Cavalier hat

{{Short description|Wide-brimmed hat from the 17th century}}

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A cavalier hat is a variety of wide-brimmed hat which was popular in 17th-century Europe.{{cite book|last=Cunnington|first=C. Willett|author-link=C. Willett Cunnington|last2=Cunnington|first2=Phillis|author-link2=Phillis Cunnington|title=Handbook of English Costume in the Seventeenth Century|year=1972|publisher=Faber and Faber|location=London|pages=24, 65–69|edition=3rd}} These hats were often made from felt, and usually trimmed with an ostrich plume. They were frequently cocked up or had one side of the brim pinned to the side of the crown of the hat (similar to the slouch hat) which was then decorated with feathers. Cavalier hats derived their name from supporters of Charles I of England during the English Civil War, known as Cavaliers, who were noted for wearing extravagant clothing. It was a common hat style throughout Europe during the 17th century, until it was later replaced in fashion by the tricorne, which was originally a cavalier hat with its brim bound into a triangle.Castells, Albert. "Los tercios viejos y la presencia española en Flandes", Espasa, Madrid, 1997