Fedora Hats were first seen as a feminine hat with masculine undertones in 1883, inspired by a drama called “Fédora,” created by the French playwright Victorien Sardou. Sarah Bernhardt, a French Actress, played the star role of Princess Fédora Romanoff who was wearing a stylish, center-creased, soft brimmed hat.
Where did the fedora hat originate from?
But where did it originate? The fedora hat originated in the late 1800s when an actress wore it in the American production of the French play Princess Fédora. The cap became a symbol of the women’s movement before it gained its most considerable fame during the Prohibition of the 1920s.
What does a fedora symbolize?
The hat was fashionable for women, and the women’s rights movement adopted it as a symbol. After Edward, Prince of Wales (later the Duke of Windsor) started to wear them in 1924, it became popular among men for its stylishness and its ability to protect the wearer’s head from the wind and weather.