#deerstalker hat

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Sherlock Holmes (Jeremy Brett) in his Deerstalker Hat

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Photo credit: Protist Information Server

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Inktober Day 12: A Study in Deerstalker Techniques

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[kieraoonadiy]

Kiera-Oona on Instagram: "Canadian lumberjack stereotype vibes, or off to look for Jack the Ripper?

Second hat for college millinery class is done! This took me for what felt like forever for drafting, plaid matching, getting the interfacing to cooperate, but it fits really well, and I'm really happy with it! The ear flaps do fold down to cover the ears if it's really cold

[triflesandtea]

🎩 "Come, Watson, come!" he cried. "The game is afoot." - Sherlock Holmes, "The Abbey Grange" (The Return of Sherlock Holmes) 🎩

Many people associate the deerstalker hat with the character and icon of Sherlock Holmes, and it's understandable. I mean, after playwright and stage actor William Gillette took Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's work and adapted it for the theater, Holmes was no longer thought of by readers, theater-goers, or even the general public as a well-dressed Victorian gentleman in his attire, complete with the proper essentials: a waistcoat (vest), suit jacket, trousers, and nice shoes—oh, and how could we forget a proper top hat? 🙃🎩

Instead, thanks to Gillette, we think of a different attire entirely when we think of Holmes. The tweed deerstalker cap with its ribbons atop it and its two bills on front and back, particularly. And thanks to many other performances, we see the Inverness cape (a beautiful Scottish treasure of a hunting outfit) and trench coat, and of course the pipe (though it's rather strange, as Holmes doesn't generally smoke a pipe while on the job 🤔) have replaced his Victorian gentleman's garb in the minds of many.

Funnily enough, the word "deerstalker" was never mentioned in the original Canon—not even once—and first time we see this hat is actually thanks to one of the long-time illustrators of the Holmes books, Sidney Paget. (He's such a great artist, by the way. 🤩)

So why did I just buy two and wear one of them proudly about the mall today? 😂

Okay, maybe it's not the most Canonically accurate thing with which you can ornament your head, but it sure does look cool. 😉 And perhaps, one day, if I remain true to wearing it 'round the place, I could spy a fellow Sherlockian with whom I could relate immensely.

So... *lifts glass of grape juice* Here's to Sherlock Holmes, and here's to the deerstalker by which the average person will recognize his iconic figure. ¡Salud! 🍷

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Fear me, I’ve just sewn a deerstalker

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Annoyed Sherlock scribble and goose