Ranking List of Famous Hats in World History

Everybody has his / her own story, so do hats. Now let's have analysis famous hats in world history.

No 1. Bicorne

Bicorne refers to an archaic type of hat mostly worn by European and American military and naval officers in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Napoleon was a famous military strategist and statesman who'd made extraordinary military exploits at the conclusion of the 17th century to the 18th century in France. The bicorne stumbled on fame with him and was a favorite headdress at the time. Interestingly, it is said that exactly why Napoleon worn this hat was this tall and hefty the hat made up because of this defect to be short. In addition, this Napoleon hat remains being collected in Les Invalides.

No 2. Beret

Beret is a kind of soft military hats without brims and is usually regarded as a symbol of ranger, special forces and airborne troops. Once mentioned, we will unanimously consider mighty special forces in addition to former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.

Allegedly beret originated in ancient Greece and Rome and then it absolutely was the major trading commodities by the Romans and surrounding cities. It absolutely was the British troops who'd started to wear berets in history. Early in the First World War, some officers and soldiers in the expeditionary force provided for continent European by British wore berets. The United States established special forces, commonly known as the green beret in the Second World War because its members all worn green berets.

No 3. Fez

It absolutely was Morocco prince Hassan II's favorite in the 1960s.

Sultan Mahmud II ruled Turkey in 1880 and he asked fez whose texture was soft without brims to become a necessary decoration of Turkish during those times, that's, every Turkish people should go out with hat with this style. While this custom was abolished until 1925.

No 4. Bowler Hat

Bowler hat was ab muscles type of hat once Chaplin worn that has been designed by British James Kirk in 1850 and in the beginning the starting place was to use hard material to protect the head.

In London, the bowler hat was a symbol of English gentlemen and cultural. In the 1960s it gradually lost its dominance so that many British teenagers today have never seen bowler hat as formal wear. In addition, it absolutely was also the main of fascist Mussolini's favorite.

NO. 5. Egypt Crown

Egypt crown is highest symbol of sovereign power. It absolutely was decorated with Egyptian cobra model at the front. Although it only appeared and was popular among the ancient Egyptian aristocrats, it won the world's attention by its distinctive design.

NO. 6. Top Hat

Top hat is a sort of a high, flat-crowned, broad-brimmed hat popular from the late 19th century to the early 20th century. It can be called silk hat, cylinder hat, chimney pot hat or stove pipe hat. What's more, it can also be President Lincoln's most iconic decorations except his weak figure.

It is said that top hat first appeared in China in 1775 when Chinese Guangdong hat manufacturers were customizing such tall brimless hats for sale in China to be able to show their prestige. But it really popularized in the 19th century when English gentlemen's standard dress were a walking-stick at hand, a high hat on head and dressed in trim suit with bright leather shoes on feet.