author=Sooz Fedoras are OK, but they're more formal than they're being used for these days
Then by your own admission they're not considered formal wear in modern styles. You just wish they were.
Uh, no, anyone who knows any goddamn thing about wearing clothes knows what milieu they belong in. Which is why you do not see them a lot outside of the subculture that thinks a vest, wolf shirt, shorts, and sandals is a fashionable combo, or people who wear suits.
Yeah, this subculture is why i dislike fedoras. Also, random alt music guy from any disney movie sporting it in purple.