What is the name of the hat that Napoleaon used to wear and why was it shaped as such?

Answer 1

Hat of Napoleon I.

Origin: France

Date: until 1815

Size:
H: frontal brim 16 cm; back brim 24,5 cm
W: 48 cm
Weight: 320 g (11,3 oz.)

The hat is made of black felt. Known as the Bicorn Hat as it has frontal and back brims are folded upright with the back brim rising far above the top of the hat. The frontal brim is formed according to the shape of the head and has a folded fabric cockade in white, blue, and red colors on the left side. The clasp is missing. The hat was seized in the battle of Belle-Alliance (Waterloo) in 1815.

Answer 2

it was a bicorne: (even though wikipedia isn't always trustable, this entry seems to be factual)


Bicorne
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Napoléon Bonaparte in his trademark bicorne hat
An 1803 caricature uses an oversize bicorne to mock Napoleon's statureThe Bicorne hat is an archaic form of headgear associated with the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Much worn by European and American military and naval officers, it is most associated with Napoléon Bonaparte.

Evolved from the tricorne, the black-coloured bicorne originally had a rather broad brim, with the front and the rear halves turned up and pinned together, forming a semi-circular shape; there was usually a cockade in the national colours at the front. Later the hat became more triangular in shape, its two ends became more pointed, and was worn with the cockade at the right side; this kind of bicorne eventually became known as the cocked hat.

Some forms of bicorne were designed to be folded flat, so that they could be conveniently tucked under the arm when not being worn.

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Current usages
The Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom wears a tricorne hat, but the other Lords Commissioners wear bicorne hats.

Members of the Académie française wear the habit vert (green habit) at the Académie's ceremonies. The habit includes a black jacket and bicorne hat, each embroidered in green.

Students at the Ecole Polytechnique wear a bicorne as part of their Grand Uniforme (GU). Female students used to wear a tricorne hat but now also wear a bicorne.

The uniform of the horsemen of the Spanish Riding School of Vienna includes a bicorne.

Answer 3

It was a Bicorn Hat, also called a cocked-hat. It was called a bicorn by the fashion world of the time because it looked to have two corners at the ends. Bi meaning two, and corn short for corner. It was what was the style at the time, most men wore them.
Hope this helps!

Answer 4

The name of the hat was Steve, and it was shaped like that because it was in actual fact a small boat, that Napolean had in case his ship sunk.

Not many people know this !

Answer 5

he does feels like wearing VanDutch hat ! he feels cool at that time for sure

Answer 6

It came from French Poirot's.

Answer 7

The technical name for it was a '**** hat'.