This wonderful hat is a real head turner!
I love it!
R. Francis Stevensonmore...
Wife of hat recipient
Jan 6, 2010
Tara
Berne NY US
This hat in person is even more beautiful than the image shown and the image is really good! My husband is a hat collector and he loves this hat. The...more...
Excellence
Mar 5, 2010
Michael
Lansing Mi US
This is a beautifully crafted hat. Although there is not much give in the head band (tios to soften this up a bit welcomed) In brings that classic romantic...more...
Bowler Hat Girl
Mar 13, 2010
Tamakins
Santa Maria Ca US
My Dream Topper. This is the most lovely, perfect hat ever made. The style is timeless. It is a head turner! My husband thinks I look like a sexy female...more...
Christys' bowlers are handmade furfelt hats. The crown measures 4 1/2" high and has a 2" wide brim. A grosgrain ribbon hat band measures 1" wide. The hat features a satin lining, leather sweatband and 11 ligned wide grosgrain trim. It comes with its own Christys' of London hatbox for easy storage.
Available in Black only.
The first hat of the industrial age, the bowler was designed in 1850 by the Bowler family of Southwark specifically for a customer of England's pre-eminent hatmaker, Lock's of St. James's. William Coke needed a practical, simple, rigid, durable hat to protect his gamekeeper's head; a hat that would stand up to the most demanding of conditions, including riding in pursuit of poachers. Coke tested the hat's prototype by standing on its crown in Lock's showroom. Twice. It passed the test. (Caution: Those were different times - don't try this at home.) The bowler was quickly adopted as sporting attire by the gentry and, soon after, became the headgear of choice across the entire social spectrum. It was particularly popular in the late 19th century with the crowd at the Derby horse race at Epsom Downs. Americans took to calling the hat the "derby". The hat of bankers, workers and clowns, the bowler is one of the most popular and successful hats ever produced, and the finest bowlers are still manufactured in England.
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