Dreadful hats

[badasstronaut]

I was trying to describe these hats -

Comments

[peterfitz]

They are still worn in NZ, but almost exclusively by Japanese tourists. I don't know if it's a Japanese fashion, or if they're wearing them to blend in with the locals, having seen them in old tourist brochures.

[badasstronaut]

I suppose one thing you could say about them is they'd be easily machine washable. Still, I find them disturbing as a thoroughly unappealing garment.

[motodraconis]

I'm wearing one of your hats right now - in bed!

[badasstronaut]

They are certainly not MY hats!

[motodraconis]

Arf! I mean I'm wearing one of your knitted woolly hats, not one like the picture. The knitted hats are useful.

Not sure about the one in the picture, is it supposed to keep the sun off or something? I've worn something similar myself, though the guide insisted and lent it to me to protect from sunstroke.

[badasstronaut]

That ghat there is a better hat than the towelling ones. Where did you find those tiny people?

[hungrymama]

I threw up in an orange one of those when I was three and have ever since associated such hats with the smell of vomit in a hot car.

[badasstronaut]

Ugh.

[crazycrone]

Aren't they Old Man Fishing on Clapham Common Hats?

[badasstronaut]

I've never been to Clapham Common. Perhaps I should investigate.

[kittyhaus]

oh lord I read that as fisting. C Common an all....

[badasstronaut]

I think that says more about you than about the hats, Mr Haus.

[shermarama]

I'd call that a flowerpot hat, and they were certainly to be found in the UK in the 70s and 80s too. They were briefly fashionable at the turn of the 90s as part of the Madchester thing. Also still in vogue for wearing while watching cricket or fishing, but in those cases probably not least because they've been owned continuously since the 70s or 80s.

(Although a comment suggests they're made of towelling? I *think* my dad had one like that when I was young, but I haven't seen one made of towelling in a long time...)

[badasstronaut]

Yes, towelling.

[baconmatador]

http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080304104202AAad6hJ

[badasstronaut]

That person LOSES! Not only do they want one, but they've published online that they want one, and everyone will know. Although I suppose lots of people are called J, so maybe no one will guess who it is.