Reply To: Why do people still wear black hats?

I think the question is why are black hats still the uniform of “B’nei Torah”. (I put those words in quotes not to claim that those that wear black hats aren’t B’nei Torah but to avoid the implcation that anyone who doesn’t wear a black hat is not a Ben Torah.) They were the uniform of B’nei Torah years ago because B’nei Torah always dressed respectably and that is what respectable people wore 100-50 years ago. The question is why is it the uniform of “B’nei Torah” nowadays when it is no longer how they average respectable person dresses.