When is a hat acceptible?

[TopHatChef]

Simple question, what hat for what occasion, and specifically, when does one wear a classic Panama Hat?

 

[AlanC]

When it's hot and not raining.

 

[tlmusic]

Originally Posted by AlanC

When it's hot and not raining.
...and you need to be outside. There are also a few public indoor areas, such as hallways of apartment buildings, that are considered to be OK with regard to good manners.

 

[Connemara]

I wear a silk top hat to the grocery store and auto shop.

 

[Twotone]

When you are playing baseball -- and ONLY when you are playing baseball.

Twotone

 

[Shraka]

Originally Posted by Twotone

When you are playing baseball -- and ONLY when you are playing baseball.

Twotone

You wear a Panama hat when playing baseball?

 

[justsayno]

in the kitchen

 

[yo!]

A hat is acceptable outdoors or in some public indoor locations such as a hallway but must be removed when entering a private area or speaking to a lady. I wear hats six times a week. Wearing a hat is practical and stylish. I own 4 hats, all fedoras. A white one and a straw hat for the summertime, a charcoal casual one, and a brown formal one. Anytime I wear a jacket and a collared shirt I wear a hat. I have become accustomed to wearing one and enjoy wearing one just as a person becomes accustomed to always wearing a jacket. I would say that with something like a panama hat, as long as you are wearing a collared shirt it should look fine. http://www.askandyaboutclothes.com/C...s_and_caps.htm

 

[Loose On The Lead]

Originally Posted by AlanC

When it's hot and not raining.
Or when it is.

 

[Styk33]

When it is raining especially. It keeps the rain off my glasses and face.

 

[AlanC]

^Not a Panama (see OP), as the straw won't react well to the rain. If it's raining you want beaver felt.

 

[Concordia]

Originally Posted by AlanC

If it's raining you want beaver felt.


It's getting late, so I'm going to pass on that one.

 

[acidboy]

whenever you damn feel like it, as long as its outdoors.

 

[Shraka]

Originally Posted by acidicboy

whenever you damn feel like it, as long as its outdoors.

I know it's not traditionally polite, but I think it's okay to wear your hat indoors sometimes.

I was once asked to take my sun hat off inside, which was perfectly reasonable... except they didn't give me anywhere to put it, so I had to sit with it on my lap during lunch.

If you're establishment is sophisticated enough to ask patrons to take off their hats indoors, it's sophisticated enough to have a hat rack at the door.

 

[tpap]

I wouldn't wear a Panama hat, or a summer hat in general, after sunset...