The Goorin Bros. Hat Shop has created a one-minute multi-character silent black-and-white video about commuting to work while wearing a hat.
I own a lovely fedora purchased from the Goorin Bros. shop in Harvard Square. I feel a touch guilty about it, because Goorin’s a slick national chain and I’m generally loyal to my local New Haven haberdashery DelMonico’s. But when a hat calls out to you, you need to get it. Also, when visiting other cities (even ones I know as well as Cambridge, a few towns over from where I grew up), buying a new hat really makes me feel like a happy tourist. I guess happy commuters feel that way too.
I’ve been debating whether to buy one of Goorin’s many style of “cadet” cap, but wonder if they look too militaristic. I like the old-fashioned oversized ball-cap cartoonishness of the cadet style. But right now, heavy wool or felt is the mode of choice. I’ve got until spring—which weather-wise still seems months, not weeks, away—to figure out the cap thing.