That’s a trilby, not a fedora. And that’s not charcoal gray

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Yes, I know I’m being absurdly pedantic — after all, the cutline doesn’t claim, specifically, that the picture shows what is being described.

But I like to find fault with the people who still get paid to work for newspapers (especially prestige publications such as the NYT), and don’t do the job as well as I would in their place. Which is not a trait I’m proud of, but what are you gonna do?…

Also, did Don Draper ever wear a fedora? Seems like he’s more of a trilby man all the way, although he could have worn a broad-brimmed hat some time, and I’ve just forgotten…

8 thoughts on “That’s a trilby, not a fedora. And that’s not charcoal gray”

  1. Kathryn Fenner

    I just read an Anthony Lane movie review that refers to a character as wearing a “narrow brim fedora.”
    In The New Yorker.

    Either we are wrong or New York has no copy editors any more.

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  2. Kathryn Fenner

    And yes, that suit is charcoal that’s ready for a steak, not what is normally referred to as charcoal gray–an almost black gray.

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