deerstalker

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Woolens became such a status symbol that Arthur Conan Doyle clad his fictional sleuth Sherlock Holmes in a tweed deerstalker hat in 1893.

From National Geographic • Jan. 14, 2021

He often depicted Mrs. Sharmat’s hero clad in a trench coat and deerstalker, a look of concentration on his face, his trusty dog Sludge by his side.

From Washington Post • Mar. 20, 2019

Many wear Victorian dress, including Holmes’s preferred deerstalker cap and Inverness cape.

From New York Times • Jan. 14, 2018

Laurence, 23, from Paris is wearing a deerstalker and is a member of the Sherlock Holmes Society in France.

From The Guardian • Dec. 17, 2016

The deerstalker hat was invented by a man called Sidney Paget, who did the illustrations for the original books.

From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon