Post #303557 by rugbymatt on Wed, May 2, 2007 11:00 AM

I believe part of it stems from the fact that in American pop culture the fez became associated with the partying men's private organizations/ clubs and their suppossed mystique. The element within tiki that is very much into Atomic Age pop culture picked up on the fez as an element of that era and so it became a crossover piece of attire.

or not?

Anyone else want to offer up their interpretation of this phenom?