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Hats are making a comeback in every sphere of public life:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8074663.stm

Even bowler hat sales have risen 25%, according to an anonymous source.

Bowler hats?

What does it all mean?

(With apologies to the ghost of Jack McVitie.)

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I bought my first (and only, they're good for life) Tilley hat 30 odd years ago and have had 5 replacements (all free of charge of course). How can you go wrong?

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Perhaps, to the people wearing them, they were nothing more than novelty items?

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Originally posted by Great Big Stees
I bought my first (and only, they're good for life) Tilley hat 30 odd years ago and have had 5 replacements (all free of charge of course). How can you go wrong?
Not the most stylish but the epitome of functionality.

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Originally posted by Bosse de Nage
Not the most stylish but the epitome of functionality.
"I'm 28 years old and think the look of a young(ish) man in a hat often inspires people to say a friendly hello in the street."
James Mullaney, Durham

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maybe they're mistaking their hat for a wife?




in any case, I suppose a brain damage of some sort must be responsible for the phenomenom.

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It's anyone's guess, our James seems a bit touched in the head -- though clearly not from sunstroke. But if I had to guess, I'd say a Stetson might elicit a friendly hello.

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The resurgence of the bowler hat comes as an ironic counter-point to the demise of venerable British banking brands:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/andrewpierce/5401733/Farewell-to-Bradford-and-Bingleys-bowler-hats.html

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Originally posted by Bosse de Nage
Hats are making a comeback in every sphere of public life:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8074663.stm

Even bowler hat sales have risen 25%, according to an anonymous source.

Bowler hats?

What does it all mean?

(With apologies to the ghost of Jack McVitie.)
Do you need a big fat neck in order to wear a bowler hat?

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Originally posted by Bosse de Nage
Hats are making a comeback in every sphere of public life:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8074663.stm

Even bowler hat sales have risen 25%, according to an anonymous source.

Bowler hats?

What does it all mean?

(With apologies to the ghost of Jack McVitie.)
If you want to get ahead - get a hat. If you want to get a hat - get a head.

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Originally posted by Great Big Stees
I bought my first (and only, they're good for life) Tilley hat 30 odd years ago and have had 5 replacements (all free of charge of course). How can you go wrong?
I love my Tilley hat.

Also, it floats.

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