Down and Derby
Nick Haramis
July 18, 2008
This season’s runways have been hijacked by prestoopnick droogs of all kinds! Whether it’s Thom Browne’s Victorian grotesquerie or Jean Paul Gaultier’s tony moneylenders, fashion police have been bowled over by the rounded felt topper made iconic by Belgian artist Rene Magritte’s whimsical paintings. For years, unlikely sartorial icons Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy sported the bowler hat, created in the 1850s for Thomas Coke, the second Earl of Leicester. More recently, the derby hat has been seen perched atop mod trailblazers like Jack White and Keira Knightley (for Chanel’s Coco Mademoiselle campaign). With a revamped look -- and a tip of the hat from designers like Giorgio Armani, Viktor & Rolf and Yohji Yamamoto -- one thing is for certain: bowlers are the surreal deal.
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