Originally Posted by ARTelevision

I wear mine frontwards because that's how we wear them in the country. The visor has a purpose sheilding one's eyes from the sun and things like brambles in the eye while walking through the woods. It has a practical heritage and could be considered a fashion statement I suppose, but in truth, I think it's not the same sort of fashion statement one makes when wearing it backwards. I do, however, prefer to be identified as one who does things the way they are done in a rural area that might be identified as backward, uneducated, anti-intellectual, and uncool. I enjoy the irony of that.