top hats

     

A top hat, top-hat, gentleman's cap, or cyliner hat (sometimes also known by the nickname "topper") is a tall, flat-crowned, broad-brimmed hat worn by men throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries. Now, it is usually worn only with morning dress or evening dress, or as a specific pop cultural fashion statement, such as by guitarist Slash.

Trivia about top hats

  • These fashionable head coverers for men may be beaver, opera or silk
  • In the 1800s the height of these posed a storage problem until Antoine Gibus made them collapsible