 A fedora, which in this case has been pinched at the front and being worn pushed back on the head, with the front of the brim bent down over the eyes. The fedora is a soft felt hat with a crease lengthwise down the crown. Any hat that resembles the soft felt version is also usually called a fedora, including straw and knit ones. Similar hats with a C-crown (with an indentation for the head in the top of the crown) are occasionally called fedoras. It is usually worn by men, but ladies' versions can also be found.
In Europe a fedora is also called a trilby. They typically have a shorter, 'stingy', brim and the back of the brim is typically turned up more sharply as a result.
Fedoras are very versatile and can be shaped in a variety of ways. They all have a crease along the length of the crown, but they are also commonly pinched at the front to leave two prominent depressions. The brim may be pulled up or down at the front and back, or pushed up on one side. The hatband may be a contrasting color, or match the hat. Fedoras are commonly made in black, beige or earth tones, but they are also available in a variety of bright colors like scarlet and blue.
The word comes from the title of a 1882 play by Victorien Sardou, Fédora, whose heroine wore this style.
Famous Uses
The fedora is often associated with the prohibition-era mafia and also tops off most zoot suits.
- It is the signature hat of Indiana Jones with a safari style brim (with the brim turned down in the front and back).
- Lubavitch Hasidim wear black fedoras.
- The comic strip hero Dick Tracy wears a yellow one.
- Clark Kent was often seen wearing one (including in the 1978 feature movie of Superman) though in more recent incarnations it has been absent.
- In the Bowery Boys movies, Slip Mahoney always wore a fedora with the brim folded up.
- Larry Campbell, the mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia, is known to be quite fond of wearing a fedora.
- The Red Hat logo features a red fedora on its Shadow Man logo. In addition, the Red Hat community-oriented distribution of Linux is called Fedora.
External links
- The Fedora (http://www.villagehatshop.com/fedoras.html)
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