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− | *The | + | *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 | + | *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]''). |
Revision as of 03:48, 3 July 2010
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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
- The Fancy Fedora could be seen before it was officially announced in the icon for the Deep Undercover 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.
- 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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