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Hat fashion and etiquette may never recover from the MAGA movement.
"(The preacher) invited the audience to remove their hats and turned his voice to God. 'Lord, help us to make America great again,' he prayed."—McKay Coppins, The Atlantic
"(The preacher) invited the audience to remove their hats and turned his voice to God. 'Lord, help us to make America great again,' he prayed."— McKay Coppins, The Atlantic The proliferation of red "Make America Great Again" or "MAGA" hats has me thinking how hat-wearing has evolved in this Baby Boomer's lifetime.
In the 1960s, I think the only guys wearing baseball hats were standing on a baseball diamond or eating C-rations in a foxhole. Although my father always wore a brown or gray fedora, I grew up hatless. I don't remember owning a hat until I was drafted.
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