Fedoras were left behind in 1960. JFK went hatless, and
suddenly men's hats were so 1950s. Judging by photographs,
men used to wear suits to the pool hall.
As far as language, I grew up in a
mean blue-collar town in the 1960s, and the strongest
language I heard (or read) into my 20s was "hell" and
"damn." I attribute the change in what I heard to moving to
Philly and marrying a Two-Streeter.
Joy
John Lau wrote:
> that's where it's at, my friends. Jacks attributes
it to returning
> Vietnam
> vets. I believe it is much more closely tied to the
cultural revolution
> of
> the 60s. people started dressing a lot less formally
as a result as
> well.
> nowadays, if you see a guy in a Fedora, it's an
affectation
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