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A great many menswear sources, if they do offer advice on hat etiquette, will typically advise that the most basic rule to remember is to wear your hat when outdoors and to take it off indoors.

While this advice may end up working out for the wearer, let's say 75 to 80 percent of the time, we believe that there's a better central starting point for approaching hat etiquette which is as follows:

Wear your hat in public spaces and take it off in private spaces.

Stated simply, a private space is any place where people live, work, or pay a fee to enter. Anything else is generally going to be considered public.

Here then are some more specific examples of this philosophy in practice. A house is a private space but the foyer or entryway just inside the door can be considered a public space. This goes back to the era when a butler would typically greet guests at the door and take their hats and coats. Similarly, an apartment is a private space but their surrounding hallways, as well as the lobby, are public. This same general rule is typically true for hotels with the added caveat that spaces reserved specifically for hotel guests such as the pool or lounge are also considered private spaces. One unique distinction for apartment buildings, hotels, and other such multi florid spaces, an elevator is considered a private space. This goes back to the days when most elevators still had human operators. As such, you would consider the elevator the operator's office. Related to the concept of entry fees are membership dues. As such, any club with specific members is also considered to be a private space.

And there you have it! Using this public space private space motto, the hatted gentleman can be sure that he's always observing proper etiquette when wearing his hat or as the case may be, not wearing it.

The question remains, however, why remove the hat in private spaces, to begin with?

The answer is that the uncovering of the head is a sign of deference that goes back millennia. It's usually done to signal an acknowledgment of intrusion or to show basic gratitude. In other words, the hallmarks of a gentleman.

This brings us to one final piece of hat etiquette for today, the practice of tipping the hat to others while out and about. The tradition of tipping one's hat has its roots in bowing to show respect. A practice that was common across various cultures for centuries. When hats became the dominant fashion for men and bowing was still common practice, the hat would have to be removed when a man bent from the waist so that it didn't hit the floor. Bowing would gradually become less extreme over the course of the 19th century, culminating in the simple hat tip by the 20th century. These days in the 21st century, even that practice can seem a little outdated.

If you're a regular hat wearer and feel totally comfortable in headwear, you can give a hat tip to people regardless of gender these days too but if you feel that the behavior would seem affected coming from you, you can go ahead and skip the tip.

In conclusion then, even if you don't commit to memory every single example we outlined in today's video, you can still be sure that by following the basic model of the public space private space paradigm, you as a hat-wearing gentleman will be courteous with your stylish headwear.

So which of the etiquette rules we covered today came as the biggest surprise to you?
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