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
At the Drop of Another Hat Most of the following songs were not included in the original cast recording, but issued with additional songs on a separate disc: Note that many of the songs were originally from "At the Drop of a Hat" At the Drop of Another Hat At the Drop of Another Hat is musical revue by Flanders and Swann, similar in format to its long-running predecessor, "At the Drop of a Hat" (1956). In the show, they both sang on a nearly bare stage, accompanied by Swann on the piano. The songs were linked by contemporary social commentary, mostly by Flanders. Highlights included