: a low soft felt hat with the crown creased lengthwise
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The style has a little bit of a ‘70s inspiration, since oversize fedoras were popular, Javits said.
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Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 15 Apr. 2025
The eighty-one-year-old Crumb, dressed in a long dark coat and his trademark fedora and Coke-bottle glasses, looked over his drawings as if trying to place old acquaintances at a party.
—Bruce Handy, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
Smoke favors a dapper gray three-piece suit and flat cap, while Stack, gold tooth caps glittering in his mouth, is more ostentatious in his burgundy fedora with matching tie and pocket square.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2025
Comments After making an award-winning career out of mostly dramatic roles, Viola Davis is ready to grab her metaphorical bullwhip and fedora and get her Indiana Jones on.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 10 Apr. 2025
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Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 15 Apr. 2025
The eighty-one-year-old Crumb, dressed in a long dark coat and his trademark fedora and Coke-bottle glasses, looked over his drawings as if trying to place old acquaintances at a party.
—Bruce Handy, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
Smoke favors a dapper gray three-piece suit and flat cap, while Stack, gold tooth caps glittering in his mouth, is more ostentatious in his burgundy fedora with matching tie and pocket square.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2025
Comments After making an award-winning career out of mostly dramatic roles, Viola Davis is ready to grab her metaphorical bullwhip and fedora and get her Indiana Jones on.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 10 Apr. 2025
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“Fedora.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fedora. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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fedora
noun
fe·do·ra
fi-ˈdōr-ə 
-ˈdȯr-
: a low soft felt hat with the crown creased lengthwise
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