Quote Originally Posted by Danaidh View Post
Hi Graham! The fedora, as we Yanks call them, were most popular back in the 40's, but have made a comeback redesigned with a much smaller crown (top) and brim. The Indiana Jones movies brought them back to life, but the interesting thing is, his hat was Australian! I myself, prefer the wider brim hat for hiking/camping and you may view me wearing one of them in my gallery.
I think you'll find that the hat with a similar shape but smaller brim is actually called a Trilby. A fine point, to be sure, but it is a separate variety of hat from the fedora.