May 15 is Straw Hat Day in the United States, the official start of straw hat season if you were worried about when you could begin wearing yours. And you should be worried as this stuff matters. According to Neil Steinberg's book Hatless Jack, men have been murdered in living memory in the United States for the crime of wearing a hat out of season.
Felt hats, if you have them, should be put away until September 1, which makes perfect sense in most places as straw wears much cooler because it lets air circulate. And protection from the sun seems to me a better reason to wear a hat than winter's "75% of your body's heat loss occurs through your head" rationale. So break out those Optimos and boaters tomorrow!
Felt hats, if you have them, should be put away until September 1, which makes perfect sense in most places as straw wears much cooler because it lets air circulate. And protection from the sun seems to me a better reason to wear a hat than winter's "75% of your body's heat loss occurs through your head" rationale. So break out those Optimos and boaters tomorrow!
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Actualy felt is a much cooler summer hat is choosen for such.
Straw hats are a myth and this is provable.
In respect of straw hat day, I wore mine on the 15th. It was a cold and windy day in San Francisco that day and had me longing for one of my fur/felts.
Keith
I was also in San Francisco that day and had the same experience. It'll be that way all summer. Once straw hat season ends on September 15, the sun will shine for a couple of months.
Hmmm...here in Texas, we generally consider Easter and eaither Halloween or Thanksgiving the points at which you switch from felt to straw, or straw to felt. I know this post is several years old, but a reference to "straw hat day" in wikipedia inspired me to ggole straw hat day.
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