What do you think about classic hats? Fedoras, berets, newsboys, etc?

Apart from the common tropes on reddit about fedoras being for loser nice boy types, what do you guys thinking of wearing fedoras in everyday streetwear? Would you don one?

Oh, and please, I mean strictly fedoras. Not trilbies (which are often associated with the PUA scene).

I was personally thinking of getting a Panama straw hat for myself for the summer and a felt fedora for the winter (to cover the balding head). Of course, would follow all the proper etiquette (like not asking women out with a hat for peacocking, not prancing about like a fucking pony with the hat, not pulling out cheesy pick up lines on chicas).

EDIT- What do you think about hats in general? Not strictly fedoras. And why do you think Latin Americans and some Europeans can easily pull off a Borsalino compared to Americans or Asians?

EDIT 2:- Pretty sure if I won't wear a hat, I'll at least hire a Mariachi band on my wedding

EDIT 3:- I've seen that fedoras are relatively more popular and even mainstream in Japan and Korea. Looks like they haven't caught up with the reddit trope

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To preface: I think the correct answer is definitely whatever your opinion happens to be. God bless everyone in spite of their silly fedora or trilby wearing tendencies.

But lest you anyone get any false sense of security, I will just add this: if your career potential is based on others' perception of you, then you may want pause to answer the following questions before donning that lid:

What is the difference between a trilby and a fedora?

If one make you look like a tool, does other one make you look you're cool?

How likely is the following meme to be true?

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