no...they are gangster-wanna-bes [img]tongue.gif[/img] . I've seen plenty of people like that wearing it...I'd never wear something like that, it's just too much ;)

OOI why do you ask?

Beanies like that aren't gangsta, they're board wear, mainly snow wear, but the fashions cross over.

[ 07-01-2005, 02:25 PM: Message edited by: Aragorn1 ]

That's me stumped. I thought it was head wear!
You know, you could tie the strings together, turn it upside down and use it as a quaint little woolen handbag....just a thought.

More people wear them than you think. Whoever produced that hat stole it from the Andean Highlands and surrounding region.

A google image search for 'Quechua' reveals a variety of hats like that. Most are brighter though. To a lesser extent, 'Aymara', another Andean group, wears them too. My anthropology professor, who is from thereabouts, wore one lol.

It's all about culture, and maybe warmth. [img]smile.gif[/img]
Note that almost everyone wearing one has some pretty impressive mountains behind them.

And if no pretty impressive mountains behind them....some pretty impressive insults before them. :D

[ 07-01-2005, 03:39 PM: Message edited by: Charlie ]

LOL Charlie...note that some of the Aymara are wearing Bowler hats. Perhaps there's a hat schism we don't know about yet :D

Hat's are cool man

*time for a game of guess that quote*

Only if it's really cold.

Never liked those hats, but yeah I've seen plenty of guys wearing them. I prefer normal beanies.