Fedora vs. Trilby

There's quite a bit of history behind the terms but nowadays most people will see a trilby as a hat with a more stingy brim. Most hats I see that are categorized as a fedora usually has a 2" or larger brim, but like I said, that isn't really what defines the names.

The Fedora is worn by reddit-loving geeks. The Trilby by hipsters from 2008?

Aside from the aforementioned brim width I think of a trilby as less formal and a bit more sloppy and softer. Sometimes called a 'slouch hat'?

I see a trilby in brown as worn by an older gent with a tweed sports jacket covered by a Barbour jacket on a drizzly day at an English race course.

I see a fedora in black, midnight blue or gray worn with a lounge sut and tie but not sure by whom and where in this day and age, outside of the TCM channel!

Trilby below: Note the brim, because that's where the biggest difference is. Most people visualize a trilby when they say/hear fedora.

 

 

Fedora below:

 

 

 

Note the brim is upturned all the way around.

Adding to the above, a Trilby will be offered in a far wider range of materials than a fedora. A Trilby is a casual hat. No matter the hat, make certain it suits both you and your facial shape. Not every man looks good in a Trilby. They are better suited to smaller or slim men with wiry builds.

You should do a search on The Fedora Lounge. They have quite a few threads on this subject which pretty much beats the subject to death. You'll find your answer there. To long to re-post here.

I would not call that a fedora if you turn the brim down all around you have a Trilby like Sean Connery wears/wore.

Fedora is American

Trilby is English

This was one of the overall consensus at the Fedora Lounge.

Those two hats are to hats what the leisure suit is to suits.

Well said! The stingy brim hat chosen to represent the fedora above sure doesn't look like what I'd call a fedora.

The same difference as trousers and slacks...