Fedora
A fedora is a hat. The name of the hat comes from a play called Fédora by Victorien Sardou, named after the main character.[1] Popular in the early 20th century, it has become a stereotype for gangsters or private investigators (PIs).
They mainly come in black, sometimes with a band of coloured fabric around the rim.
Some people, such as Jack Abramoff and Richard W. Lariviere, become known for wearing fedoras.
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A fedora made by Borsalino with a gutter-dent, side-dented crown, the front of the brim "snapped down" and the back "snapped up"
Douglas Fairbanks in 1918 speaking to a large crowd of people wearing hat styles ranging from the fedora to the bowler
Businessman Frank Carr wearing fedora c.1965
Fedora in advert for menswear in the Dutch newspaper Algemeen Handelsblad on 19 March 1940
Keybook photo of Frank Sinatra issued by United Artists in 1959
Humphrey Bogart wearing a fedora in the film Casablanca
Mugshot of Al Capone by the Bureau of Investigation in 1929
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References
- ↑ Encarta Dictionary, Microsoft Encarta Premium Suite 2004.
