Top hats are not often worn as daily wear and are normally only used at weddings or other unusual social occasions, such as formal races, first speeches by politicians, or as court dress. The standard top hat is a hard, black silk hat, with fur now often used. The acceptable colours of hats are much as they have traditionally been, with so-called white hats (which are grey), a daytime racing colour, worn at the less formal occasions demanding a top hat, such as Royal Ascot, or with a morning suit.
The collapsible silk opera hat, or crush hat, always black, is still worn on occasions worn with evening wear as part of white tie,[6] and is still made by a few companies, since the materials, satin or grosgrain silk, are still available. The other alternative hat for eveningwear is the normal hard shell.[7]
Thomas Lister, 4th Baron Ribblesdale, 1890 (Sargent)The standard black hats, once bought in different weights, from 'town weight' to 'hunting weight', are rarely owned in specific weights and styles. To wear a top hat, it is normally be slightly tilted on the head, as seen for example with the hunting top hat in the portrait of Lord Ribblesdale by John Singer Sargent.
Top hats are often now connected with the past, as many have not seen one worn in real life not as part of a costume, when it might be worn for example by characters from Dickens' novels. Some of the notable modern associations of the top hat include:
John Bull, a national personification of Britain and sometimes England;
Uncle Sam, a national personification of the United States;
Rich Uncle Pennybags (Stanley Monopoly, better known as Mr. Monopoly), the mascot for the game Monopoly;
The Disney character Scrooge McDuck;
The Cat in the Hat, created by Dr. Seuss;
The Mad Hatter, a character appearing in Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland;
Willy Wonka, a chocolate factory owner from the works of Roald Dahl;
Raskolnikov from the novel Crime and Punishment, who used to wear a hat from Zimmerman's shop before killing the pawn broker, but thought better of wearing it to the murder to avoid drawing attention to himself.[8]
In addition, some contemporary popular figures, such as Slash, a guitarist, and R&B artist T-Pain, have been known to wear hats modelled on a top hat.
The collapsible silk opera hat, or crush hat, always black, is still worn on occasions worn with evening wear as part of white tie,[6] and is still made by a few companies, since the materials, satin or grosgrain silk, are still available. The other alternative hat for eveningwear is the normal hard shell.[7]
Thomas Lister, 4th Baron Ribblesdale, 1890 (Sargent)The standard black hats, once bought in different weights, from 'town weight' to 'hunting weight', are rarely owned in specific weights and styles. To wear a top hat, it is normally be slightly tilted on the head, as seen for example with the hunting top hat in the portrait of Lord Ribblesdale by John Singer Sargent.
Top hats are often now connected with the past, as many have not seen one worn in real life not as part of a costume, when it might be worn for example by characters from Dickens' novels. Some of the notable modern associations of the top hat include:
John Bull, a national personification of Britain and sometimes England;
Uncle Sam, a national personification of the United States;
Rich Uncle Pennybags (Stanley Monopoly, better known as Mr. Monopoly), the mascot for the game Monopoly;
The Disney character Scrooge McDuck;
The Cat in the Hat, created by Dr. Seuss;
The Mad Hatter, a character appearing in Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland;
Willy Wonka, a chocolate factory owner from the works of Roald Dahl;
Raskolnikov from the novel Crime and Punishment, who used to wear a hat from Zimmerman's shop before killing the pawn broker, but thought better of wearing it to the murder to avoid drawing attention to himself.[8]
In addition, some contemporary popular figures, such as Slash, a guitarist, and R&B artist T-Pain, have been known to wear hats modelled on a top hat.
没有评论:
发表评论