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You could just, you know, not go.

There's never any excuse for a pork pie hat.

jondaris wrote:

There's never any excuse for a pork pie hat.

Don't let Buster Keaton hear you say that.

KingFred wrote:

jondaris wrote:

There's never any excuse for a pork pie hat.

Don't let Buster Keaton hear you say that.

Buster wore a boater. While it somewhat resembles a porkpie in design, it's made of straw.

A porkpie is made of felt. I have the Buster Keaton collection of all of his silent features, and he wears a boater in all of them.

tomfoolery wrote:

..and a dark suit with straight trousers (60's style), a button-down shirt and narrow knitted tie.

Just received the dreaded invite to a murder mystery party. Man I hate themed parties.

So, are you going as Jake or Elwood? Or Curtiss? Please Say Curtiss - Cab Calloway was one groovy cat. Not sure how you'll fit the Blues Brothers into a murder mystery theme though. I guess that will be a whole new rant.

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You won't look as good as Justine does in her new cocktail dress, I'll bet.

Lots of good looking hats here: http://www.berkeleyhat.com/fepopiehabr.html

jondaris wrote:

There's never any excuse for a pork pie hat.

Yeah, those are kinda my thoughts too.

justine wrote:

Cynic wrote:

You could just, you know, not go.

Exactly. If it's so "dreaded", why even go?

Well, yes I could not go, but then I'd miss the party and the opportunity to meet up with former uni friends, many of which I haven't seen in years. I love a good party, but just am not terribly big on ones involving costumes or competitions (aside from drinking contests). I'm sure I'll have a great time, but I'm quite an introvert at heart and will struggle to look forward to this.

However, my own psychological insecurities aside, the "costume" is almost complete. Close scrutiny of my best suit somewhat alarmingly revealed that it matched *almost exactly* the required description (which I think is a cause for concern). I have procured a suitable hat on the Internet -- it arrived at work today, and I must say I look like a total twars in it, but then again I've never owned a hat that suited me. I've secured the loan of a silver tie pin, which basically leaves me needing a button down shirt and a narrow knitted tie. The latter is proving to be somewhat tricky to find, but I haven't given-up hope just yet.

I was speaking to a friend on MSN last night who had just received his invite -- I'm sure this breaks some Murder Mystery protocol, but he revealed to me his character and that he was somewhat displeased with it. He is "cool, camp and collected" and has to wear a tight shirt, flares, a wispy scarf and floppy hat. I had to laugh at that - very glad I was given my character actually.



tF

Well my Pork Pie Hat is on it's way.  I'm crossing my fingers that it comes either today or tomorrow!!

Thanks, DukeofNuke!

Finally got my hat today... 3 days after the wedding. 

Apparently they tried delivering it on Friday, but I never saw any slip of paper telling me so.  I called the company I ordered it from today and they told me.

Anyhoo, it looks cool!

Pix forthcoming...

Pithecanthropus wrote:

Finally got my hat today... 3 days after the wedding. 

Apparently they tried delivering it on Friday, but I never saw any slip of paper telling me so.  I called the company I ordered it from today and they told me.

Man, that blows.

Anyhoo, it looks cool!

Pix forthcoming...

Heh, I look like a total doofus in mine. That said, I look bad in all hats. Gee, maybe I just look bad?

Perhaps I should throw this open to the forums...

...or maybe not!

tF

Aqua OS X wrote:

I'd simply wear a monocle.

I'd take it one step further and wear a fiendish mustache.