Brim

The brim is the portion of the hat that projects out around the crown and if large enough, shades the face. A brim can be very wide as on sun hats or very narrow as on most pork pie hats. It can be rolled as on a breton hat, sculpted and firm as on a derby, or unstructured and loose as on a floppy hat.

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Victorian brim on top hat

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Edwardian brim

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1940s brim on sun hat

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1950s brim on cap

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1950s brim on straw hat

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1950s brim on cowboy hat

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1955 brim on villager

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1960s brim on skinny fedora

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1960s brim on cap

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1960s brim on long derby

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1970s brim on ladies fedora

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1970s brim on floppy hat

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