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* The Fancy Fedora actually resembles a {{W|trilby}} more than it does a fedora. {{W|Fedora}}s have wider brims and were more popular in America, while the trilby was more popular in Europe, where the Spy originates.
* The Fancy Fedora actually resembles a {{W|trilby}} more than it does a fedora. {{W|Fedora}}s have wider brims and were more popular in America, while the trilby was more popular in Europe, where the Spy originates.
* In Hollywood movies of the 1940s, characters often wore a fedora; particularly when playing as a private detective, a gangster, or any other "tough guy" role. The fedora is also closely associated with "{{W|Film noir}}" characters. Fedoras and trilbies are also prominently used in European gangster/crime films such as ''{{W|Rififi}}'' or in many of the works of Jean-Pierre Melville, such as ''{{W|Le Cercle Rouge}}'', ''{{W|Bob le Flambeur}}'', and ''{{W|Le Samourai}}''.
* In Hollywood movies of the 1940s, characters often wore a fedora; particularly when playing as a private detective, a gangster, or any other "tough guy" role. The fedora is also closely associated with "{{W|Film noir}}" characters. Fedoras and trilbies are also prominently used in European gangster/crime films such as ''{{W|Rififi}}'' or in many of the works of Jean-Pierre Melville, such as ''{{W|Le Cercle Rouge}}'', ''{{W|Bob le Flambeur}}'', and ''{{W|Le Samourai}}''.
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