Dress has changed a bit between Skyfall, the about to be released James Bond film, and 1963's From Russia With Love. For example, among the less remarkable differences, I will wager that Daniel Craig is hatless throughout this years' film, unlike the trilby wearing Sean Connery in the screen capture from the earlier production.
Craig would find it difficult to keep his hat on of course, given all his jumping from one explosion to the next in the teasers for Skyfall. The best hat wearing occasions are usually more sedate ones: shading the head from the sun and keeping it dry in a sprinkle (the downpour that occurred while the San Francisco baseball franchise was completing its National League Championship Series victory over the visitors from St. Louis yesterday was better suited to umbrellas). Still, the producers of Skyfall could easily have had Bond hatted throughout the action scenes, stimulating headwear sales for most of the coming decade, and almost certainly would have done so had some hatmaker offered a suitable product placement fee.
I watched the baseball game (did I mention that the San Francisco team won the series?) from the comfort of my apartment, however the weather provided an excuse to emulate Mr Connery with a brown Lord's hat above my own gray suit during the afternoon's scattered showers. It was a good time to wear a hat.
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Any time is a good time to wear a hat.
The only time when it is better not to wear a hat is when one goes indoors.
I attended a game at AT&T Park dressed in a black derby, dress shirt and tie, and a vest to Opening Day 2009. I'm happy the San Francisco baseball franchise is in the World Series. We have baseball fever in the Napa Valley!
Bond of course wears a hat during the "eye" opening sequence (the staccato music comes instantly to mind doesn't it?). Hat wearing does seem to be undergoing a modest revival, particularly the trilby which fell on very hard times after the 60's (outside of British racecourses). One does see many more on city streets and I went to a party the other evening and several younger men were wearing them although why indoors is a bit of a mystery. Interestingly, many favor the brim turned up all round (very 1920's) rather than given the given the rakish downturn of the gangster or racing man. Either works depending on the hat but it's an interesting little stylistic foible.
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