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What type of hat is Malcolm X wearing? Is that fur?
What is this type of hat called?
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It is mostly commonly called an astrakhan hat, though less often, a karakul.
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Thank you.
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It is fur, though from a breed of sheep rather than a 'fur-bearer'.
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Go to JJ hatcenter, they have one in the clearance section, scroll through the pages, I believe page 4. They're having a fathers day sale, 25% off, code DAD25, they said applies store wide. Persian lamb by the way.
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And really warm!
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Thanks, but I'm not looking to get one. Was just curious.
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Astrakhan is a material (fleece). Presumably one could have a hat in that style made from a type of fleece other than astrakhan (although of course the archetypical such hat is made of astrakhan, so they are called astrakhan hats) and certainly may have garments other than hats featuring astrakhan.
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Astrakhan is a material (fleece). Presumably one could have a hat in that style made from a type of fleece other than astrakhan (although of course the archetypical such hat is made of astrakhan, so they are called astrakhan hats) and certainly may have garments other than hats featuring astrakhan.
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I've seen them often called a "diplomat hat" or "ambassador hat". I think this was due to it being the hat style worn by a lot of Soviet diplomats during the cold war.
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I think Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan was fond of the style although I don't remember it being popular in Karachi while I was living there.
But Karachi is in a desert climate.
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But Karachi is in a desert climate.
Cheers,
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That's some prime enabling there
I always wanted one, but I would never be able to wear it here in Atlanta (and I seldom willingly travel to Very Cold Places during their winter seasons.)
If my daughter continues on her serious ballet trajectory, I plan on suggesting that she take a gap year between high school and Princeton (or MIT or Stanford - I'm not pushy) to do an intensive at the Bolshoi or the Vaganova Academy in St. Petersburg, and THEN I will buy an astrakhan as a functional memento of the occasion.
Maybe sooner, if we visit Russia to see some ballets (my daughter wants a Matryoshka, and I've said only if we buy them in Russia as a souvenir... so the pressure's on!)
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If my daughter continues on her serious ballet trajectory, I plan on suggesting that she take a gap year between high school and Princeton (or MIT or Stanford - I'm not pushy) to do an intensive at the Bolshoi or the Vaganova Academy in St. Petersburg, and THEN I will buy an astrakhan as a functional memento of the occasion.
Maybe sooner, if we visit Russia to see some ballets (my daughter wants a Matryoshka, and I've said only if we buy them in Russia as a souvenir... so the pressure's on!)
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I hope that's the caring instructions and not the price tag that's popping out there...
Probably a wardrobe tag.I hope that's the caring instructions and not the price tag that's popping out there...
(Pretty sure that's from the set of "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" - Sevalas plays Blofeld, and wears an astrakhan in the film.)
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