Regency Fashion: The Tandem Hat

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THE TANDEM THIS is a Hat wherein is displayed a good deal of what may be termed character for which reason its becom ing wearers comparatively speaking will be few in number but notwithstanding this marked peculiarity there is a sort of style in its general feature which is un commonly striking nor is there any form whatever where so much of that airy lightness is to be seen as in the Tandem Few persons over thirty become this Hat and none under twenty and even between those ages if the head be more than twenty two inches or less than twenty one and a half in circumference the whole effect is destroyed Shape of the face immaterial
provided the complexion is not too dingy but above all things neither overgrown or little fat gentlemen should wear the Tandem To have the best effect when on the head it should be placed rather forward inclining a little to one side

Lloyd’s Treatise on hats (1819)

This is second in a series on Gentleman’s Hats:

Regency Fashion: Gentlemen’s Hats – Regency Reader (regrom.com)

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