BS”D
I heard once heard a story that a chassid who wore a Shtreimel
became a Chabbad Chossid & wanted to start wearing a benddown hat
to fit in there. & the Lubavitcher Rebbe Z”L Said he should continue
wearing the Shtreimel Altz, “Maalim Bakoidesh”
(I can’t confirm if the story is true)
It is true and it pertained to the son of a well known Chassidishe rebbe in Yerushalayim who became a Lubavitcher and settled in Crown Heights, where he still wears the levush of his family’s Chassidus to this day.