Two Telling comments? The Answer Perhaps?

[TenorClef]

No, I would not say that is the case.

Ok....on one or two rare occasions here in North Yorkshire, I've seen some student walking down the high street with a top hat, that looked eccentric. You simply don't see it, it looks antiquated. I'd understand if it were a wedding or that top drawer horse event but other than that its not that common. A piper came to town and he had the full kilt outfit. No one blinked, no one thought it was odd, he got lots of photos because he was odd? Eccentric? I don't think so. Not sure a bloke wandering around the shops in my area would be seen the same way as that piper. Horses for Courses perhaps???

[Calgacus]

Ok....on one or two rare occasions here in North Yorkshire, I've seen some student walking down the high street with a top hat, that looked eccentric. You simply don't see it, it looks antiquated. I'd understand if it were a wedding or that top drawer horse event but other than that its not that common. A piper came to town and he had the full kilt outfit. No one blinked, no one thought it was odd, he got lots of photos because he was odd? Eccentric? I don't think so. Not sure a bloke wandering around the shops in my area would be seen the same way as that piper. Horses for Courses perhaps???

Wearing a top hat around here would also be seen as eccentric and/or antiquated. Wandering around here dressed as a piper, you'd be seen as, well, most likely a piper. Wandering around here dressed like JohntheBiker in the photo above would probably catch folks' eyes, but not raise an eyebrow. Would it be seen as old fashioned, outdated, anachronistic? Absolutely not.

[Nathan]

Ok....on one or two rare occasions here in North Yorkshire, I've seen some student walking down the high street with a top hat, that looked eccentric. You simply don't see it, it looks antiquated. I'd understand if it were a wedding or that top drawer horse event but other than that its not that common. A piper came to town and he had the full kilt outfit. No one blinked, no one thought it was odd, he got lots of photos because he was odd? Eccentric? I don't think so. Not sure a bloke wandering around the shops in my area would be seen the same way as that piper. Horses for Courses perhaps???

You're going to see this more and more. It's called steam punk fashion, it's a trend and it is growing. Watch for waxed curled mustaches, 19th Century attire but mixed with gears and mechanical tech gadgets.

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