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Robin Dut focuses on the crowning glory of any morning suit – the top hat and says you can have any colour you like as long as it is black!
M
ost men find the wear- ing of a top hat some- thing of a challenge.
Tracing its origins to the end of the 18th century, one can observe from looking at fash- ion plates and paintings of the period, just how indispensable top hats were most of the time; worn, but often carried. In fact, no outfit was complete without one – something even Burlington Bertie appre- ciated. Naturally, a gentleman can sport one with aplomb, but it is one of those elements of male attire which can look splendid or so very wrong. An event during the season – a wedding, a funeral, a race meet and so on – can always call for the sporting of such an item but there are pitfalls.
This item has many a name, some more familiar than others.
It may
be referred to as a beaver hat, silk hat, cylinder hat, chimney hat and my favourite... a stovepipe hat, immediately visual and purposefully archaic. Just don’t call it a topper. R
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