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Please date my Silk Plush Top Hat
Not seen the phrase or book myself - can you give me some more surrounding context ? But that is not unexpected. A lot of thing can be laid down either to puffery or merely fashion statement. Fashion statements does not always become a tradition, but at the same time a tradition is usually...- Topper
- Post #13
- Forum: Classic Menswear
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Please date my Silk Plush Top Hat
No way to know for certain. Though have seen similar hats designd from 1880 to 1920. Like "flairs" on trousers styles when in and out of fashion. One major hat manufactory alone had over 200 differnent designs of Top Hat in their catalouge at the beginning of the 20th century. Given a look at...- Topper
- Post #11
- Forum: Classic Menswear
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Top hats - Beaver or silk?
As I understand it, nobody makes silk hats anymore.. For the momment that is near enough correct, depend who you ask Beaver felt also seems a little fuzzier to me and thus less appropriate to a topper, and a topper made from rabbit fur felt would cost no more than 40% of one made from beaver...- Topper
- Post #13
- Forum: Classic Menswear
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Bowler hat with Tux... Yey or Nay?
Hi Thanks for the welcome! For those who are wondering what I mean by a "formal bowler" there is a good picture of the great man himself Churchill wearing one here: Woud consider it to be more permissible than the standard bowler to wear even if have black tie underneath - But once again only...- Topper
- Post #29
- Forum: Classic Menswear
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Bowler hat with Tux... Yey or Nay?
For example, real sticklers would contend that wing collars are not suitable with an informal dinner jacket. I had that exact discussion with another chap last the other night. He was adament that the wing collar went only with white tie.... Not dinner Jacket for black tie - whilst i concur...- Topper
- Post #27
- Forum: Classic Menswear
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Bowler hat with Tux... Yey or Nay?
Toppers go with tails, As previoulsy mentioned for correct "Style" it is pleasing to the eye the dress doen not over-balance, the height of the Topper matched the length of a tailcoat. As to Black Tie, this is evening dinner jacket, and would entirely depend on the venue and the event. (...- Topper
- Post #23
- Forum: Classic Menswear
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Top hats - Beaver or silk?
What in intersesting forum - Hello all ! Well to clear up a few points. Toppers were first made of felt, most commonly of Beaver. In the Americas they became commonly known as "Beaver Hats", with large fur trade there the name stuck. Due to prohibitive UK governemt legislation, the cost of...- Topper
- Post #6
- Forum: Classic Menswear