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top hat

Tall-crowned hat initially made of beaver felt and later, of silk plush

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Also known as high hat · stovepipe hat · stovepipe · topper · 🎩 · chimney pot hat

Subclass of: hat

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A top hat is a tall, flat-crowned hat traditionally associated with formal wear in Western dress codes, meaning white tie, morning dress, or frock coat. Traditionally made of black silk or sometimes grey, the top hat emerged in Western fashion by the end of the 18th century. Although such hats fell out of fashion through the 20th century, being almost entirely phased out by the time of the counterculture of the 1960s, it remains a formal fashion accessory. A collapsible variant of a top hat, developed in the 19th century, is known as an opera hat.

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Unicode character: 🎩
Time period: 19th century
20th century
Made from material: beaver(until 1830)
silk plush(since 1830)
Different from: cylinder
Shape: cylinder
Replaces: beaver hat
Worn on: head

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