Reply To: Why do people still wear black hats?

@Tomche: This is obviously not true. The reason Jews started wearing black hats was because it was considered a respectable dress by WORLDly standards (or at least American). So from what I gather from all the previous posts, (please correct me if I’m wrong) is that one wears a black hat in order to associate with those who also wear a black hat (and presumably there’s some sort of basic underlying hashkofah between all of them)?