A History of the Bowler Hat
A History of the Bowler Hat Author: "I say old chap. What do you fancy for the 2:30 at Kempton Park?" For British bankers and civil servants, the bowler hat was part of the working uniform, along with the pin-striped suit and tightly furled umbrella. But it was so much more than that. In America, where it’s called the derby, it was also called “the hat that won the West,” not the Stetson. In Bolivia, it’s women who wear bowler hats, known as bombin. The Origin of the Bowler Hat The Earl of Leicester had a problem. The gamekeepers who patrolled his estate to deter poachers wore top ha...
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