Stove Pipe, High Hat, Chimney Pot Hat, Cylinder, Topper….the top hat is both ridiculous and wonderful. Replacing the popular "tricorne" hat at the end of the 18th century, the top hat maintained popularity as a symbol of "urban respectability" until the middle of the 19th century. Like women's lavish hairstyles in the previous century, top hats grew in size and proportion until the sensible invention of the collapsible top hat in 1812. What's not to love?
A gentleman is always dressed in a top hat...
Top Hat Silhouette
Top Hat Styles
Beaver Skin Top Hat with Leather Box
Hat Banks
American Campaign Hat
1970's Champagne Cooler
Top Hat Dandies
Ladies Riding Habit c.1900