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what do you think of this outfit? =)
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yes! i love the dress and the hat. (:
be colourful and stand out. wear bright colours. a cute handbag would look good with these, and flipflops or flats?
Just to clarify, Kate & Stevie are not actually in a relationship together. Stevie is a hologram of a dead Sandwich-maker, and Kate is a ...
Three hats reviewed- the Policeman's helmet, the trilby, and the chullo
Yes we finally know where the wood originated from, and now that we know, we can end this madness forever.
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Hats: Are trilby's and fedora's making a comeback? « Social Graffiti
In recent years shows to include trilby and fedora hats into their characters wardrobe have been, Prime Suspect, White Collar, Leverage, Caprica and Homicide: Life on the Street.
If you search online for either of the two hats as worn by the characters you will discover blogs and Facebook pages of people asking where they can find these hats for themselves.
On Facebook the “ Neal Caffrey’s Hat Appreciation Society ” page allows people to post comments and ask where they can buy a fedora like the one Matthew Bomer’s character wears.
Just recently I came across an 11-year-old wearing a Trilby. I asked him about the hat and he said he thought it look cool on him. He’s mother told me, her son has been wearing the hat nonstop for almost a year. As the boy rolled off on his inline skateboard joined by his mother I actually thought to myself, he looked like a young version of Neal Caffrey, from the TV show White Collar....
Wordorigins.org Discussion Forums | Trilby
I was pondering this word today. George du Maurier, of course, was responsible for its popularity with his 1894 novel, Trilby , and in quick order it became a slang term for the foot, a shoe and a hat. Only the hat and the forename itself have surived, and it’s the origin of the name I was wondering about.
Firstly, here’s what OED has (some of the later cites for sense 2 are omitted):
trilby
[The title of a novel by George du Maurier published in 1894, and the name of its heroine.]
1. colloq. a. A jocular name for the foot (with reference to Trilby’s feet, which were objects of admiration). ? Obs.
1895 People 7 July, An American paper has spent its energy of psychological investigation on the foot (I beg pardon, the trilby). 1907 H. E. DUDENEY Canterbury Puzzles 114 ‘Two feet{em}’ he murmured. ‘Somebody’s Trilbys?’ I inquired. 1932 U. SINCLAIR Candid Reminiscences I. v. 29 There was a book by the name of ‘Trilby’, which the ladies blushed to hear spoken of… I knew it had something to do with feet, because thereafter my father always called them ‘trilbies’.
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