fedora
Soft brimmed headwear
A fedora is a soft felt hat with a lengthwise crease in the crown and a flexible brim.
The style dominated men's fashion from the 1920s through the 1950s, associated with detectives, gangsters, and businessmen.
Today fedoras appear in vintage fashion and, through internet culture, have become associated with a certain type of socially awkward man who affects old-fashioned gentility: He tipped his fedora and said "m'lady." The trilby, a similar hat with a shorter brim, is often mistakenly called a fedora.
Projecting edge or lip
- feltCompressed fiber textile
- crownSovereign's ornamental headpiece
- creaseLine from folding
- bandGroup playing music together
trilby · porkpie · bowler · Panama · Stetson · millinery · headwear · haberdashery
Professional crime investigator
- gumshoeInformal term for detective
- hardboiledTough, cynical fiction style
- private eyeHired investigator, unlicensed
- sleuthPrivate investigator
mystery · shadow · trenchcoat · smoky · alley · underworld · gangster · prohibition
brim
Projecting edge or lip
band · trilby · porkpie · bowler · Panama · Stetson · millinery · headwear · haberdashery · blocked
detective
Professional crime investigator
- gumshoeInformal term for detective
- hardboiledTough, cynical fiction style
- private eyeHired investigator, unlicensed
sleuth · mystery · shadow · trenchcoat · smoky · alley · underworld · gangster · prohibition · crime
dapper
Neatly and stylishly dressed
- debonairSophisticated and carefree
- suaveSmoothly refined in manner
- sartorialConcerning clothes and tailoring
elegant · sophisticated · classy · rakish · polished · tailored · bespoke · snazzy · swagger · gentlemanly
retro
Evoking recent past
- classicOf lasting excellence
- timelessUnaffected by eras
- old-schoolAdhering to past methods
1940s · 1950s · Sinatra · Rat Pack · heritage · throwback · nostalgic · antique · heirloom · collectible
- headwearhat, cap, helmet, crown, hood
- hatsbeanie, cowboy hat, baseball cap, top hat, beret
- Indiana Joneswhip, artifact, idol, boulder, ark
- retro accessoriescat eye glasses, poodle skirt, saddle shoes, pocket watch, trilby
- statement pieceschandelier earrings, fur coat, sequin dress, feather boa, designer bag
- noir slanggumshoe, femme fatale, private eye, shamus, peeper
fedorabeanie
Snug brimless cap
bareheaded · skullcap · baseball cap · trucker hat · knit cap
fedorahard hat
Protective headgear for worksites
hijab · snapback · construction helmet · fitted cap · cowboy hat