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Sharon Sullivan is the imaginative milliner behind Dream Hats. Fascinated by all things hat-like, she can often be found working with her QA specialist, Hobbes
A top hat, silk hat, cylinder hat, chimney pot hat or stove pipe hat (sometimes also known by the nickname "topper") is a tall, flat-crowned, broad-brimmed hat worn prior to and including the 19th and early 20th centuries. Now, it is usually worn only with morning dress or white tie, in dressage, as servants' or doormen's livery, or as a fashion statement. The first silk top hat in England is credited to George Dunnage, a hatter from Middlesex, in 1793.
Smaller than the Mad Hatter, but still slightly flared at the top, the Coachman is a great alternative for someone who loves the look of a top hat but wants something just a bit smaller. The Coachman has a satin lining, grograin trim and a leather sweatband.
A smaller top hat than either the Coachman or Mad Hatter, the Regency narrows at the top for an early 1800's conical look.
