The Bowler Hat Visual Culture - 1997 Words

The bowler hat has been a part of visual culture ever since it was designed and created during the reign of Queen Victoria in 1849 for Edward Coke, a British soldier and politician. Since then the bowler hat has become symbolic in visual and popular culture, being featured in books, films and logos, as well as being used within politics in order to relate to other classes, as well as bypassing gender stereotypes. These hats were originally used as head protection for gamekeepers as their previous headgear – the passing trees kept knocking off the top hat as they rode on horseback. The hat itself became popularised with almost all classes, bypassing the stereotypes that had been present beforehand, which coincidentally has occurred in the form of bypassing gender stereotypes as well. The bowler hat has become a prominent feature in films, books and logos. 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