Is this a bad time for me to mention I went to college and did project's in college with Adam's sister?
I was thinking there were a good ratio... most of those gents are wearing Derbies, not Fedoras. imho iyam.
Up until the 1950′s men were rarely seen out and about without a hat sitting upon their head. Since that time, the wearing of hats has seen a precipitous decline. No one is precisely sure why. Some say the downfall of hats occurred when JFK did not wear a hat to his inauguration, thus forever branding them as uncool. This is an urban myth, however, as Kennedy did indeed don a hat that day. Another theory posits that the shrinking size of cars made wearing a hat while driving prohibitively difficult. Most likely, the demise of hats can simply be traced to changing styles and the ongoing trend towards a more casual look. Yet hats are due for a full resurgence. Hats are both functional and stylish. They can cover a bad hair day, keep your head warm, and shade your eyes from the sun. They can also be worn to cover a receding hairline, which interestingly enough is why Frank Sinatra, an iconic hat wearer, start wearing one in the first place. They give you touch of class and sophistication, impart personality, and add an interesting and unique accent to your outfits. And hats are a sure-fire way to boost your confidence. A cool hat can quickly become your signature piece and give you extra swagger. Of course men today still wear hats, but they are most often confined to ratty baseball caps, hippie beanie caps, or the thankfully almost extinct trucker hat. There is nothing wrong with these kinds of headpieces per se, but there are other hat options out there. So mix up your lids with these various options: The Flat Cap Photo by Menno Ophelia The flat cap has a rounded shape, a small brim and a high back. Long associated with working class men in the UK, the flat cap can be a stylish way to add interest to a casual outfit. They can give your tired jeans and t-shirt look some unique style. Choose the more masculine flat cap over the similar, but rounder and puffier newsboy cap. The latter has been almost entirely co-opted by the ladies. The Fedora Fedoras were once considered de rigueur for men going out in public and a necessary accessory to formal and business attire. While once mainstream, a man in a fedora is now seen as a trendsetter. Fedoras are soft, usually made of felt, creased lengthwise down the crown, and pinched on both sides. Obviously you cannot pair a fedora with jeans and a polo. They are only an appropriate accent for dressier outfits. But the pay off-loads of style, class, and confidence-make dressing up worth it. Fedoras will make you look manly and a bit mysterious. Worn by Prohibition era gangsters, almost all of the movie stars of the 1940′s, and Old Blue Eyes himself, donning a fedora puts you in touch with a truly luminous and manly heritage. The Porkpie Photo from The French Connection Named for its resemblance to an actual pork pie, this hat is similar to a fedora but with a flat top instead of a pinched crown. The brim is also shorter and turned up. The hat is often associated with the jazz, blues, and ska culture, but was also worn by the likes of Robert Oppenheimer, father of the atom bomb. The Homburg Photo from The Godfather The Homburg is another hat similar to the fedora. The Homburg’s brim lacks the fedora’s pinches, and is turned up all the way around. The hat is accented with a hatband into which a feather may be stuck. Less casual than a top hat, and dressier than a fedora, the Homburg was the go to lid for politicians and diplomats in the 20th century. Favored by the Godfather and resurrected by the likes of Snoop Dogg and Tupac, the Homburg now carries a distinctly gangster flavor. The Bowler/Derby Photo by Lainey’s Repertorie Bowlers are hard, made of felt, and have very short brims. While considered a British icon, the bowler was also part of the urban culture of America in the 19th century. For example, one of the gangs that roamed the mean streets of New York City around this time were the Plug Uglies. The Uglies were never without their bowler hats which they wore both as their signature piece and to protect their heads during their many scuffles with rival gangs. Wearing a Hat Cock your hat–angles are attitudes. ~Frank SinatraHats can give you a feeling of effortless cool and manly confidence. Few people loved hats more, or wore them better than Frank Sinatra. He was constantly playing with the idea of angling and tilting his hat to convey different attitudes. Here’s how Frank wore his hat to reflect his mood: Wear your hat pushed back to seem more open and accessible Tilt your hat over your eyes to seem mysterious and intimidating Tilt your hat up 1 inch from completely straight to project an all-business attitude Hat Etiquette In adopting the hat as your signature piece, you must also accept the responsibility of hat etiquette. Often ignored, hat etiquette will show that your uniqueness extends not only to you choice of headwear, but to your manners as well. Promptly remove your hat upon entering an elevator, restaurant, or someone’s home. Never wear your hat during a meal. Touch the brim of your hat lightly when greeting a friend. Raise the hat by the crown when meeting a female friend in public. Remove your hat during the national anthem and place it over your heart.
While once mainstream, a man in a fedora is now seen as a trendsetter... They are only an appropriate accent for dressier outfits. But the pay off-loads of style, class, and confidence-make dressing up worth it. Fedoras will make you look manly and a bit mysterious.
so true. UT has been spending tens of millions of dollars the past 5-10 years (and will continue for at least 10 more) tearing down and replacing the abominations built in the 60s
Hats other than baseball caps are cool with business suits. That's it. It looks fucking stupid otherwise. The reason for the decline of hats is the decline of people wearing suits every day. You don't see a chick wearing a Kentucky derby hat with a fucking t-shirt, yet ass clowns everywhere wear fedoras with a damn hipster band shirt. People in the 1900-1960 era smelled like shit because they constantly sweated due to the three layers of wool fabric that they donned at all times. Don't get me wrong, I love a good suit, but wearing that shit every single day would suck.
A chick wearing nothing but a men's dress shirt is also allowed to wear a fedora. That's it. (Also, funnily enough, the only appropriate time to play a Joe Cocker CD.)
Haha, I think I just got a literal interpretation of that pic when I clicked on the "Click this image to show the full-size version" tab.
the big black smudge on the right side of the column is apparently the battleship Arkansas being thrown into the air. the Arkansas was 562 feet long and weighed 26,000 tons.
the Saratoga is in the photo, but the ship being blown into the air was the Arkansas http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Crossroads#Test_Baker
i think that had to do with the heat (there's a term for this that i can't remember) basically burning the metal that the ships are made out of. not sure if that's what you meant.
Fucking crazy that the Navy had people on the ships that didn't sink in little more than shorts within hours of the explosion.
You should watch the documentary Bikini Radio. They have survivors of the radiation telling their story and everyone is fucked up.
The Army sent soldiers in to a testing site after an explosion. There are pics, but I don't think you want to see them
there's a famous one of troops in the foreground facing a nuclear blast that was only like a half mile away, or something insane like that. i just can't remember what it's called.
I don't know if it's the same one, but I saw a doc in high school featuring one guy who was a soldier that witnessed the atomic tests. He was pretty descriptive, talked about how sunny and clear it all was, how they tied up livestock on some of those boats "to see what would happen." Anyway, toward the end of the documentary, they pan the camera back and the guy's got a hand swelled up to the size of a beach ball from all the radiation.
I'm pretty sure there was an operation to try it out, using nuclear bombs to punch holes in enemy lines so troops can move forward. The pics I'm looking up all seem to be France doing something similar, but I'm almost positive america did it
Has one of the best unused ideas during WWII been mentioned in here in the Bat Bomb? "Bat bombs were an experimental World War II weapon developed by the United States. The bomb consisted of a bomb-shaped casing with numerous compartments, each containing a Mexican Free-tailed Bat with a small timed incendiary bomb attached. Dropped from a bomber at dawn, the casings would deploy a parachute in mid-flight and open to release the bats which would then roost in eaves and attics. The incendiaries would start fires in inaccessible places in the largely wood and paper construction of the Japanese cities that were the weapon's intended target." Accident where "successful" test burned down a structure in use on the base. Whoops.
I watched some special on Discovery/History/Military Channel not to long ago about Bikini Atoll. They interviewed guys that took part in the testing. Much like all of us in here I'm fascinated by history.
http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2013/02/50-years-ago-the-world-in-1963/100460/ photos from 1963, everything from Vietnam, to the Civil Rights Movement to JFK some really good shots
James Joseph Dresnok. The last US defector to North Korea. A guy who got tired of his life in the US, recently divorced and facing court martial, he ran across a minefield to North Korea. Out of the five other defectors, he is the last to remain. Him and the other defectors were propaganda mouthpieces of the North. He translated all of the Great Leader's work to English and starred in numerous films as the token American villain. He became a celebrity there where he was just another nobody in the states. Dresnok is the subject of the documentary "Crossing the Line" which is on Netflix. Also, there's this 60 minutes piece from a few years back. http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=2405878n Yeah so a big ass meteor blew up the Russian city of Chelyabinsk. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZxXYscmgRg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvJKoQE8uwE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQ6NyvgC2BQ all images from here http://zyalt.livejournal.com/722930.html New ad campaign by Amnesty International against capital punishment. Have last meals been discussed ITT? There's an art project/portfolio dedicated to cataloging them. It's kind of surreal to see
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90Omh7_I8vI http://youtu.be/4ZxXYscmgRg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-82p73fTweE
Yea... I gotta move out of this state asap. Not to say bham is still incredibly racist, but its only 50 years removed from that. Those police officers who manned the hoses had kids. I'm sure they grew up to be racist and i'm sure a lot of them still live in bham.
My friends and I were just talking in our Facebook messenger about the Russian meteor and they're all dumb so I decided to put it in perspective for them and figured people might be interested in here: NASA estimated that it created a blast equivalent to 300,000 tons of TNT when it exploded in the atmosphere. Just so you can put the Russian meteor explosion in perspective, 300,000 tons of TNT is like 20 Hiroshimas or 15 Nagasakis. And just because I'm sure you guys want some cool facts: The largest nuclear weapon ever made was called the Tsar Bomba, detonated by the Soviet Union in 1961. It was 57 megatons, or to put it in perspective of the explosion and the bombs dropped on Japan, 57,000 kilotons, or 57,000,000 tons. It would be roughly equivalent 3800 Hiroshimas, or 2850 Nagasakis. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsar_Bomba http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_848077&feature=iv&src_vid=WwlNPhn64TA&v=-s8iie0zZ-g And for further perspective, the recent North Korean tested yielded about 7 kilotons.