Canine: when did the accepted way that American Yidden wore their hats change? Here is a list of the changes made by the yeshivishe olam. (I’m not going to speak about chassidim because they simply switched back to the European styles.)
1-When did the olam stop wearing straw hats in the summer. A number of older people have told me that it used to be that “goyim wore straw from memorial day to labor day, yidden went from shavuos to rosh hashana”
2-When did the brims get so wide?
3-When did the olam stop wearing feathers?
4-When did the olam stop wearing gray or navy blue hats?
PS I just bought a new hat today. It’s the first “normal yeshivish black hat” I’ve bought since 9th grade. The last one lasted me through high school after which I barely ever wore it.