black v. navy

[JackDaniels]

I know that everyone always says that for showing you should wear a navy hat with a leather harness..

Its just that when I have been looking at pictures on the internet of people riding at big shows, a lot of the riders seem to be wearing brownish tweeds with black hats.. (i am looking at m&m and welsh classes)

Is this just my eyesight - and they are wearing dark navy hats. Or are they wearing black hats ?

any ideas?

[Mehitabel]

it doesn't really matter for M&M, to be honest, i wear a black hat, and i am never the only one wearing one in a class. navy is more traditionally correct for women riders, black for men.

[Daffy Dilly]

If the jacket doesn't go with a navy hat then I wouldn't wear a navy hat. I would get a brown one probably, or leave a black one in the sun for a while to bleach it. Going through my old photos, black just seems quite harsh to my eyes unless teamed with a black jacket.

[Glider]

I've found quite often the photos of people make them look like they're wearing a black hat when it's actually blue, for example I watched this class, and the vast majority of riders were wearing blue hats, but they look black in the photos

http://www.theimagefile.com/?skin=3825&ppwd=cg2864sr&Action=_VC&id=43270

[ilostmymarbles]

navy hats ususally look black in the photos but when your actually at hte show they're almost always navy, except on men. In welsh classes at the big counties quite a few of the riders will be men.
Navy is the correct colour to have.

[xox stace xox]

im not sure really

[JackDaniels]

ok thanks guys. i think it's just my subconscious trying to get out of me buying a navy hat!! he he :D