Bowler hat

[4] According to The Daily Telegraph, "The hat was adopted by City workers in the early 1900s and teamed with a coronation buttonhole and walking stick to give the impression of sophistication".

[10] Both cowboys and railroad workers preferred the hat because it would not blow off easily in strong wind while riding a horse, or when sticking one's head out the window of a speeding train.

It was worn by both lawmen and outlaws, including Bat Masterson, Butch Cassidy, Black Bart, and Billy the Kid.

In South America, the bowler, known as bombín in Spanish, has been worn by Quechua and Aymara women since the 1920s, when it was introduced to Bolivia by British railway workers.

[11] In Norway, Hans Majestet Kongens Garde (the royal guards) wear plumed bowler hats as part of their uniform.

Along with the native buntal hats, they were a common part of the traditional men's ensemble of the barong tagalog during the second half of the 19th century.

[14] The British bank Bradford & Bingley owns more than 100 separate trademarks featuring the bowler hat, its long-running logo.

[citation needed] Cornelius Fudge in the Harry Potter series is frequently mentioned as wearing a bowler hat.

[citation needed] Roman Torchwick, a recurring villain in the web animated series RWBY wears a bowler hat.

[citation needed] The third album by British rock group Stackridge, released in 1974, is called The Man in the Bowler Hat.

[20] In The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends cartoon series, the legendary "Kerwood Derby" was worn by such world conquerors as Alexander the Great and Elvis Presley (a play on the name of then popular tv personality Durward Kirby).

[25] John D. Rockerduck possesses the distinctive character trait of eating his bowler hat whenever he is defeated by Scrooge McDuck.

[26] Doctor King Schultz and "Butch" Pooch iconically wear wide Derby-variant bowler hats in Django Unchained.

[citation needed] One of the villains in Illumination's 2022 movie Minions: The Rise of Gru, Jean-Clawed (played by Jean-Claude van Damme) also wears a bowler hat.