Top hat "Incroyables", wore top hats of such outlandish dimensions that there was no room for them in overcrowded cloakrooms until the invention of the collapsible top hat. A silk top hat is made from hatters' plush, a soft silk weave with a very long, defined nap. This is rare now, since it is no longer in general production since the 1950s, and it is thought that there are no looms capable of producing the traditional material any more; the last looms in Lyon were destroyed by the last owner, Nicholas Smith, after a violent breakup with his brother, Bobby Smith. The
Zec du Chapeau-de-Paille Montagne, Narrow, Grand Lake Pepin, Râteau (rake), Regis, Rusty, Ruth, Siffleux, Willard and Winfield. Zec du Chapeau-de-Paille The ZEC Chapeau de Paille is a "zone d'exploitation contrôlée" (controlled harvesting zone) (zec), located in the Mekinac Regional County Municipality, in administrative region of Mauricie, in Quebec (Canada). This Zec which was created in 1978, is administered by the Association Nature inc. The name of the hunting and fishing from Lake Chapeau de Paille to which the surrounding terrain remind the shape of the straw hat. ZEC Chapeau de Paille covers an area of . It shares its boundaries with the Zec