what hat is it?


In the scene where Lamont gets out of the taxi and walks away, pausing to put on his hat he sees one of Khan's men in a car's side mirror. What kind of hat is it?

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Cranston, as I recall, wears what is technically known as a Homburg through most of the movie, when not doing the Shadow thing (the Shadow wears a fedora-like variation on the slouch hat). A Homburg is shaped like a bowler, with a raised edge around the brim, except it is soft like a fedora (a bowler is hard, almost like a helmet) and has a crease in the crown. Traditionally a Homburg is worn with the crease running along the center of the crown, but no pinch in the front.

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Thank You!! My Dad's favorite hat was the homburg, but I didn't know how to spell it. This helps a lot.

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