The word of the day is homburg:
type of soft felt had with a curled brim and a dented crown, 1894, from Homburg, resort town in Prussia, where it was first made. Introduced to England by Edward VII. (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/homburg)
"The nearest that gay blades in Homburgs and ladies with boas were spotted was in Amecameca, a rail junction across the line in Mexico State; there a mob lynched one smart couple."
- John Womack, Zapata and the Mexican Revolution
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