Fedora
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A fedora is a hat with a soft brim and indented crown. It is typically creased lengthwise down the crown and pinched near the front on both sides. Fedoras can also be creased with teardrop crowns, dia
A fedora made by Borsalino, with a pinch-front teardrop-shaped crown
A fedora made by Borsalino with a gutter-dent, side-dented crown, the front of the brim "snapped down" and the back "snapped up"
A man wearing a fedora hat in 1937 in Paris
Fedora in advert for menswear in the Dutch newspaper Algemeen Handelsblad on 19 March 1940
Whoopee cap
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A whoopee cap is a style of headwear popular among some young people in the mid-20th century in the United States. It was often made from a man's felt fedora hat with the brim trimmed with a scalloped
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…the rise in popularity of the fedora was to invert the crown of the hat and cut jagged edges across the brim. This style of hat was eventually called a whoopee cap and became a popular alternative to the more formal fedora for mechanics and children of the era. During the 1940s, the brims of fedoras in the United…
George Lindsey as Goober Pyle wearing a typical whoopee cap.