Top Hat Costume Ideas

About Top Hat

At the turn of the 18th century, tricorn hats began to lose favor and a new sort of chapeau began to emerge "heads" above the competition. The top hat (also known as the "stove pipe hat," the "chimney hat," or the "cylinder hat," due to its tall, elongated yet circular shape.) The hat features a small brim that extends around the circumference of the crown and a tall, cylindrical shape extending from the crown terminating in a flat top. Although the types of material used in constructing the hat varied, the top hat was popular with all classes with silk being the most widely used material.

Dressing up with a Top Hat

A versatile costume accessory, the Top Hat adds the perfect finishing touch to a number of costumes. Whether you're dressing as either a male or female magician or requiring a dapper dandy look, there is a top hat to suit your costume. If you're a comic fan, DC's Zatanna sports a plain black top hat for her magician's costume.

If you happen to be a movie buff, wear a top hat for a great Fred Astaire costume (because if Fred didn't put on his top hat, he'd just have the white tails) for a "Fred n' Ginger" couple's costume straight out of old Hollywood!

A top hat even serves a horror-themed look, as well as a Doomed Groom. It's also indispensible for a good Slash costume!

Or, wear one in red, white, and blue for an Uncle Sam costume!

And of course, you can play up your top hat for laughs with either a blue or orange top hat for your fine formalwear as sported by Dumb and Dumber's Harry and Lloyd. Nothing says "classy" like an orange top hat with a ruffled tux. Nothing!

More Costume Ideas

• witch
• funny
• alice in wonderland
• harry potter
• hannah montana
• vampire
• spiderman
• transformers
• princess
• gi joe
• watchmen
• couple
• scepter
• red neck
• sexy nun
• santas little helper
• curious george
• female gangster
• scrooge
• adult bear
• harlequin
• toddler baseball
• genie shoes
• princess lolly
• sleeping beauty
• joseph
• black vinyl catsuit
• flamenco
• genie in a lamp
• beard
• circus
• afro wig
• gunslinger
• rizzo
• the incredibles
• can can
• adult bumble bee
• holly golithly
• lady luck
• merry
• jumpsuit disco
• ricky bobby
• colonial shoes
• child knight
• new year
• warrior princess
• indian wig
• mouse
• cape
• mrs incredible
• racecar driver
• moulin rouge
• raggedy ann
• mary poppins
• lightsaber
• st patricks day
• shepherd
• ali g
• jewish hasidic
• golf
• rainbow bright
• raggedy andy
• native american
• princess mulan
• mrs santa
• grey wig
• victorian
• santa hat
• mother mary
• king
• spanish dancer
• sheep
• jovi the elf
• minnie mouse
• corn
• boxer
• swashbuckler
• benjamin franklin
• thor
• child wig
• spartan cheerleader
• leopard
• cowgirl
• swan
• snow princess
• mrs claus wig
• referee
• us navy
• ivana bone adult
• little red riding hood
• singer
• princess jasmine crown
• cannibal
• ben franklin
• penguin
• child nun
• wise
• adult pig
• explorer
• sexy stewardess
• charleston
• talladega nights
• mr incredible
• bald head wig
• grinch
• dark knight
• captain kirk
• general custer
• conductor polar express
• three musketeer
• flapper wig
• adult monkey