Saturday 15 January 2011

A Date in History- Westminster Archives-15th January

Johnson's Pedestrian Hobby-horse Riding School, 1819. Image property ofWestminster City Archives



Haberdasher James Hetherington first introduced the top hat to London's high society on 15 January 1797. The top hat soon became an essential complement to the fashionable London gentleman's wardrobe. Here, London 'dandies' are shown sporting the hat at one of the newly fashionable bicycle riding schools in London
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