Hat Etiquette for Men
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I think that's the general sentiment. Be mindful of what's on your shoes, and take them off if they are dirty.
Some people are more picky about shoes in their house, but I think most people aren't worried about it unless you have dirty shoes. If you put on a pair of clean shoes, walk down your driveway and get in the car, drive to someone's house, and walk up their driveway to the door ... well there shouldn't be anything on your shoes to worry about
Working in an auto shop, I'm always mindful of my shoes if I go to someone's home while still in my work shoes. I will take them off if it's somewhere where I am comfortable (home of family or close friend), and either remain outside the front door or just inside the door standing on the mat if it's somewhere I don't want to take my shoes off.
In some countries, I'm most familiar with Russia, slippers are provided at the door for visitors. Very civilized I think.
This must be a cultural thing because I just don't get it. Shoes are always dirty. I mean, you are walking outside.
My sainted mother was Canadian so, that must have been the reasoning behind no outdoor shoes or boots in the house. Kids went in and out of the house through the mudroom. The front door was for the adults and guests.
I don't consider ball caps as real hats. I am required to wear one daily for work so I don't remove it in the office or in the vehicle. Outside work, the hat is removed as soon as I get home. When out and about on weekends, if I am wearing a nicer hat, it will be removed in peoples' homes, at nicer restaurants, and so forth. As a bald, bearded gentleman, I enjoy the variety of head coverings available. I currently have a straw pork pie, a Trillby, a felt pork pie and a newsboy. As well as a Aussie style hat. Trying to get approval for a sage green Aussie for work to match the uniform.
I hate the kids that wear a flat brim on their ball caps or the cap backwards. I have an individual on my work crew that rolls his brim instead of curving it and it drives me nuts every day seeing him in it. Great kid, good worker, but his choice in headgear is really messed up.
Not a fan of beanies or stocking caps. I will wear one when it is really cold outside if I have one handy. Prefer a neck gaiter pulled up over my ears.
Speaking of nicer hats, anyone know how to reshape a crown on a felt hat? Want a slightly different crown shape on one I own.
I hate the kids that wear a flat brim on their ball caps or the cap backwards. I have an individual on my work crew that rolls his brim instead of curving it and it drives me nuts every day seeing him in it. Great kid, good worker, but his choice in headgear is really messed up.
Not a fan of beanies or stocking caps. I will wear one when it is really cold outside if I have one handy. Prefer a neck gaiter pulled up over my ears.
Speaking of nicer hats, anyone know how to reshape a crown on a felt hat? Want a slightly different crown shape on one I own.
So Canadians remove their shoes before entering someone else's house? Very civilized. We can't do that in the States as the shoes would be swiped before we exited.
What's the Canadian etiquette regarding jock straps and/or thongs? Do those need to be removed as well? Dentures? Any other fetishistic cultural differences I should know about before my next visit?
What's the Canadian etiquette regarding jock straps and/or thongs? Do those need to be removed as well? Dentures? Any other fetishistic cultural differences I should know about before my next visit?
cobguy, could it be that it is just too difficult for you western U.S. folks to take off your footwear, what with the spurs and such you have on? Seriously, conferring with a few American friends who live in the North East, they assure me it is the custom there as well.
It is well known that Canadians have massive dicks, so we look to see if the room is large enough before we take off any support in our nether regions.
Not interchangeably. In Canada "have" connotes both have AND are.
And what do American know about English in any event? You guys can't even properly pronounce the last letter in the alphabet.
If your Aussie hat is the "Crocodile Dundee" type and you are looking for something a little less "outback" & more of a dress look, I would recommend the Australian brand Akubra & specifically their model called the Campdraft. Very nice hats & comfortable to wear. They look more like a fedora than the outback.
To reshape a crown you need a little bit of steam but it doesn't take a whole lot. I use a clothes steamer but if you don't have one a tea kettle will provide enough steam. Just make sure the tea kettle is clean of any calcium or other hard water deposits & use distilled water. It's best if you have a rounded hat block but just push out the old crease by hand to an open crown & start back from there. Keep applying a little bit of steam as needed & form the crease or brim like you want it. If working the brim it's best to hold the hat with a hat stretcher. When finished just leave it to dry on it's own with the stretcher in place for a couple of days; don't use heat.
A 100x very rarely needs to be reblocked. I wear an unsheared wolf when the temp drops into the teens, the beaver all other times. The hat in my avatar is as worn and dirty as it looks. It's getting on to twenty years old and I do not anticipate to ever having to replace it. Unlike my cobs, I do not consider my hat as disposable.
peck: Well, my Canadian friends and family are still trying to wrap their tongues around aluminum, aluminium. Sometimes you folks simply put too many letters in a word.
If a member wants to have a bit of fun: Canadians should set their keyboard to "American" while American users should try "Canadian" or, for a real education, "United Kingdom."
peck: Well, my Canadian friends and family are still trying to wrap their tongues around aluminum, aluminium. Sometimes you folks simply put too many letters in a word.
If a member wants to have a bit of fun: Canadians should set their keyboard to "American" while American users should try "Canadian" or, for a real education, "United Kingdom."
Another hat-wearing "thing" that drives me crazy is tucking the tops of ones ears under the band of a ball cap. I think it's just finding one more way to deconstruct the wearing of ball caps. It's a way of tweaking the conventions of wearing these caps to attract attention and mystify (and annoy) the spectators, and it works. Likewise with that flat brim, defeating the sun and glare shading benefits of the brim. Oh good. Like turning the brim around back. Special dispensation here for ballplayers who are catchers, and are actually in the process of playing that position. I guess this is all healthy nonconformity and rugged individualism, as my dyspepsia about it is a sense of history and tradition. It's all good! Grumble.
You can also look into reshapable hats if you like to change it up. I have two Borsalinos that are reshapeable. In "rest" position they look like bowlers. But the felt has some kind of additive that allows me to create a different crown shape which will hold until I decide to change it.
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