Well, the warm weather has begun teasing we New Yorkers about the coming Spring, and with these warm mornings and bright sunny afternoons comes the shedding of winter mentality and layers. I refuse to wear another warm coat. If I freeze so be it, I am willing it to be warm out. Winter is almost over…

…and with the passing of this season makes the second winter that has come and gone without the bowler hat becoming popular again.

I bought one at Lord and Taylor in the fall of ‘08 dedicated to bringing it back, or if that doesn’t work, making it ‘my thing.’ As I’m sure you all know, they haven’t come back. And despite trying as best I could to wear it in public, it just never became my thing. I always felt kind of clowny wearing it…like it was just screaming ‘hey everyone; look! I’m wearing an unnecessarily silly hat!’ I’m beginning to think these have been relegated to costume/period pieces and aren’t ever going to be popular again. But why? I start looking at the perception of bowler hats in popular culture and realize they have become ’silly.’

The trademark of the most famous goofball/slap stick comedian of our time….

Iconic of the faceless, soulless business man….

Stuffy article reserved for royalty….

Are there any others? Needless to say, this is a healthy list of stereotyping bowler hats. The conception of bowlers and people who wear them has been forever tarnished. They’ll never really come back. It’s too bad too…they are very comfortable and warm hats. But one cannot change history. On to the next trend!