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scottyrocks

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The origins of fedora and trilby are both from literature, each one being the title of a play or novel, where the characters of the stories or productions wore this style of hat.

Both refer to soft-crowned hats with brims.

The fedora was originally a women's hat (1882). In 1924, they began to be worn by men, after Prince Edward of Britain began wearing them.

The main differences, style-wise, are indeed the size of both the brim and the crown. Trilbies are shorter in both regards, whereas fedoras are (were) larger. This difference was more distinct back in the era when everyone wore hats. These days, as Brent mentioned, anything with a brim less than 2", a pinched crown, and a brim that is snappable, as a fedora (as opposed to, say, a homburg). We, more often than not, refer to hats with trilby dimensions as 'stingies.'
 
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Marcus D'Hat

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The origins of fedora and trilby are both from literature, each one being the title of a play or novel, where the characters of the stories or productions wore this style of hat.

Both refer to soft-crowned hats with brims.

The fedora was originally a women's hat (1882). In 1924, they began to be worn by men, after Prince Edward of Britain began wearing them.

The main differences, style-wise, are indeed the size of both the brim and the crown. Trilbies are shorter in both regards, whereas fedoras are (were) larger. This difference was more distinct back in the era when everyone wore hats. These days, as Brent mentioned, anything with a brim less than 3", a pinched crown, and a brim that is snappable, as a fedora (as opposed to, say, a homburg). We, more often than not, refer to hats with trilby dimensions as 'stingies.'

If my history is correct, the hat was worn by a woman who was playing a man in a play.
 

Jedi5150

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Thanks, I was trying to figure out how to wear a Fedora without people being mad at my new style, and one website said never wear it inside, I thought it was rather strict but I abided by it anyway, there are places where people can wear a hat, but I thought I would just wear it outside and keep to my own about my strict etiquette from now on, I'll also check the etiquette thread as I have been advised to do.

Growing up the only hat etiquette I knew was to remove it during a prayer, the National Anthem (unless in a military uniform and saluting), or the reciting of the Pledge of Allegiance. Fast forward to my late 20's, and in the police academy it was drilled into me that the second you break the threshold of a door, the hat gets removed. Even though I know this doesn't technically apply to large public buildings, I can't help it. I just had it beat into me to the degree that I can't wear a hat indoors, regardless of the size or purpose of the building. The same goes for carrying something in my "gun hand". I don't care if it's walking from the truck to the house with a load of groceries, I can't make myself carry an object in my right hand ever since it was drilled into us.
 

Marcus D'Hat

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Growing up the only hat etiquette I knew was to remove it during a prayer, the National Anthem (unless in a military uniform and saluting), or the reciting of the Pledge of Allegiance. Fast forward to my late 20's, and in the police academy it was drilled into me that the second you break the threshold of a door, the hat gets removed. Even though I know this doesn't technically apply to large public buildings, I can't help it. I just had it beat into me to the degree that I can't wear a hat indoors, regardless of the size or purpose of the building. The same goes for carrying something in my "gun hand". I don't care if it's walking from the truck to the house with a load of groceries, I can't make myself carry an object in my right hand ever since it was drilled into us.

I'm nought totally sure why you can't carry stuff in your right hand but I do you the inside no hat thing, I usually don't wear hats inside, but when I do, it's because people want to see what it looks like.
 

Jedi5150

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I'm nought totally sure why you can't carry stuff in your right hand but I do you the inside no hat thing, I usually don't wear hats inside, but when I do, it's because people want to see what it looks like.

Sorry, it was just an off-topic musing. Just another example of how even though something may not make much sense, once it gets drilled into you enough, it's tough to change. We were taught never to carry anything in our "gun hand", because that hand couldn't be distracted from it's primary purposes of drawing the weapon, or gun retention, that's all.
 
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your right hand

It's "gun hand" though in a following sentence he did say right hand. Hard to draw that weapon with a hand full of groceries. One of the worst things ever perpetuated upon L E officers is the regulation regarding uniform head wear. There's enough to keep up with w/o worrying about that DAMN hat when you step out of your patrol vehicle.
 

Marcus D'Hat

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Sorry, it was just an off-topic musing. Just another example of how even though something may not make much sense, once it gets drilled into you enough, it's tough to change. We were taught never to carry anything in our "gun hand", because that hand couldn't be distracted from it's primary purposes of drawing the weapon, or gun retention, that's all.

That makes sense.
 

scottyrocks

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