Fez Hat

fancy Dress Fez Hat The fez is a red felt hat in the shape of a truncated cone. The fez is of Greek origin origin and was worn by many different religious and ethnic groups in the Ottoman Empire in the 19th century In the Western world, the fez occasionally serves as a symbol of relaxation. In cartoons, characters are shown wearing a fez often while lying in a hammock on vacation or just relaxing after a hard day of work. This curious imagery may be a throwback to the late 19th century English practice of men wearing a loose fitting smoking jacket and braided fez-like headdress when relaxing informally in the evenings. Punch cartoons of the period 1875-90 frequently portray middle-class male figures dressed in this fashion. . The wearing of fezzes in the western world is undergoing a revival. One of the most well known wearing of a fez in a Hollwood film was by Victor Mature playing Dr Omar in Josef Von Sternberg's The Shanghai Gesture (1942). Theo Marcuse has an uncredited role in the premiere of Ironside as a bartender. The bar is called Algiers and Marcuse wears traditional Algerian costume and a fez. The bar is dead and Ironside is seemingly the only customer. Ironside tells him that since they're alone he should "take off that silly hat." The Shriners and the late British comic Tommy Cooper are notable for wearing fezzes. In Matt Groening's series Life in Hell, the characters Akbar and Jeff a pair of entrepreneurs wear fezzes. In the cartoon Pinky and The Brain (Warner Bros., 1995-1998) three-part episode Brainwashed (1998), Pinky is named "Fez" after the hat he is wearing in The Land of Hats. On the televsion show Boy Meets World during Cory's dream Mr.Feeny wears a Fez hat and is named "Fez Head" Abu from Disney's Aladdin wears a fez. Contains: Fancy Dress Fez hat with black tassel Color: Red Sizes: one size fits all adults

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