hat question


in rocky's book of the same title, he and his gang, when they make a "clip."buy what they consider dapper clothes. he wears a "porcupine hat" sometimes also referred to as a "flat" hat. i suspect that this hat is the type worn with the old zoot suits with a low crown and a wide brim. can anyone confirm or deny this.

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"he wears a "porcupine hat" sometimes also referred to as a "flat" hat."

Uh, I believe you mean a "pork pie" hat.
Popular in the 40's and 50's.
Run a quick google search and you'll get some pics.

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Far from a Zoot suit hat. It is the hat he is wearing when he first walks into the boxing gym and gets into the ring for the first time and surprisingly knocks his opponent out. Men always them wear it on top of their head not on their heads.
Much more cooler then those wide brim hats worn with Zoot suits. A lot of musician friends of mine still wear them.

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"Men always them wear it on top of their head not on their heads."

Hahaha (nine years later). Where dl they wear them then?

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