What kind of hat is this?

[repeatclicks]

Would this be classified as a trilby or what? Thanks in adavnce.

 

[Neophyte]

Would this be classified as a trilby or what? Thanks in adavnce.

The difference between fedora and trilby is ill-defined at best. They could even be two names for the same thing. In general, though, I think of trilbies as smaller-proportioned fedoras with a sharp, and I mean SHARP, upward brim curl in the back. I mean almost perpedicular to the ground.

What it looks like you've got there is a stingy-brim fedora with a good amount of taper.

 

[Rick Blaine]

The difference between fedora and trilby is ill-defined at best. They could even be two names for the same thing. In general, though, I think of trilbies as smaller-proportioned fedoras with a sharp, and I mean SHARP, upward brim curl in the back. I mean almost perpedicular to the ground.

What it looks like you've got there is a stingy-brim fedora with a good amount of taper.

On the money.

A sable (?) stingy brim fedora (2" brim at most, eh?) w/ a complimentary deeper brown bound brim w/ a matching, conventional & traditional grossgrain ribbon & bow treatment, with polychrome feather accent.

 

[theinterchange]

I third the two previous know-it-alls before me.

Stingy brim, for sure.

 

[Lokar]

Yeah, it's a stingy brim. We've dug up information on the forum showing that in the past, trilby was generally the UK name and fedora the US name (so even a 3 inch brimmed hat in the UK could be called a trilby), but also a lot of the time they were referred to as just "snap brims", no mention of fedora or trilby. So you can use anything you want, pretty much.

 

[DRB]

Thank you for the information Lokar. That clears up some ambiguity that I had on this subject.