This place is terrible. When I read your post the first time, I was not really convinced. I still think it looks a bit odd BUT on the other hand.... If it does not turn out well, you end up looking like an Amish woman. But these things have something about them.

Au contraire, au contraire.


Love em. I love those stills from the Serpico movie- i like the picture on the left. Very cool. With the picture on the right, he`s looking a bit more of a plum.

Personally,  i see these as looking less like the hats of amish ladies and more like the cloche hats of 1920s flappers. It seems that the brim of these hats can vary. Some of those brims are more flared than others.



I think film characterisation, including wardrobe, can be very interesting.
I am aware of this movie, but haven`t seen it. I think the hat , maybe, lends the Pacino character an empathetic ingenousness; surrrounded as he is/was by all the crooked cops: clever, very subtle stuff.

The picture on the right makes him look more like a `dupe` archetype . Again, all this stuff would have been great for fleshing out, and rounding out his character, i expect?

These sailor hats pre date WW2, and havve been around forever. I think they would most certainly have been co-opted into that military surplus side of `the look`, during the 1960`s.


It`s interesting , to me, that New York Cop,  Pacino, wears this military surplus hat  and battle fatigue shirt, in a movie that pre-dates De Niro`s New York Taxi Driver, and his adoption of the Vietnam  general issue Tanker Jacket.


I, most certainly, think i `could get away with` wearing these hats... I honestly don`t think it would be that hard. 


I think an insight into the the comedy potential for stuff like this is invaluable. You`ve got to play it deadpan and nonchalant, though, in my opinion. Like with Jeff Garet` and the `comedy glasses`. That way lies disarming charm (or not??  )


Only for the very adventurous and inquisitive of mind, perhaps.


For me, these hats need to be dyed  a natural, earthy, deep coffee cream colour. The kind of colour that would go with sage, navy, light grey , maroon, fawn etc.

These will probably  not be for anyone who usually favours  the safer, bland, insipid  llbean accountant look (though i do like their 1912 (?) shorts).` LLbean accountant ivy` man would probably turn his nose down at these. Then again, who gives a fuck about llbean accountant man?

These hats should only be for genuinely creative types, in my humble opinion. Bravado? No, i don`t think so. Just confidence and firm conviction.

Look like Harry Enfield as the tourist from B'diddly Bop , Oda Idaho?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEEx3oUuiII

Last edited by Kingston1an (2012-07-04 02:16:38)

I've been thinking this one over.  With sunglasses, might you not end up looking like Jodie Foster in 'Taxi Driver'?

More Gilligan (60s) than Serpico (70s) imo... Had to ditch the one I scored on eBay for a sawbuck due to sizing, but picked up a new one on Etsy the other day. It's mid century beach wear to me; Bob Denver ivy?

I'm looking for something similar but with a slightly wider brim to keep the sun off me neck.

More Oscar Madison than Serpico perhaps...

Last edited by Beatnik's ghost (2012-08-02 12:39:42)

You`ll do