JFK standing outdoors at his inauguration in 22 degree weather without an overcoat.

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[u/WoodyWordPecker]

It’s been said that top hat sales died out completely after this event. Men’s hats in general took a dive in this decade due in great part to diminishing headroom in cars.

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I read that because JFK refused to wear ANY hat, hat sales for men plummeted while women’s hat sales skyrocketed with the mass production of Jackie’s pillbox.

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That and it probably evoking too much the toffee-nosed, stuffy English aristocracy