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bowler hat
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hard, round-crowned hat with a narrow rolled brim
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- hat
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- Bowler hat, Vienna, mid-20th century.jpg
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- Bowler hats
- inception
- 1850-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Bowler hat, mid-20th century (PFF collection)
The bowler hat, also known as a Coke hat, billycock, bob hat, or derby (United States), is a hard felt hat with a rounded crown, originally created by the London hat-makers Thomas and William Bowler in 1849 and commissioned by Lock & Co. Hatters of St James's Street, London. It has traditionally been worn with semi-formal and informal attire.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “bowler hat” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.