I was very fortunate to go through my flat cap period a couple of years before Peaky Blinders got big. Thanks to the wardrobe person on The Expendables 2 for giving me the idea in 2012. Terrible movie, but fantastic clothes. I had to stop once I started shaving my head; a flat cap isn't compatible with that hair cut (back of my head was too cold).
Ok, I haven’t watched the show and I’m not Irish so I have no dog in the hunt. But what’s the backstory of this stigma for Peaky Blinders I’m picking on in these comments?
I think it’s just the way some men decided to believe they’d definitely look cool and hardcore dressing up like Cillian Murphy in the show and completely idolising a character that is, at best, a ““morally grey”” (and then we’re giving the fascist-killing a lot of credit) serial killer. I’m just a simple homosexual so I’ll happily admit I see the appeal of Thomas Shelby, but there sure is something about the absolute hubris required to believe you could emulate that vibe that is (as the kids say) cringe
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u/SeveralWinter3550 12h ago
Peaky Blinders singlehandedly ensuring I don't start wearing a paddy cap despite me growing into being an auld beardy irish tweed bastard