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

Gillette played Sherlock Holmes on stage many times, his deerstalker cap and Inverness cape shaping the image we still conjure today.

From Washington Post • Sep. 23, 2020

People who love finding out the back stories in fictional universes — why Sherlock Holmes wears a deerstalker hat; where Indiana Jones got his scar — will relish the chance to learn these details.

From New York Times • May 19, 2020

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