Yodeling and Drinking Beer

Sometimes a hat is known by name but defies description due to the fact that the said hat is off several slightly different shapes.
An example would be the Tyrolean, or Alpine, hat.
The hats on both the left and right are Tyrolean hats, but the reader can see that there are slightly differences, mostly having to do the shaping of the brim and the dimpling of the crown. A third form of the hat, not shown, has a crease along the top of the crown along with two dimples in the front area.
Tyrolean hats were traditionally worn in the Alpine areas of Germany, Austria, Italy and France. In fact, to this day the dress uniforms of the French and Italian Alpine troops of their respective army include Tyrolean hats complete with feathers instead of the usual chamois brush as shown on the hat to the right.
It is not unusual to see Tyrolean hats covered with decorative pins. Originally each pin represented an Alpine mountain that the wearer had climbed. Nowadays the pins often represent towns visited or events attended. And the traditional Tyrolean hat was worn with a chamois brush ornament. These run from the size of large artist's sable brushes to the size of large shaving brushes.
The Tyrolean hat is a head warming hat. The brim is so small that it is useless for shading one from the sun.
One occasionally sees a form of Tyrolean hat worn by East coast businessmen. These are usually dark green of a finer felt than the traditional hat, have the three or four cord type hat band and usually have a small red feather.
The Tyrolean hat is a good hat for head warming and for style. It is not as heavy or serious in appearance than are the fedora, the bowler or the homburg. It is a somewhat more light-hearted and sporty hat and should appeal to those beginning hat wearers weaning themselves off the baseball hat.