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Short of a crown worn by royalty, the top hat is without a doubt one of the grandest of all forms of headwear. Lord Ribblesdale set the precedent for the fellow top hat wearers in his famous John Singer Sargent portrait. He looked rich, he looked powerful, grand, strong, and noble – every fantastic word one could imagine or use to describe the man in this towering high hat.
The top hat wasn’t simply to be strewn upon the head; it was to be worn tilted at 10 degrees, and no more than 10 degrees in either direction. This shows the importance and emphasis on refinement this hat holds, in how it must be worn properly.
The top hat was designed and first worn by John Hetherington, a London men’s clothing maker, in the 1840’s. It was evident from the very start that the top hat wasn’t simply any ordinary hat. The first time John Hetherington wore the hat in public, women screamed and fainted, and crowds gathered. It caused an absolute uproar which led to his arrest and subsequent fine of £50, an absolute fortune in those days. A law was also passed forbidding anybody to wear the top hat in public on the grounds it scared timid people.
The actual concept of the top hat is thought to of sprang up from the remarkably similar riding hat; a hat round and cylindrical, except flat. John Hetherington simply added to the height and size of the brim giving it an appearance so grand and statuesque it would symbolize status for all noblemen for many years to come.
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