…FEELING RUDE? The Rude Boy is an homage to our favorite Ska bands of a long ago. Listening to The English Beat, The Specials, and Madness while growing up in the 80's gave us old-timers here at the Village Hat Shop, a love of all things Ska. This hat is the essence of the fashion end of the movement…

…FEELING RUDE? The Rude Boy is an homage to our favorite Ska bands of a long ago. Listening to The English Beat, The Specials, and Madness while growing up in the 80's gave us old-timers here at the Village Hat Shop, a love of all things Ska. This hat is the essence of the fashion end of the movement…

…growing popularity among celebrities and public figures. Physicist Robert Oppenheimer regularly wore a pork pie hat during his field studies. Jamaican ska artist Laurel Aitken even wrote the tune "Give Me Back My Pork Pie Hat" as a tribute. Its namesake inspired by the British delicacy, the Pork Pie's distinctive…