Is it okay to wear a fedora indoors when there is nowhere to put it?

[comrade]

Not a problem if you work in a 1930s newsroom:

http://fanwithamovieyammer.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/his-girl-friday-4.jpg

 

[The Thin Man]



Not a problem if work in a 1930s newsroom:

http://fanwithamovieyammer.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/his-girl-friday-4.jpg

Newsmen were never known for being sartorially strong. Plus, newsrooms tended to have really high ceilings.

 

[HansderHund]

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[comrade]



Newsmen were never known for being sartorially strong. Plus, newsrooms tended to have really high ceilings.

True but Hollywood newsman were often exquisitly tailored:

http://www.carygrant.net/fotogallery/hisgirlfriday/hgf-24.jpg

Look at the Porkpie!

http://images2.fanpop.com/images/ph...s-Girl-Friday-cary-grant-4267045-1024-768.jpg

What amazes me is how a suit from 75 years ago still looks current- one might add side vent to update.
I cannot think of any other time in the history of western menswear in which styles remained basically
constant. Between 1640 and 1714 clothes changed dramatically. Same for other periods in the
past several hundred years.

1638-
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...tuart-and-His-Brother-Lord-Bernard-Stuart.jpg

1716- http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/C...ings#mediaviewer/File:114Friedrich_Ludwig.jpg