The man on the left wears a bowler, "a hard felt hat with a
domed crown" (143) named after its inventor, the hatter William
Bowler. When this form of headwear, which is known in the U. S.
as the derby, was first introduced around 1860, it came only in
black but later on became available in various shades of brown
and tan. The wide-brimmed hat worn by the man next to him is a
wide-awake, "a broad-brimmed hat felt hat with a lowish crown"
originally worn by farmers and other countrymen. The remaining
two men each wear the helmet, which was often worn at the
seaside. A form of the single-breasted lounging (or lounge)
jacket known as the Albert. More than a decade earlier (in the
'60s) the the modern men's suit -- or lounge suit, as it is
known in Great Britain -- first became popular when jacket,
trousers, and waistcoat appeared in the same fabric. Throughout
the 1870s tubular trousers "were at equal length at knee and
ankle," and after the 1860s straps under the foot became
uncommon, though the man with wide-br