Hats are fabulous and impact an individual’s look like few other accoutrements.
You often notice a hat before you notice a person. What else can you say that about?
Whether you wear an expensive bespoke hat or a ready made off the shelf, it will last you a lifetime if you treat it right. And why shouldn’t you?
Look at this wonderful thing I found at the Headwear Directory website.
Ten Hat Commandments
I. Never handle your hat or anyone else’s by the crown. It leaves fingerprints and breaks down the fabric. Always pick up a hat by the brim, and adjust it on your head by holding the front and back of the brim.
II. The safest place to keep your hat is on your head.
III. Anytime you take off your hat, set it upside down on its crown. Otherwise it’ll lose its shape and all your luck will spill out too.
IV. Never leave your hat in a hot car, closet, or anywhere else that gets hot. It’ll shrink.
V. If you get caught in the rain and your hat gets wet, let it dry out slowly. Same reason as above.
VI. Never put on anybody else’s hat, and don’t take kindly to it if they put on yours.
VII. If you’re handing someone their hat, give it to them upside down, back towards you. Otherwise, if they don’t look, they’re apt to put their hat on backwards. This is bad luck and you’d look bad too.
VIII. When you meet a woman, tip your hat to her.
IX. Take your hat off if you sit down at a table to eat. Leave it on if you’re at the counter.
X. Wipe your hat once a week with a damp sponge, but when it starts to get loaded with trail dust, have it blocked and cleaned by a professional.
Source: Headwear Directory
Mrs. Farrell 