Regency Fashion: The Shallow

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THE SHALLOW A Hat more admired for the ease and simplicity of style than for any peculiar character in its general ap pearance being low in the crown it is worn to most advantage by tall thin gentlemen with very large heads and as the fore and hind part of the brim is set nearly horizontal from the base of the crown it has two great advantages the first of which is that it may be convenient ly worn over a wig and secondly if worn without the shirt collar is kept clean much longer than usual This Hat to have its proper effect should be placed on the head with a strict formality of set which in many persons will beget an air of importance NB The late Justice Addington generally wore a shallow

Lloyd’s Treatise on hats (1819)

This is part of a series on Gentleman’s Hats:

Regency Fashion: Gentlemen’s Hats

Regency Fashion: The John Bull Top Hat 

Regency Fashion: The Wellington Top Hat 

Regency Fashion: The Tandem Hat 

Regency Fashion: The Tally-Ho Hat 

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