and I noticed that several other people (and by this I mean virtually everyone I've seen wearing a porkpie hat in the last year or so) wear theirs in the same way. I always thought it was just a "rudeboy" or "mod" style, but is there some deeper cultural or symbolic significance that I am unaware of? Also, there's an interesting allusion to this topic in John Steinbeck's The Pearl, in case anybody cares.

MMmmmm....

Pork pie.....


ahhhhgggggggggggg...

Pork Pie hats....


Go to the bar on Montrose and Cicero. I always see skins hanging there, maybe as them? Sure they're friendly! Or perhaps seek out a Deal's Gone Bad show.


-Rook

DJ_Statikfire wrote:Pork Pie hats....
Go to the bar on Montrose and Cicero. I always see skins hanging there, maybe as them? Sure they're friendly! Or perhaps seek out a Deal's Gone Bad show.
-Rook

Funny you say Montrose and Cicero because there is an old hat place right around the corner from there on Montrose east of that corner. I have never been inside but it looks like it would have porks and pies and what ever else you would need in a hat shape.

Why are we talking about hats?

Why are we talking about hats?

mayfair, i would like to know why i like hats so much even though i rarely wear them

i like hats

but i do not wear them often

wtf?

tmidgett wrote:
mayfair, i would like to know why i like hats so much even though i rarely wear them

i like hats

but i do not wear them often

wtf?

So Tim, you are a hat lover from a far? I know what you mean. I always wanted to wear a good hat but they never looked very good on my oversized head (too much hair?) and I never felt very comfortable in them. I also wanted braces and glasses when I was young but I have always had 20/20 eyesite and my thumbsucking must have kept those teeth inline. Doh!

I feel I must chime in on the topic of hats.
I too would love to wear a hat in theory but in practice I feel like a tool wearing one.
Maybe if we each start wearing hats we will all feel better about it. We'll have to coordinate a start time.

to continue this tangent:

So Tim, you are a hat lover from a far?

except i buy the hats, but i do not wear them much

i have an oversized melon as well, so perhaps this is the reason....

tmidgett wrote:
i have an oversized melon as well, so perhaps this is the reason....

tim! I also have a large head, but I don't let that stop me! I wear hats! I actually look quite good in a hat!

don't get me wrong

i wear the hats

i just don't wear them all the fuckin' time, which is how often i should wear them given how fond i am of these hats