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In 1797, London, haberdasher John Hetherington designed a new sort of hat for himself. The hat was tall and made of silk which gave it a shiny luster. When he wore it out on January 15, 1797, he was not prepared for the reaction of the public which resulted in his arrest and the new top hat was taken into evidence. In this video I will look into the origin of this story and discover how much truth there is behind the story of the first top hat in history.

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Sources:
Evening News (London) - Friday 15 January 1897, page 2 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.c...

South Wales Echo - Friday 15 January 1897, page 3 (story attributed to the Daily Mail) https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.c...

Huddersfield Chronicle - Tuesday 24 January 1899, page 4 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.c...

Tailor & Cutter - Thursday 14 January 1897, page 22 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.c...

Toronto Saturday Night - Saturday 06 March 1897 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.c...

La revue des revues, 15 octobre 1896 https://www.diktats.com/en-gb/product...

Tailor & Cutter - Thursday 07 January 1897, page 23 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.c...

Westminster Gazette - Tuesday 29 December 1896, Page 8 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.c...

"The First Silk Top Hat" (PDF). Ascot Top Hats Ltd News Release. 16 June 2009
https://web.archive.org/web/201203080...