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Is it a bowler... or a homburg..? Or something else...?

Mulceber

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Yeah, the proper name for it is a Cambridge Bowler, although they're incredibly difficult to find. At this point, your best bet if you want one would be to contact someone who specializes in custom bowlers (they do still exist, particularly in the UK) and provide them with pictures asking for what you want. I'd love to be able to wear one myself, but while I dress better than most people of my generation, I'm not THAT fancy.... -M
 

English_Gent

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I may be totally wrong here but is this a close approximation of the Bowker/Cambridge Bowler?

If so it appears you can get it from DelMonico, though there is no illustration on their actual site.

Unfortunately it only comes in black.

Google shopping pic from first link:
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bowlerman

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That's the thing-- the Bailey Speer pictured in English Gent's post has corners that are too square and angular, and the link to darcy's clothing shows basically just a modern wool bowler. It's hard to find one that splits the difference.
 

Oldsarge

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An interesting hat, indeed, but one must wonder where in the world you would have occasion to wear it? It certainly is out of place in 21st Century SoCal. Ah for the days when men knew how to dress!
 

jlee562

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bowlerman

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