Quote Originally Posted by ThistleDown View Post
Assume that this is an American teaching in a Turkish school and invited to wear dress that tells his/her students something about American culture by way of appropriate and traditional dress. The choices (and I am bound to miss some) are: (1) sombrero (2) high-crown stetson (3) bowler (4) tricorn (5) Tilley (6) Homberg (7) turban (8) nothing; and he/she choses to accompany any of those with (a) shorts (b) jeans (c) tuxedo pants (d) chaps (e) pantaloons, and has the option of adding (i) a pheasant feather (ii) wool tights (iii).
Perhaps you meant western culture rather than American, as most of your hat choices are not American in origin.. if that was your goal I would suggest a baseball cap.

Frank