Edward
Bartender
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- London, UK
In a similar vein the the bowler, the stereo-typical cowboy hat. The ten-gallon style, or whatever. Anything with a cattleman's crease, actually, but especially that. I wouldn't rule out all Western hats - I have a Campdraft Deluxe (albeit bashed Fedora style, with a down swoop at the front of the brim), but anything that looks stereotypically cowboy makes me baulk. Maybe it's because my cultural experience of such hats is as children's dressing-up wear - I'm sure if I grew up in a culture / society where they were worn regularly they wouldn't seem "costumey". As it is, though, the traditional John Wayne ten gallon hat looks as much a parody of Americana as the bowler does of Englishness.