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VillageHatShop.com
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The #1 Source for Hats Online
30 Years in the Hat Business
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Beginning with the French Consulate And Empire period in Western history (1800-1815) and escalating into the Romantic Period (1815-1840), the high beaver hat supplanted the cocked hat or the bi/tricorn as the mode in men's fashion. When, by 1890, the St. James Gazette writes "When we are told, 'He's a fellow who wears a top hat and a frock coat,' we know sufficiently well what sort of fellow he is...", the hat's connotations are well established. Our selection, as you see here, covers many bases and extends in various directions.
I photographed Abraham Lincloln's Top Hat while visiting the Smithsonian Institution in April 2007.
Are you in the UK or Europe and looking for hats? Visit our sister site at VillageHats.co.uk.
Or Top Hats specifically? Visit their Top Hat Page.
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