it depends who it means something to. let me explain…
this girl actually is getting married tonight but when i asked her what she wanted she said she wants a boy who wears a black hat. so i asked why? she says: “because my father wears one so i need one.” now let me tell you…her father is NOT a real black hatter. he wears it just on shabbos but he may call himself a black hatter but he is wayyyy far from one. its sad that people wear them because they are told to or because they have to. it should be done if YOU feel the need to wear it and not because “well thats what everyone else is doing…”