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==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
  
*The Spy's fedora could be seen before it was officially announced in the icon for the ''[[:File:Tf_spy_deep_undercover.png|Deep Undercover]]'' [[Spy achievements|Spy achievement]].
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*The Fancy Fedora could be seen before it was officially announced in the icon for the ''[[:File:Tf_spy_deep_undercover.png|Deep Undercover]]'' [[Spy achievements|Spy achievement]].
  
 
*Originally a women's fashion into the 20th century, the fedora came into use in about 1919 as a men's middle-class clothing accessory.
 
*Originally a women's fashion into the 20th century, the fedora came into use in about 1919 as a men's middle-class clothing accessory.
  
*The Fancy Fedora actually resembles a Trilby ([http://moclassics.tumblr.com/post/103370634/round-up-the-trilby]) more than it does a Fedora.  Fedoras have wider brims and were more popular in America, while the Trilby was more popular in Europe (from where the Spy originates).   
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*The Fancy Fedora actually resembles a Trilby [http://moclassics.tumblr.com/post/103370634/round-up-the-trilby] more than it does a Fedora.  Fedoras have wider brims and were more popular in America, while the Trilby was more popular in Europe (from 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 "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_noir Film Noir]" characters.  Fedoras and Trilbies are also prominently used in European gangster/crime films, for example ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rififi Rififi]'' or in many of the works of Jean-Pierre Melville (such as ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Cercle_Rouge Le Cercle Rouge]'', ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_le_Flambeur Bob le Flambeur]'', and ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Samourai 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 "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_noir Film Noir]" characters.  Fedoras and Trilbies are also prominently used in European gangster/crime films, for example ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rififi Rififi]'' or in many of the works of Jean-Pierre Melville (such as ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Cercle_Rouge Le Cercle Rouge]'', ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_le_Flambeur Bob le Flambeur]'', and ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Samourai Le Samourai]'').   

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The Spy

The Fancy Fedora is an unlockable headwear item for the Spy. It appears as a team-colored, felt fedora hat that sits atop the Spy's regular balaclava.

Trivia

  • Originally a women's fashion into the 20th century, the fedora came into use in about 1919 as a men's middle-class clothing accessory.
  • The Fancy Fedora actually resembles a Trilby [1] more than it does a Fedora. Fedoras have wider brims and were more popular in America, while the Trilby was more popular in Europe (from 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 "Film Noir" characters. Fedoras and Trilbies are also prominently used in European gangster/crime films, for example Rififi or in many of the works of Jean-Pierre Melville (such as Le Cercle Rouge, Bob le Flambeur, and Le Samourai).
  • 'Fedora' was the codename for Yerbas Lichi (Russian: Виктор Мечиславвич Лесовский), a KGB-agent that infiltrated the United Nations during the Cold War, from where he very successfully sabotaged American intelligence agencies by supplying false information.[2]





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