Top hat top hat is a hard, black silk hat, with fur now often used. The acceptable colors of hats are much as they have traditionally been, with "white" hats (which are actually grey), a daytime racing color, worn at the less formal occasions demanding a top hat, such as Royal Ascot, or with a morning suit. In the U.S. top hats are worn widely in coaching, a driven horse discipline as well as for formal riding to hounds. The collapsible silk opera hat, or "crush hat", is still worn on occasions, and black in color if worn with evening wear as
The Hat (book) the magic hat has led previous owners to similar changes of fate, and may continue to do so into the future. The book was published by French publisher in 1971 under a title of slightly different meaning: "Le Chapeau Volant" (The Flying Hat). "The Hat" begins with a portrait-like illustration of a lone hat flying through the air. The text describes it as "a tall black top hat, shiny as satin and belted with a magenta silk sash." We soon learn that it has recently blown from the head of a wealthy man seated in a speeding open carriage. His