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The bowler
hat
is a hard
felt
hat
originally
created
for an English
James Coke
in 1850.
It was designed
to be hard
to protect
the head
but evolved
with its
popularity
in both
England
and the
USA.
As it peaked
in popularity
towards
the end
of the 1800s,
offered
a midway
between
the formality
of the
top hat
associated
with the
upper classes
and the
casual nature
of soft
felt hats
worn by
the lower
middle classes.
It was the
traditional
headwear
of London
city 'gents'
and has
become something
of a British
cultural
icon. However
British
men stopped
wearing
hats as
a matter
of course
in the 1960s,
and most
young British
people in
the 21st
century
have never
seen a bowler
hat worn
as part
of normal
dress. It
was traditionally
also worn
by members
of the Orange
Order in
Northern
Ireland
during their
12th July
annual parades,
though usage
has declined.
In the United States, this hat is also known as a derby hat
Famous uses
- Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, the slapstick comedy duo Laurel and Hardy of the 1920s and 30s.
- Charlie Chaplin, another comedian from the early 1900s.
- Benito Mussolini, fascist Italian dictator.
- The movie A Clockwork Orange.
-
The
paintings
of Belgian
Surrealist
artist
Ren
Magritte. - In Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett, the only description of costume is that all four major characters wear them.
- John Steed, of Avengers fame wears this hat.
- Clarinetist Acker Bilk wears this hat also.
- In the 1986 film Pretty in Pink, Duckie wears this style.
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