backstagejack wrote:jlee562 wrote:Oh, no, no, I wasn't talking about a pinched Homburg. That's fairly common, and actually, I quite like the look myself.
I was referring to the Downey Jr. Holmes widebrim fedora from the first film...maybe we're thinking of different hats.
It does have a very Homburg like crown, but the brim is totally flat. IIRC, it was custom made by Lock Hatters.
I'm not sure about the Lock Hatters. I contacted them about the hat, and the most they said was that they know that RDJ had bought some of their hats for his normal use, but they neither confirmed nor denied if that was their hat in the movie.
I love how in the first Sherlock holes they attempted to give him a very eclectic way of dressing but too many people complained so in the second he dressed much more period.....
Well, I read of it on the Fedora Lounge and I tracked down the thread, which had this article linked to it:
http://blog.moviefone.com/2009/05/06/ne ... ock-holmes" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
We also learn that Holmes is a man who often forgets his gun -- and who wears a snappy fedora. Even though there's been a lot of silly emotion surrounding the deerstalker, the story of the hat is pretty cool. It was hand-picked by Downey Jr. from the Lock and Co hat shop, something Ritchie encouraged. "I wanted something more aesthetically pleasing and plausible and more rewarding to look at. I quite like deerstalkers, but there is only one person in history who ever wore one. [This fedora] is sort of authentic to the era, and Robert was very passionate about it." The bum bag (we'll avoid the non-UK friendly description) is for his detective gear.
That's the best I could do, I googled for other references, but didn't turn up much other than a thread on F&G which speculated that it might be a Lock "Superfelt" with a wider brim. Whatever it is, it isn't on Lock's website.
Then there was a post later in the thread in which someone from Lock told another member
that it was a Homburg which had its brim flattened....this I'm not so sure about.
But here's the Lock Homburg:
http://www.lockhatters.co.uk/Homburg-details.aspx" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Although...you know, that might be the case.....
Looking at Jude's hat is really making me want a Cambridge bowler....
! W>
! Reminds me a tiny bit of the campaign style hats worn during that period, expect for the 'puggaree.' W>
