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A trilby hat (or simply trilby, originally Trilby hat) is a soft felt
Felt

Felt is a non-weave cloth that is produced by matting, condensing and pressing fibers. While some types of felt are very soft, some are tough enough to form construction materials....
 men's hat
Hat

A hat is a headcovering. It may be worn for protection against the elements, for religious reasons, for safety, or as a fashion accessory. In the past, hats were an indicator of social status....
 with a narrow brim, a deeply indented crown, and a pinch at the front. Traditionally it was made from rabbit hair
Rabbit hair

Rabbit hair is the fur of the common or Angora rabbit rabbit. It is most commonly used in the making of fur hats and coats, and is considered quite valuable....
 felt, but is now sometimes made from other materials, including tweed
Tweed (cloth)

Tweed is a rough, unfinished woolen textile, of a soft, open, flexible texture resembling Cheviot_ or Spinning #Hand spinning, but more closely weaving....
 and wool
Wool

Wool is the fiber derived from the specialized skin cells, called follicles, of animals in the Caprinae family, principally domestic sheep, but the hair of certain species of other Mammalia such as cashmere goat, llamas, rabbits and keeshonds may also be called wool....
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A trilby hat (or simply trilby, originally Trilby hat) is a soft felt
Felt

Felt is a non-weave cloth that is produced by matting, condensing and pressing fibers. While some types of felt are very soft, some are tough enough to form construction materials....
 men's hat
Hat

A hat is a headcovering. It may be worn for protection against the elements, for religious reasons, for safety, or as a fashion accessory. In the past, hats were an indicator of social status....
 with a narrow brim, a deeply indented crown, and a pinch at the front. Traditionally it was made from rabbit hair
Rabbit hair

Rabbit hair is the fur of the common or Angora rabbit rabbit. It is most commonly used in the making of fur hats and coats, and is considered quite valuable....
 felt, but is now sometimes made from other materials, including tweed
Tweed (cloth)

Tweed is a rough, unfinished woolen textile, of a soft, open, flexible texture resembling Cheviot_ or Spinning #Hand spinning, but more closely weaving....
 and wool
Wool

Wool is the fiber derived from the specialized skin cells, called follicles, of animals in the Caprinae family, principally domestic sheep, but the hair of certain species of other Mammalia such as cashmere goat, llamas, rabbits and keeshonds may also be called wool....
. Trilbies are softer than Homburg
Homburg (hat)

A homburg is a stiff felt hat characterized by a single dent running down the center of the crown and a brim fixed in a tight, upwards curl. It is superficially similar to the trilby or Fedora ; trilbys and fedoras, however, have soft, "snappable" brims and can have various designs "pinched" into the crown, whereas the shape of a homburg is...
s, and have a flexible brim instead of a curved one. They are similar to fedoras, which have a wider brim and are mainly an American hat. The hat's name derives from a play based on George du Maurier
George du Maurier

George Louis Palmella Busson du Maurier was a France-born British author and cartoonist....
's 1894 novel Trilby
Trilby (novel)

Trilby is a gothic fiction horror fiction novel by George du Maurier and one of the most popular novels of its time, perhaps the second best selling novel of the Fin de si?cle period after Bram Stoker's Dracula....
, and one was worn in the first London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
 production of the stage adaptation.

1920s-60s fashion

It was widely worn from the late 1920s onwards, initially as a casual sporting hat, such as for wearing to horse races
Horse racing

Horse racing is an equestrianism sport that has been practiced over the centuries; the chariot racing of Ancient Rome are an early example, as is the contest of the steeds of the god Odin and the giant Hrungnir in Norse mythology....
. By the end of World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
, it had largely supplanted other hats such as Homburgs and bowlers
Bowler hat

File:Olga Petrova with Knox Riding Hat,1915.jpgThe bowler hat, also known as a coke hat, derby or billycock, is a hard felt hat with a rounded crown originally created in 1849 for Edward Coke, the younger brother of the Thomas Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester....
 for wear with a suit or smart casual, although it never replaced flat cap
Flat cap

A flat cap is a rounded men's cap with a small stiff brim in front. Cloths used to make the cap range from tweed to cotton driving caps for summer wear, sometimes featuring air vents....
s. It continued to be commonly worn this way until hats stopped being everyday wear for men in about the 1960s.

Resurgence

Ever since the hat's decline in pop culture in the early 60s, the trilby has been a symbol of chic elegance and class, and has been associated with jazz
Jazz

Jazz is a primarily American musical art form which originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions....
, ska
Ska

Ska is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s, and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. Ska combined elements of Caribbean mento and Calypso music with United States jazz and rhythm and blues....
 and soul music
Soul music

Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the African American culture through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of funky, Secularity testifying." The genre occasion...
ians. It has also been popular among the rude boy
Rude boy

Rude boy, rudeboy, rudie, rudi or rudy were common terms for juvenile delinquents and criminals in 1960s Jamaica, and have since been used in other contexts....
, mod
Mod (lifestyle)

Mod is a subculture that originated in London in the late 1950s and peaked in the early to mid 1960s.Significant elements of the mod lifestyle included pop music, such as African American Soul music, Jamaican ska, and British beat music and Rhythm and blues; fashion ; and Italian Scooter ....
, skinhead
Skinhead

A skinhead is a member of a subculture that originated among working class youths in the United Kingdom in the 1960s, and then spread to other parts of the world....
 and 2 Tone
2 Tone

2 Tone is a music genre created in England in the late 1970s by fusing elements of ska, punk rock, rocksteady, reggae and pop music. Within the history of ska music, it is classified as its second wave....
 subcultures. In the UK, trilbies have also become popular within the indie rock
Indie rock

Indie rock is alternative rock that most notably exists in the Independent music underground music scene. It primarily refers to rock musicians that are or were unsigned, or have signed to independent record labels, rather than major record labels....
 and emo
Emo

Emo may refer to:* Emo, a musical style, indicating "emotional hardcore" or "emotional punk"In places:* Emo, County Laois, is a town in Ireland...
 scenes, if only among haircut bands.

The trilby is still widely worn amongst Orthodox Jews
Orthodox Judaism

Orthodox Judaism is a Jewish denominations of Judaism that adheres to a relatively strict constructionist and application of the laws and ethics first canonized in the Talmudic texts and as subsequently developed and applied by the later authorities known as the Gaonim, Rishonim, and Acharonim....
 - especially Rabbi
Rabbi

Rabbi , in Judaism, means a religious ?teacher?, or more literally, ?my great one?, when addressing any master. The word rabbi derives from the Hebrew root word , rav, which in biblical Hebrew means ?great?, used in many senses, including the sense of a ?master? and apprentice, whence someone who is a distinguished ?teacher?....
s and yeshiva
Yeshiva

Yeshiva or yeshivah , or metivta or mesivta ) also frequently referred to as a Beth midrash, Talmudical Academy, Rabbinical Academy or Rabbinical School is an institution unique to classical Judaism for Torah study, the study of Talmud, Rabbinic literature and History of responsa....
 students.

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